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All Things Considered with Clay Masters is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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Minnesota students striking for climate change share hopes, fears for future
Walkouts and protests are taking place in cities across the state as part of a global youth movement to urge climate action. We asked students from throughout the region why they’re participating.
Five tips for talking to kids about climate change
Teaching and talking about climate change can be scary, overwhelming and politically controversial. But it doesn’t have to be.
Art Hounds: Art that shows up in your mailbox
Plus, history comes alive in Lanesboro, Minn., and Theatre 55 stages a new take on the musical "Pippin."
What a botched climate bill can teach us about passing reform today
In 2009, Congress was on the verge of passing its first comprehensive bill to tackle climate change. Then it fizzled out. A post-mortem on that bill could offer a path forward.
Student debt help, $15 minimum wage part of new state union pacts
Bargaining between Gov. Tim Walz’s administration and large public employee unions produced new two-year contracts. While the unions have signed off, state legislators have yet to weigh in.
On sports participation score, MN girls ready to bump, set, kill
Over the past decade, Minnesota girls have taken giant steps in closing the participation gap with boys in high school athletics. Female athletes joining cross country, volleyball and softball teams are making most of the difference.
Can early hearing loss intervention help stave off dementia?
Hearing loss can be stressful, and stress can inflame the brain and increase the risk of developing dementia. Researchers want to know if prescribing hearing aids early can stave off dementia.
Minnesota’s busiest state park reopens after flood cleanup
Fort Snelling State Park is the state’s busiest, with about a million day visitors every year. Extended flooding shut the park down for six months and covered parts of it with as much as 3 feet of silt this year. But it reopened Tuesday, just in time for the fall colors to start to turn.
‘We’re all behind’: Schools, parents struggle to rein in teen vaping
A wave of reports tying vaping to lung damage has administrators and parents sounding alarms as the school year begins. Some school leaders say the problem has morphed into a time-consuming disciplinary issue.
Man fatally shot by police officer in St. Paul
St. Paul police say a man is dead after being shot by a police officer following a vehicle crash Sunday evening in the city's Midway neighborhood. The Ramsey County medical examiner's office identified the man as Ronald Davis, 31, of Little Canada.