Hidden Edges Radio - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Interview: Wokie Daboh with Project Blackboard re: rehabilitating an elementary-junior high school in Liberia; Odds & Ends, the 2020 census will count same sex couples and a review/recommendation of Love, Simon; Human is Human, the need for Crisis Connection to survive as a suicide protection hotline.

Interview: Arin Greenwood on the estimated 10,000 police-involved dog shootings in the U.S. every year; Odds & Ends, the lack of diversity in the Trump/Pence White House; Human is Human, housing as a human right and Washington State is doing to combat homelessness, including the use of Tiny Houses (and an update on Todd Feske/A Walk for Homelessness’s work to introduce Tiny Houses into St. Paul).

Interview: Don Samuels with Microgrants and the Minneapolis School Board to discuss the challenges facing marginalized communities in Minnesota. Human is Human, Ellie talked about how as a white person, she can talk about the need to advocate for people of color, whereas our society doesn’t easily permit persons of color to advocate for themselves.

Live Show with Claire Wilson, Ass’t Commissioner of the MN Dept. of Human Services, and Antony Stately, PhD, with the Native American Community Clinic in Minneapolis to discuss the opioid epidemic in MN and steps the state is taking to help people with opioid addictions and their loved ones.