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Power Pairs: Listen to a new series featuring prominent Minnesotans in a close relationship. Maybe they're siblings, a married couple or best friends. You may know of them separately but they reveal a whole new side of themselves when Angela Davis sits them down together. Listen to the interviews here.

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Meet Minnesota’s new poet laureate Gwen Westerman
Host Angela Davis talks to Gwen Westerman about poetry, Dakota history, quilting and how she’ll use her new role to draw attention to underrepresented poets in the state. 
Checking in with essential workers
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers still face challenges. MPR News host Angela Davis checks in with three essential workers.
The art of listening
Member drive is our chance to thank you for listening — and to remind you why you listen. And it’s your chance to support our work. Since our entire enterprise of making radio depends on listening, we thought we’d take this opportunity to consider what it means to listen with intention and compassion. 
Talking music with The Current’s Jim McGuinn
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with The Current’s Jim McGuinn about fall concerts and reconsidering the songs you used to dislike.
Checking in with Black-owned businesses
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Black business owners about whether more support materialized during the racial reckoning following George Floyd’s murder.
The benefits of intergenerational friendship
MPR News host Angela Davis and MPR News reporter Nina Moini met years ago while working in TV. They’re 20 years apart in age — but alike in so many other ways. Angela and Nina share their warm friendship with listeners and are joined by a researcher who digs into the benefits of having much older or younger friends.
The new anthology “A 21st Century Plague: Poetry from a Pandemic” collects the poems of writers from all over the country as they grapple with the ongoing quarantine and the losses from COVID-19. MPR News host Angela Davis speaks with four Minnesota poets included in the anthology about writing through the pain and stress.   
Meet MPR News reporter Kirsti Marohn 
Host Angela Davis talks with MPR News reporter Kirsti Marohn about covering water, the environment and other issues from central Minnesota. 
What’s on the ballot: The Minneapolis public safety charter amendment
In November, Minneapolis voters will say “yes” or “no” to replacing the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety. Host Angela Davis speaks with a supporter and an opponent of the ballot measure and with MPR News reporter Jon Collins.
What’s behind the staffing shortage in the service industry? 
If it seems like there's a help wanted sign in every business window, that's because the labor shortage in the service industry is real. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about its impact and why jobs are going unfilled.