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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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Where readers meet writers, Fridays at 11 a.m. Listen live or stream later on your favorite podcast app.

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The Five: Cinderella’s divorce, rethinking possessions and considering life sideways

The Five: Cinderella’s divorce, rethinking possessions and considering life sideways

MPR News director of programming Steph Curtis stopped by with an early spring edition of “The Five,” where she recommends things to read, listen to and experience right now.
by Kerri Miller, Stephanie Curtis and Kelly Gordon

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Talking Volumes: A conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts

Talking Volumes: A conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts

Reginald Dwayne Betts animates the ideals of justice, integrity and equity in his work as both an attorney and a poet. He went to prison as a teenager for carjacking and later went to Yale to study law. He joined MPR News host Kerri Miller on the virtual Talking Volumes stage for a conversation about race, criminal justice and reading.
by Kerri Miller

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Examining the pandemic's toll on mental health and addiction

Examining the pandemic's toll on mental health and addiction

The future president and CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation spoke about what the pandemic has taught us about mental health and how this period could spark changes for the way we view mental health and addiction.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Are we failing boys in America?

Are we failing boys in America?

In her searing new book, investigative journalist Emma Brown says boys in America face a crisis of emotional and mental health. Can we fix the system that is failing them? 
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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A look at Minnesota’s fight against COVID-19, one year in

A look at Minnesota’s fight against COVID-19, one year in

March 6 marks the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Minnesota. Minnesota’s top public health officials talk about the state’s continuing fight against the virus one year later.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Activist and author Jemar Tisby on how to fight racism

Activist and author Jemar Tisby on how to fight racism

Author Jemar Tisby believes we stand at a turning point. Will the racial reckoning kicked off by a string of police killings in 2020 be enough to produce lasting change?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Digging into your gardening questions

Digging into your gardening questions

Outdoor planting season is just around the corner. Two experts share their advice on planning and tending to spring gardens.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Is Trumpism becoming the new ‘Lost Cause’? 

Is Trumpism becoming the new ‘Lost Cause’? 

A post-Civil War mythology glamorized the South’s cause as noble and its defeat as unjust. Historians say Donald Trump and his supporters are using the same playbook.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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