“There are peaks and valleys, and that’s where some of the connection and communication and the problem solving can happen is when when you’re going through those peaks and valleys. For me, it’s also knowing when I’m able to have a compassionate conversation, and when I’m not.”   

–Angela Russell on A Pubic Affair

On today’s Valentine’s Day edition, we get deep about how we can have rich conversations, and we recognize that we are all a work in progress. Joining Ali Muldrow are two good friends and well practiced conversation havers:

Angela Russell is the host of Black Oxygen, a podcast where she interviews Black folks who live in Wisconsin on their lives and journeys.

Dr. Toby Campbell is a thoracic medical oncologist and he is UW Health Chief of Palliative Care.

Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash

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