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Bruce Klopfleisch breaks down the powerful community strategies that helped scale back the presence of ICE in Minnesota, ranging from general strikes to neighborhood-level mutual aid. You’ll also hear about the Gophers women’s basketball team’s exciting Sweet 16 run and get a heads-up on Bruce’s upcoming guest hosting gig for Matt McNeil. This conversation hits home on why organizing locally and knowing your rights is the ultimate tool for political change.

#PoliticsMatters #BruceKlopfleisch #MinnesotaPolitics #ICE #GopherWBB #CommunityPower #AM950 #KnowingYourRights #GrassrootsAction #LocalAdvocacy

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Laurie Fitz highlights March’s Women’s History Month by interviewing three leaders at Minnesota Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Grete La-Vrenz, current President PRSA MN, is with Carmichael Lynch Relate her role is an integrated communications and public relations agency leader. Dr. Betsy Anderson, Immediate Past President, PRSA MN  — is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Bethel University. And Emily Tackaberry, President Elect PRSA MN , serves as Director of Global Corporate Communications at Boston Scientific. Together we explore the journey of leadership and the role of mentorship. For more information on Minnesota PRSA – go to MinnesotaPRSA.org

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Host Philip Anthony is joined by Matt Little, former Minnesota State Senator who is now running for the US House of Representatives in District 2 of Minnesota.

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This week, I’m preparing to head West to Fargo and Moorhead, continuing my mission to bring visibility to places where our community is often kept in the shadows. In this “Talking Head” show, the first Big Story focuses on a disturbing new trend of anti-trans ballot measures in Washington and Maine that seek to ban trans girls from sports and mandate invasive medical exams for children. I also discuss the “preemptive compliance” at Boston University, where Pride flags were recently scrubbed from view, and the ongoing efforts by the federal government to erase trans humans from official records. For a much-needed dose of inspiration, I highlight the courage of Luanne James, a Tennessee library director who is risking her career to keep LGBTQ+ stories on the shelves. Finally, in Random Acts, I share my personal self-care routine—including a milestone 700th Peloton ride—and my thoughts on the grim ironies of the current war.

#TheIllegalTransWoman #TransRights #Visibility #LuanneJames #ProtectTransKids #LibraryFreedom #Advocacy #Equality #SelfCare #Resist

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If investing makes you feel tense, obsessive, or like you’re always one “wrong move” away from regret—this episode is for you.

**Investing anxiety** doesn’t usually come from ignorance. It comes from **uncertainty + too many options + too much information + no decision framework**. So you second-guess, you doomscroll, you check your accounts, you hesitate, and you miss the real opportunity: consistency.

In this episode, Elaine walks you through emotional regulation for money decisions and shows you how to build a personal **Investment Operating System**—a small set of **decision rules** that prevent panic moves, reduce account-checking, and make your strategy feel trustworthy in real life.

You’ll leave with a clear approach to investing even when you’re anxious: what to do before you buy, what to do when markets drop, how to stop renegotiating your plan every week, and how to keep “research” from becoming avoidance.

The post Do Different Better – Ep. 96: Why Investing Triggers Anxiety—and Why You’re Not Crazy first appeared on AM 950.

Colleen Waterston chats with architect Ashley Mitlyng about why a “surgical” approach to home renovation is often better than just building more square footage. They dig into the real-world process of rethinking your space to fit your lifestyle, whether you’re navigating a growing family or planning to age in place comfortably. Between the architecture talk, they share some great laughs about Twin Cities networking and the surprisingly intense politics of neighborhood book clubs.

#Architecture #HomeRenovation #TwinCities #SortingThroughLife #ColleenWaterston #AgingInPlace #InteriorDesign #SmallBusiness #HomeImprovement #MinnesotaLife

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Joining host Ken Haglind on “Living Healthy and Aging Well” from Helping Paws is Community Outreach Coordinator & Volunteer Recruiter Andy Johnson, Volunteer Dog Trainer Katy Shannon, Graduate Susan Smith, and Assistant Dog Humphrey. They will talk about the life-changing role of assistance dogs from Helping Paws, a local non-profit in Eden Prairie. Serving veterans and first responders with service-related PTSD and those with physical disabilities, Helping Paws trains and places assistance dogs across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. As one of only four Assistance Dogs International (ADI) accredited organizations in all of Minnesota, Helping Paws has been serving our community for almost 40 years! Tune in to learn how you can host an assistance dog in training and help change a life today!

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Stock market numbers are way down; ground troops in Iran; Republicans building a national voter database; Jack Rice joins; previewing No Kings; GOP Rep. Elliott Engen arrested on suspicion of DWI; author Bob Frame joins; dancing!

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Matt McNeil was joined by author Bob Frame to talk about his new book, Making Mill City: Flour and Fortune in Minneapolis. Find the book at: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816667604/making-mill-city/

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