Podcast appearances and mentions of Angela Davis

The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is several years behind us, but many Minnesotans are still living with its consequences in the form of long COVID. Long COVID is a chronic condition that can last for weeks, months or even years after a COVID infection. A major symptom is extreme fatigue, and other symptoms can include everything from blood pressure changes and brain fog to joint pain and depression. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a doctor and a public health leader about long COVID and other other post-infection chronic conditions that doctors are only beginning to understand. Guests:  Dr. Tanya Melnik is an internal medicine doctor and director of the M Health Fairview Adult Post-COVID Clinic. She is also a clinical associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Kate Murray manages the Long COVID and Post-COVID Conditions program at the Minnesota Department of Health, one of the first public health initiatives focused on understanding the impacts of long COVID and related conditions and improving access to support. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

Comment bien choisir ses modèles Dans ce premier épisode de la cinquième saison du podcast, Stéphane et Joan explorent notre rapport aux modèles qui inspirent nos vies et notre foi. Entre figures religieuses, personnalités publiques et proches du quotidien, ils questionnent notre quête de perfection et invitent à privilégier des modèles authentiques, imparfaits et humains, capables d'inspirer sans devenir des idoles. [Stéphane] Bonjour, bienvenue à Question de croire, un podcast qui explore la foi et la spiritualité une question à la fois. Et pour débuter notre cinquième saison, on se demande comment bien choisir ses modèles. [Joan] Bonjour, Stéphane, et bonjour à toutes les personnes qui nous écoutent. [Stéphane] Bonjour Joan. La pression liée à un prénom [Joan] Ah, tu as dit bonjour, Joan. Tu vois Joan déjà c'est un modèle pour moi parce que c'est qui? C'est John Baez. Eh oui. Mes parents ont choisi mon prénom parce que voilà, formidable, tu connais John Baez quoi, je veux dire révolutionnaire antitout ou pro-tout, chacun dira ce qu'il veut. Oui, ils ont fait encore plus fort. Ils m'ont donné aussi Angela ou Ángela. Bon, après, des Ángela, il y en a eu dans toute ma lignée espagnole sur plusieurs générations. Mais bon, Angela, on sait très bien que c'est Angela Davis. Et Rosa, il y a aussi beaucoup de Rosa dans ma famille espagnole. Mais là, c'était Rosa Luxembourg. Donc, mes parents étaient-ils, sont-ils des gauchos? Pas du tout! Quand les gens me demandent un peu, pourquoi tu t'appelles Joan? Parce que c'est vrai que normalement on se dit Joan et j'ai dit : « c'est John Baez », à chaque fois ils me font « oh là, là, sacré programme ». Sauf que moi, je vis assez bien avec cet héritage, parce qu'une fois, j'ai entendu un jeune étudiant en théologie, quand j'allais au Bénin pour les formations d'auxiliaires de bibliothèque, pour former des gens dans mon équipe et tout, qui a fait une prédication très drôle, assez humoristique, pour dire que lui, en tant qu'étudiant en théologie, futur pasteur, il avait toujours envie d'être président. Effectivement, c'est parce qu'il avait un prénom qui le prédestinait à cela, puisque ses parents, lui souhaitant un brillant avenir, l'avaient prénommé Chirac. Donc, il a dit que quand il est devenu président de l'Amicale des étudiants en théologie du Bénin, il a senti vraiment, quelque part, il avait honoré l'intention de ses parents, qui avaient pris Chirac comme modèle pour lui. Le pasteur comme modèle de la vie chrétienne [Stéphane] C'est vrai qu'on reçoit parfois, par nos noms ou par nos fonctions, une certaine pression. Moi, ça me fait penser au titre de pasteur. On utilise beaucoup « pasteur » ou « révérend » dans mon Église. Comme je l'ai déjà signifié, moi je suis un peu allergique aux titres qui sont un peu honorifiques. Je trouve ça pompeux. Je dis toujours : « appelez-moi Stéphane. Vous pouvez me tutoyer, ça va bien ». Mais je peux comprendre que dans certains contextes, c'est comme ça que ça fonctionne. J'ai reçu un mandat de travailler avec une communauté essentiellement camerounaise. Il y a des gens d'un peu partout, mais la majorité est camerounaise. Et depuis le début, c'est pasteur Stéphane, pasteur Stéphane, pasteur Stéphane. Bon, j'ai décidé d'accepter, pas de me battre, parce que pour eux et pour elles, c'est important. Mais je trouve des fois, on a tendance à mettre le pasteur sur une espèce de piédestal. On investit tous nos fantasmes dans le sens où le pasteur, c'est quelqu'un de bien nécessairement, c'est quelqu'un de très éduqué, c'est quelqu'un d'une très grande sagesse et Dieu sait qu'on en a rencontré que non, ce n'est pas du tout le cas. Mais on sent qu'on doit projeter quelque chose et il y en a qui jouent un peu le jeu. Moi, mon anecdote d'aujourd'hui, les Québécois peut-être comprendront la référence, surtout si vous avez été aux alentours du Québec dans les années 1990, j'ai vu une vidéo de l'Église ICM, je ne sais pas, je n'ai pas vérifié l'acronyme. C'est un jeune pasteur qui lance un message. Venez à l'église, 16 septembre! Vous allez être accueillis! et je vois le nom Benjamin Carbone. Puis là, j'ai dit, mais est-ce le fils du célèbre Alberto Carbone, qui était un télévangéliste au Québec dans les années 1990? Eh bien oui, il a repris l'entreprise familiale, je pourrais dire. [Joan] Benjamin, si jamais on vous ramène des followers, dis-le-nous, c'est important qu'on sache. [Stéphane] Ah ben oui. Ce que j'ai remarqué en faisant un peu de recherche, c'était lui et son épouse. Il y a des cas où, comme toi Joan, avec ton époux, vous êtes tous les deux pasteurs, mais ce n'est pas l'image du beau couple parfait, l'épouse, le mari, les enfants parfaits, ce que j'appelle la vie Instagram, il n'y a rien qui dépasse, tout est beau. Donc, il se présente comme des modèles de la foi, des modèles de bon chrétien. Ce n'est pas ça la vraie vie, là. Qu'est-ce qu'on cherche là-dedans? Qu'est- ce qu'on cherche à projeter? Qu'est-ce que les gens recherchent là-dedans, pourquoi on veut que nos pasteurs, nos prêtres ou nos leaders religieux, soient des modèles, soient plus que parfaits. Dolly Parton, un modèle surprenant [Joan] Et d'ailleurs, ça me renvoie un petit peu à l'idée source de l'épisode. En fait, moi, je t'ai dit, il y a Dolly Parton qui est morte. Tu m'as dit, « Je ne connais pas trop. Je n'écoute pas trop de la country ». En fait, Dolly Parton, quand elle est morte, j'ai eu tellement de gens dans mon feed des réseaux sociaux qui lui ont payé un hommage, qui ont parlé d'elle, qui ont reposté ses chansons, qui ont parlé de sa vie, qui lui ont dit merci à titre posthume. Du coup, j'ai écouté un peu des épisodes de trucs et de machins, j'ai regardé des publications. Enfin, vraiment, ça m'a touchée parce que je connaissais Dolly Parton, mais je n'avais jamais trop fait attention. Elle vient des Smoky Mountains, un milieu vraiment assez rural, assez montagnard, assez cow-boy. Et elle s'est construit un personnage flamboyant en s'inspirant d'une femme de son entourage que tout le monde traitait de pétasse. En fait, c'était vraiment la femme du village, où quand on passait à côté d'elle, on disait aux enfants, aux petites filles, il ne faut surtout pas ressembler à cette dame. Pour qui elle se prend avec ses cheveux peroxydés, tout blond moche, ses talons, son maquillage, son allure? En plus, elle essaie d'attirer les hommes. Et puis elle, petite fille, dans une famille très chrétienne, vraiment très chrétienne, elle disait, mais un jour, moi, je serai comme cette femme. Parce qu'elle, au moins, elle ose qui elle est. Elle n'a pas peur, elle n'a pas honte. Elle vient d'une famille où on chantait beaucoup, comme c'était souvent le cas dans ces milieux-là. Un petit peu à la Céline Dion, pas du tout la même chose, mais de grandes familles, on chante, on sort le banjo, le truc, le machin. Et toute sa vie, en fait, elle a été une chrétienne hyper investie pour l'égalité des droits, pour les personnes LGBTQ+, les personnes queer, pour la early literacy, pour tout ce qui est l'apprentissage précoce de la lecture. Elle a créé une sorte de programme pour les enfants, pour qu'ils lisent. Elle se fait beaucoup attaquer par les chrétiens conservateurs. Elle n'en a jamais rien eu à taper. Évidemment, elle avait un empire, elle était très riche. C'est une businesswoman, elle a été hyper intelligente en termes de business. Mais ce qui est marrant, c'est que toute sa vie, même en étant assez vieille, elle avait ce look-là avec les cheveux blond jaune, un peu le look dingue, les maquillages flamboyants. Et toujours parce que cette femme, quand elle était petite fille, a été son modèle d'émancipation, d'oser être qui elle est. Et sa famille a eu un peu de mal, je pense, mais en fait, ils ont fini par s'habituer. Je trouve ça formidable, un exemple de vie chrétienne à contre-courant, en fait, de ce dont tu parles. Ça n'a rien à voir avec ça et c'est hyper inspirant pour les générations maintenant. Jésus, un révolutionnaire qui est devenu un modèle [Stéphane] C'est vrai que c'est très intéressant. On regarde certains chrétiens, ils vont dire : « Moi, je suis Jésus. J'admire Jésus. J'aspire à être comme Jésus ». Mais on regarde ne serait-ce que dans les évangiles, les amis de Jésus, c'est, entre guillemets, toutes les mauvaises personnes. Ce sont les prostituées, les lépreux, les collecteurs d'impôts. Toutes les personnes qu'on veut mettre au ban de la société, c'est ça les amis de Jésus. On s'attaque aux pharisiens. Ils étaient toujours à débattre et à essayer d'en découdre avec Jésus. Mais dans la société de l'époque, les pharisiens étaient considérés comme les bons croyants qui allaient au temple, qui respectaient les règles de la religion et tout ça. Et c'était Jésus qui provoquait, qui challengeait le statu quo, qui remettait les choses en question. Et 2000 ans plus tard, ce qu'on voit, c'est que le révolutionnaire ou celui qui voulait brasser la cage est devenu le modèle et les bonnes personnes sont devenues les moins bonnes personnes. Marie Durant, un modèle pour les protestants français [Joan] Moi, je me demande aussi pourquoi est-ce qu'on préfère souvent des modèles morts. Pourquoi est-ce qu'on prend beaucoup de modèles morts en exemple? Pourquoi est-ce que les gens qui sont là, qui justement se décarcassent, font du transport illégal de migrants et de migrantes, partagent leurs biens, replantent des déserts une plante après l'autre, pourquoi ces gens-là n'intéressent pas davantage? Alors bien sûr, il y a toujours quelqu'un qui se fait un petit peu remarquer, souvent quand la personne est jolie, jeune de préférence, souvent mince d'ailleurs aussi, ou a un bon réseau. Et d'ailleurs des fois c'est une bonne chose. Je rappelle que Gisèle Pellicot, l'une de ses filles, faisait partie du grand réseau journalistique et des médias parisiens. Donc, ce n'est pas par hasard non plus qu'on a eu cette médiatisation qui a apporté du fruit, donc ce n'est pas toujours négatif. Mais finalement, pourquoi on s'intéresse souvent plus aux personnes mortes comme modèle qu'aux personnes vivantes ? Et d'ailleurs, pourquoi est-ce que les personnes vivantes n'ont pas le droit d'être complètement vivantes, même quand elles ont subi de grandes offenses ou de grands malheurs? Je pense, et c'est tout bête, mais à Marie Durand. Marie Durand, grand exemple du protestantisme français, de la Résistance, enfermée 38 ans à la tour de Constance. J'y étais à la tour de Constance, c'est épatant d'aller là-bas. Et j'ai une copine, pendant ses études de théologie, elle était guide là-bas, à la tour de Constance, et elle raconte qu'il y a un truc que les gens ne supportaient pas. Tu ne vas jamais deviner ce que c'est Stéphane, c'est trop drôle. C'est qu'à la fin de la visite, elle me disait : « Écoutez, pour Marie Durand, après 38 ans d'emprisonnement, tout est bien qui s'est bien terminé. Elle est sortie de cette tour et elle s'est très vite mariée avec un homme qu'il admirait, qu'il attendait et elle a pu fonder une famille, être heureuse ». Les gens, ils étaient trop déçus! Il se disait, non, mais c'est une martyre, elle a souffert, elle a souffert pour sa foi. Ben non, en fait, on peut être une martyre, souffrir pour sa foi, puis vivre des grands moments de joie, être heureux et heureuse en fait, tout en étant des modèles. La recherche de modèle parfait [Stéphane] C'est vrai que certaines personnes ressentent presque un sentiment de trahison. Lorsque ces personnes investissent leurs émotions dans l'image d'une personne, on veut que ce soit parfait, qu'il n'y ait pas d'aspérité, qu'il n'y ait rien qui dépasse. Tout est lisse. La belle histoire, l'hagiographie, parfait, parfait, parfait. Mais qu'est-ce qu'on recherche dans ces modèles-là, dans ces idoles? Est-ce qu'on recherche justement la perfection, ce qu'on ne peut pas atteindre nous-mêmes, mais qu'on aimerait tellement? Est-ce qu'on ne préfère pas plus des gens ordinaires, je pourrais dire? Des gens justement qui ont souffert, qui ont douté, qui ont surmonté des épreuves, qui ont fait des erreurs, qui ont reconnu leur tort, qui ont réessayé. Qu'est-ce qu'on recherche? Moi, un des trucs que j'ai remarqués, c'est le personnage de mère Thérésa, qui a été acclamée de son vivant. Mais à la suite de sa mort, il y a des choses qui sont sorties. Elle avait écrit des trucs sur qu'elle ressentait le doute, qu'elle avait des périodes plus sombres au niveau de la foi. Puis là, il y a eu des trucs aussi que la gestion financière n'était pas vraiment optimale. On ne parle pas de malversation, mais disons que la comptabilité, ce n'était pas sa force. Les choses étaient un peu mélangées. Et là, les gens disaient, mais c'est scandaleux tout ça. Encore une fois, qu'est-ce qu'on veut? On veut la personne qui agit sans erreur ou la personne qui réussit de grandes choses, mais qui se questionne, qui a un doute. Moi, j'aime bien être capable de me reconnaître un peu dans ces modèles-là, dans ces idoles-là. Je peux me dire : « ah, cette personne-là a eu une passe un peu plus difficile. Ah, moi aussi, j'ai une passe plus difficile. Elle s'en est sortie. Ça m'inspire pour m'en sortir. » L'importance des modèles féminins [Joan] En plus, en tant que petite fille, moi, je manquais de modèles féminins, de leadership féminin, en fait, dans les Églises, dans le religieux. Vraiment, on ne voyait jamais les femmes rabbins, les femmes imams. Bon, côté catholique, voilà. Et puis, j'entendais parler quand j'étais petite de femmes pasteurs. Ça, c'était un sujet assez récurrent, parce que tu pouvais avoir des discussions là ou là, et puis on disait oui, ben voilà, moi, ma pasteure. Mais moi, de là où je suis originaire, la paroisse réformée du Bouclier de Strasbourg, il n'y avait pas de femmes pasteurs dans mon environnement. Il y avait des femmes, des laïcs très investies, c'était déjà chouette, mais pas de femmes pasteure. Et pourtant c'est dommage parce que 100% des femmes en situation de leadership dans les églises expliquent qu'elles avaient besoin de penser à une pionnière pour s'y raccrocher en fait. Ce serait que quand on vient faire des tas de procès à des femmes comme Mère Thérésa. D'un côté, c'est juste de souligner aussi ce qui n'était pas ok. D'un autre côté, c'est aussi de l'acharnement en fait, parce qu'il y a beaucoup d'hommes qui ne sont pas ok dans leur gestion, qui font un peu n'importe quoi. Et finalement, on va finir par te dire ce qui compte, c'est son œuvre ou ce qui compte, ce qu'il a fait. D'ailleurs, il y a un exemple avec un symposium qui a dû avoir lieu, complètement délirant, pour un prof de théologie dont je n'ai même pas envie de parler. Et là, on a bien vu que pour ce symposium, pour ce prof de théologie, qui pourtant a reconnu un certain nombre de trucs vraiment super pas ok, vraiment des choses qui ne vont pas du tout. Il y a plein de gens qui continuent à penser que c'était quelqu'un d'hyper intéressant, qui avait beaucoup contribué à la recherche. Et puis de toute façon, tout le monde a ses faiblesses et ses failles. Et alors c'est là qu'on se rend compte qu'on a du mal à perdre une figure tutélaire. Et on voit aussi que la personne qu'on considère comme une figure tutélaire, elle a du mal à perdre cette petite aura qu'elle a. « C'est un modèle de recherche, de réflexion, de savoir théologique ». On sent que quand tu remets un peu en question ça, sentir jugé, vexé. Moi j'ai interpellé des personnes qui avaient annoncé qu'elles allaient participer à ce symposium alors que voilà, ça aurait été mieux de ne rien faire ou de récolter de l'argent pour les personnes qui ont souffert de certaines situations. « Et oh là, là! Comment tu oses me dire ça, me parler de ça? Faut quand même penser aussi aux contributions exceptionnelles qu'a pu faire ce pasteur. » Mais est-ce que la recherche de vérité ne fait pas partie de l'amour aussi? Est-ce que cette recherche à tout prix de modèle ne devient pas de l'idolâtrie? Je me méfie beaucoup de la him-pathy, le fait d'avoir tellement de sympathie parce que cette personne a apporté beaucoup à ce domaine et à la recherche. Il n'y a pas de her-pathy, très rarement, donc on voit tout de suite qu'il y a un problème. Choisir des modèles qui nous arrangent [Stéphane] On adopte des modèles qui font notre affaire. C'est très rare qu'on va prendre dans l'absolu, telle personne a accompli telle chose. « Je vais suivre cet exemple ». Souvent, ça correspond à qui nous sommes. Lors de la première campagne de Donald Trump, ça paraît tellement loin, un des scandales, parce que ça a été quasiment oublié tellement qu'il y en a eu, c'est qu'il a eu une relation extra-conjugale avec une vedette de la pornographie. Et de voir des pasteurs, des commentateurs dire : « Donald Trump, c'est comme le roi David. Il y avait des aventures, le roi David et c'est un grand roi, c'est un grand pilier de la foi ». Donc, on essaie de prendre certains modèles pour justifier des choses qui sont assez difficiles à être justifiées. Là, je pense qu'il y a un décalage. Dire « Moi, j'aspire à être, je ne sais pas, avoir plus d'empathie, d'aider mon prochain comme telle personne », ça c'est une chose, mais lorsqu'on est rendu à chercher des modèles pour justifier des errements, justifier des crimes, justifier des choses qui sont difficilement justifiables, là je pense qu'il commence à y avoir un enjeu. On n'essaie pas de s'élever vers le haut, on essaie de justifier vers le bas. Être un modèle pour les autres [Joan] Et d'ailleurs, je suis vigilante au fait de justement, à la fois, que les gens puissent avoir quelqu'un avec qui raisonner, ce qui est mon boulot aussi en tant que pasteure et puis en aumônerie de la migration, quelqu'un à qui les gens puissent se raccrocher dans leurs épreuves, d'une façon j'espère la plus équilibrée possible, dans l'idée qu'ils et elles puissent boucler des boucles et sortir de leurs épreuves. Et puis en même temps, des fois, je m'auto-observe et je suis étreinte un peu d'un sentiment étouffant. Est-ce que justement, dans mes excès des fois de vouloir aider, syndrome de la sauveuse contre lequel il faut tout le temps se battre, est-ce que j'ai pu être un exemple un peu excessif pour d'autres? De rentrer tard, me lever tôt, m'occuper des autres? Après d'un côté, moi j'ai beaucoup de plaisir à le faire et puis quand je n'arrive plus à le faire, de toute façon moi je fais des pauses, je n'ai aucun problème avec le concept de pause, de Shabbat. Mais quand on est profilé, qu'on est un peu visible, en tout cas pour des personnes qu'on accompagne, c'est une responsabilité en fait. Et puis c'est une responsabilité qui, qu'on le veuille ou non, est un peu double quand on est une femme. Parce qu'on est assez récente dans le métier, on est encore en train de construire un peu ce que c'est que d'être femme, ministre, pasteur dans un corps pastoral qui a été créé, conçu pour et par des hommes. Et donc voilà, il y a des fois un bout d'excès, mais de réflexion éthique autour de ça qui m'étreint. Être un modèle positif [Stéphane] Tu abordes, on a un point qui me touche vraiment. Est-ce qu'on est nous-mêmes des modèles, positifs ou négatifs? Il y en a qui aiment se présenter comme des modèles, comme je l'ai dit plus tôt, regardez-moi, je suis pasteur, je suis bon, je suis beau. Mais je pense, par exemple, à mon fils, qui a maintenant 16 ans, qui me regarde fort probablement comme je regardais mon père. Fort probablement, toi, tu regardais soit ton père, ta mère. Est-ce qu'on est des modèles positifs? Et ce n'est pas nécessairement parfait, mais positif. Est-ce que je suis inspirant pour les gens autour de moi? Par exemple, au travail, est-ce que je mets les priorités aux bonnes places? Est-ce que je passe assez de temps avec ma famille? Moi, je vois des pasteurs qui vont travailler 60-70 heures par semaine. Puis là, je me dis, oui, mais quelle sorte de vie de famille qui reste là-dedans? Est-ce que c'est quelque chose à imiter? Donc, il y a ça aussi. Qu'est-ce qu'on dégage? Comment qu'on interagit avec les autres personnes? Est-ce qu'on peut être des modèles positifs? L'absence de modèles féminins dans la Bible [Joan] C'est compliqué aussi parce qu'on voudrait pouvoir trouver des modèles dans la Bible. Et moi, je suis souvent bloquée aussi parce qu'il n'y a pas beaucoup de modèles féminins dans la Bible sur des questions un peu de leadership spirituel, sur plein de choses. Il y a des femmes qui disent et qui font des choses dans la Bible, mais on ne va pas non plus extrapoler et pousser la comparaison à des endroits qui sont super anachroniques. Il y a Déborah. Mais est-ce que tout le monde a le caractère ou la force d'être Déborah? Conseillère de guerre, juge, elle fait plein de choses, elle est sous son palmier, elle est multi-task cette femme. Elle est mère de famille, elle est merveilleuse. Mais on ne peut vraiment pas toutes être comme Déborah. On peut reconnaître, on peut honorer les Déborah dans nos vies, dans la Bible. Et en même temps, on est obligé de voir que dans la Bible, il y a surtout des personnes qui se trompent, qui trompent Dieu, qui font des choses horribles, qui après sont rétablies quand même. Et donc, c'est complexe de faire avec tout ça et de trouver des ressources au milieu de tout ça et de se dire, comment est-ce que je gère ces ressources-là, sans être littéraliste, sans vouloir absolument faire dire à la Bible ce qu'elle ne dit pas et construire un peu tranquillement et de façon participative, une sorte de leadership chrétien, le truc dont tout le monde parle. C'est la tarte à la crème le leadership chrétien. Il y a même des bouquins là-dessus. Moi je rigole quand je vois qu'il y a des gens qui lisent des bouquins sur le leadership chrétien, je n'arrive même pas à comprendre comment est-ce qu'on structure ça, mais pourquoi pas quoi! Être capable de relativiser son influence [Stéphane] Je me souviens, il a y quelques années, j'avais acheté un livre à une amie pour sa fille, et c'était l'histoire d'Esther. Et sur le coup, elle m'a dit, c'est quoi? Esther a quand même confronté le roi pour sauver son peuple. C'est du courage. Ce n'est pas rien. Je pense qu'il faut savoir parfois presque lire entre les lignes. Ce n'est pas toujours facile. Et parfois aussi, j'aime bien pour rester dans nos bibles, comment certaines personnes sont conscientes de leur influence. Je pense beaucoup à Paul, qui, si on se fie à la bible, est demeuré célibataire. Mais dans la première lettre aux Corinthiens, au chapitre 7, verset 7, il dit : « En réalité, je préférerais que tout le monde soit comme moi, mais chacun le don particulier que Dieu lui a accordé, l'un de ceci, l'autre de ce don-là ». Paul était conscient qu'il y avait de l'influence. Sûrement plusieurs personnes le considéraient comme un modèle à suivre. Mais il était capable de dire : « Ça, ça fonctionne pour moi. Je demeure célibataire. Je ne me marie pas. Mais je suis conscient que pour d'autres personnes, c'est autre chose ». Et j'espère que moi, puis les modèles que je recherche ont cette idée-là, de ne pas sur-simplifier, ne pas généraliser le tout, d'être capable de dire voici mes qualités et voici ce que j'en ai fait avec, mais peut-être que vous avez d'autres qualités et essayez d'utiliser vos qualités pour la bonne raison. Déjà là, moi je trouve ça un peu plus inspirant comme modèle qu'une personne qui nous dit voici la recette, voici comment faire, appliquer A, B, C, D, E, F. Conclusion [Joan] Je trouve ça assez épatant dans un podcast ouvertement progressiste. On termine plus ou moins avec une exégèse sur Paul, ce que Paul peut apporter dans nos réflexions. Merci Stéphane en tout cas pour cette conversation. [Stéphane] Et merci à toutes les personnes qui continuent à nous écouter. On ne fait pas ça nécessairement pour la célébrité, on ne fait pas ça pour les chiffres, mais ça fait toujours chaud au cœur de voir que les gens sont à l'écoute et ça fait toujours chaud au cœur d'avoir des suggestions, des commentaires, des retours de votre part. Vous pouvez le faire à questiondecroire@gamil.com. Je veux remercier rapidement l'Église unie du Canada, notre commanditaire, qui nous permet de continuer cette aventure. Joan, je te souhaite une très belle journée et porte-toi bien. [Joan] Merci Stéphane. Au revoir à tout le monde et à très bientôt.         Mots clés :   modèle, foi, leadership, authenticité, vulnérabilité, religion, inspiration, société, influence, spiritualité     Sujets clés :   L'importance des modèles dans la foi et la société L'impact de l'authenticité et de la vulnérabilité Les dangers de l'idolâtrie et de la recherche de perfection L'influence de figures bibliques comme Deborah L'effet des modèles sur l'estime de soi et la construction identitaire     Points importants :   La recherche de perfection dans les modèles peut conduire à l'idolâtrie. L'authenticité et la vulnérabilité sont des qualités précieuses chez ceux et celles que l'on admire. Les leaders religieux ne sont pas parfaits, ils ont aussi leurs failles. La société valorise souvent les figures mortes ou idéalisées plutôt que les personnes vivantes et authentiques. Il est légitime de chercher des modèles qui ont surmonté des épreuves et qui doutent. L'exemple de Dolly Parton illustre la puissance d'être soi-même malgré les jugements. La recherche de modèles doit être équilibrée entre inspiration et réalisme.     Citations :   « Chercher la perfection qu'on ne peut pas atteindre » « Les figures tutélaires ont du mal à perdre leur aura »     Chapitres : 00:00:00 - Comment bien choisir ses modèles 00:00:51 - La pression liée à un prénom 00:02:42 - Le pasteur comme modèle de la vie chrétienne 00:06:00 - Dolly Parton, un modèle surprenant 00:08:50 - Jésus, un révolutionnaire qui est devenu un modèle 00:10:21 - Marie Durant, un modèle pour les protestants français 00:12:34 - La recherche de modèle parfait 00:14:54 - L'importance des modèles féminins 00:17:58 - Choisir des modèles qui nous arrangent 00:19:51 - Être un modèle pour les autres 00:21:25 - Être un modèle positif 00:22:53 - L'absence de modèles féminins dans la Bible 00:24:37 - Être capable de relativiser son influence 00:26:39 - Conclusion   * Photo de Alexander Lyashkov, unsplsh.com (https://unsplash.com/fr/@coldfield). Utilisée avec permission.       

Isaac Thompson grew up in the Twin Cities dreaming of becoming a professional violinist. His career took him off the stage and into arts leadership — and eventually brought him back home to lead the Minnesota Orchestra, the same institution that inspired him as a kid.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Thompson about his first year as CEO of the orchestra and his vision for making classical music more accessible.Guest:Isaac Thompson is the president and CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra, a role he began in October 2025. He previously served as president and CEO of the Oregon Symphony and held leadership roles at the New York Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.Isaac Thompson serves on the Minnesota Public Radio Board of Trustees.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

As artificial intelligence companies create increasingly powerful models, lawmakers are calling for rules to regulate the technology. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the debate over AI regulation, who should oversee it and what the guardrails could be.Guests:Daniel Schwarcz is a professor of law at the University of Minnesota.Chris Farrell is the senior economics contributor for MPR News and Marketplace.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

Four years ago, Rural Voice launched in St. Joseph, Minn., with a conversation about the challenges and opportunities of building a business in rural America. This year, to kick off the 2026 season, Rural Voice returned to St. Joseph to talk about belonging. MPR News host and Rural Voice moderator Kerri Miller led a discussion at Krewe Restaurant on Sept. 14. Community members shared personal stories about what it means to belong — especially when you enter a small town as a newcomer. Rural Voice in St. Joseph Rural Voice is a series of town hall discussions designed to illuminate the rewards and challenges of making a home in rural Minnesota. For more information, and to see if a Rural Voice is coming to a city near you, check out the Rural Voice website. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. 

When someone stops drinking alcohol or using drugs, it's only the beginning. For many people, recovery is a long journey — one that can mean rebuilding relationships, changing everyday habits and finding a new community and sense of purpose.MPR News host Angela Davis talks during National Recovery Month with two guests who rebuilt their lives after alcohol or drug use brought everything crashing down — in very public ways.Guests: Beth McDonough is a sober advocate, author and former Twin Cities TV crime reporter. She writes in her first memoir “Standby” about losing her job, home and sense of identity in 2008 following two arrests for drunken driving. Her new memoir, “Still Standing,” describes her recovery from alcoholism and how she rebuilt her life after her public downfall. She lives and writes in southern Utah. John Solomon recently stepped into the new role of executive director of lifelong recovery at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, where he also earned his master's degree in counseling and completed treatment for bi-polar disorder and alcohol and methamphetamine use. He previously worked as a therapist in Alaska and as CEO of the Alaska Behavioral Health Association. He is a former singer and songwriter with the rock band Communist Daughter.

Writer, producer, director, and casting director Angela Davis joins Floyd Marshall Jr. and Co-Host Okema T. Moore for a candid conversation about independent filmmaking, micro-budget production, casting, screenwriting, and building the right creative team.Angela shares how she transitioned from more than 25 years in theater to film, why filmmakers should stop waiting for permission to create, and what it takes to move a screenplay toward production while protecting the integrity of the story. She also discusses the making of her psychological thriller ALMOST, the importance of authentic casting, knowing your audience, building genuine industry relationships, and using community support to stretch a limited film budget.For independent filmmakers, writers, producers, directors, and actors, this episode offers practical insight and encouragement for turning a creative vision into a real production.

Tattoos can mark a memory, honor someone we love, express something about who we are — or simply be a piece of art we like enough to put on our bodies. But choosing something permanent can bring up questions about meaning, regret and how others might see us.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a sociologist who studies tattoo culture and a St. Paul tattoo artist about why people get tattoos, what they mean to us and how attitudes towards tattoos are changing.Guests:Jordanne Le Fae is a tattoo artist and co-owner of Weird Ink Society, a tattoo shop in St. Paul that focuses on creating a welcoming environment for clients.David Lane is a criminal justice professor and sociologist at Illinois State University. Part of his research focuses on tattooing, tattoo culture and the social world of tattoo artists. He is also the author of “The Other End of the Needle: Continuity and Change among Tattoo Workers.”

Most Americans believe college is too expensive. In a Gallup poll released this summer, only 12 percent of U.S. adults say four-year colleges and universities provide an affordable education. But at the same time, a majority of parents surveyed say they still want their children to get a degree.What's a student to do?Here in Minnesota, relatively new programs like North Star Promise aim to close the gap for low-income students. But is it enough to make a real difference when it comes to overall affordability? MPR News host Angela Davis took that question to St. Cloud on Thursday. She hosted a North Star Journey Live discussion at St. Cloud State University with financial aid experts on the front lines of helping students figure out how to pay for college — and current students — to see if the hopes about changing affordability are being felt. North Star Journey Live: College affordability Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.   

Most Americans believe college is too expensive. In a Gallup poll released this summer, only 12 percent of U.S. adults say four-year colleges and universities provide an affordable education. But at the same time, a majority of parents surveyed say they still want their children to get a degree.What's a student to do?Here in Minnesota, relatively new programs like North Star Promise aim to close the gap for low-income students. But is it enough to make a real difference when it comes to overall affordability? MPR News host Angela Davis took that question to St. Cloud on Thursday. She hosted a North Star Journey Live discussion at St. Cloud State University with financial aid experts on the front lines of helping students figure out how to pay for college — and current students — to see if the hopes about changing affordability are being felt. North Star Journey Live: College affordability Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.   

Minnesotans made more than 9 million visits to food shelves last year — setting a record for the fourth year in a row, according to The Food Group's 2025 Minnesota Food Shelf Visits Report. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the CEO of Feeding America, the largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S., and a regional food bank leader about the growing need for food assistance — and what can be done to help make sure people have enough to eat.Guests:Denis McDonough is the chief executive officer of Feeding America. Until January 2025, he was Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs. He served in various roles in the White House during both of President Barack Obama's terms — and was the White House Chief of Staff for President Obama's second term.Sarah Moberg is the chief executive officer at Second Harvest Heartland, which is one of the largest food banks in the country. It provides services in central and southwest Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

When a parent can't care for a child, family members often step in. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings and close family friends become caregivers — sometimes with little preparation or support. They often face unexpected challenges navigating schools, healthcare, finances and the legal system.MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what these families need, how policies can better support them and what each of us can do to help.Guests:Donna Butts is the former executive director of Generations United, a national nonprofit that advocates for intergenerational strategies, policies and programs. She is also the author of the new book, “Grandfamilies: Stories of Children and the Loving Relatives Who Raise Them.”Janet Salo is a kinship navigator for Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota. She helps relatives and close family friends who are raising another person's child find and use financial, legal, medical, mental health and educational support.For help, call Kinship Family Support Services at 651-917-4640 or 877-917-4640 or email warmline@lssmn.org.A caller during the show recommended Keeping Families Connected Minnesota, an organization that provides free legal support to relatives caring for children. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

Deuxième émission sur le site de la Fête de L'Humanité. Images impressionnantes hier de la foule agglutinée autour du stand de la France Insoumise à l'occasion du discours de Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Une fête de l'humanité encore plus politique que d'ordinaire, année présidentielle oblige. Marine Tondelier, François Ruffin, et Fabien Roussel qui a tenu son meeting sur la grande scène Angela Davis. "Si tu ne t'intéresses pas à la politique, la politique s'intéressera à toi." Ce n'est pas moi qui le dit, c'est Kneecap qui jouaient vendredi et dont nous allons vous faire entendre l'interview très engagée que le groupe nous a accordé vendredi avant leur concert. Je dis nous parce que je ne suis pas tout sur cette place Agnès Varda, en face du chapiteau Jack Ralite : aux manettes l'acrobate réalisateur Rémi Pierre qui grimpe sur les structures pour que nous ayons du courant sur la plateau. Marine Long-Paolacci et Antoine Dabrowski reçoivent au micro de Tsugi Radio : Kneecap, Belaria, Didier Wampas et Clément Garcia

Depuis 1930, le quotidien l'Humanité fondé par Jean Jaurès à sa fête. Pensée d'abord pour soutenir le journal, la fête de l'huma est un moment assez unique que le monde nous envie. Le groupe irlandais Kneecap me confiait hier qu'ils n'ont rencontré nulle part au monde un événement d'une telle ampleur qui rassemble artistes, syndicalistes, milieu associatifs, ONG, partis politiques, le tout dans une ambiance ultra joyeuse. Il n'y a pas une mais des fêtes de l'huma, tant chaque stand d'association, de fédération, de section locale, organise sa fête dans la fête : karaoke, fest noz, DJ, concerts. Les drapeaux palestiniens flottent un peu partout et j'ai même croisé un couple de retraités qui arborait fièrement leur Tshirt : Le Collioure Grillades Club soutient Gaza ! La fête, pour les intimes, c'est un réjouissant brouhaha sonore, ici les rues s'appellent Gisèle Halimi, Agnès Varda, Nelson Mandela, les scènes Josephine Baker, Angela Davis ou Nina simone. Ici il n'y pas d'espace vip ou de bar pro, les vip ce sont toutes ces belles âmes qui investissent les 80 hectares de cette Base 217 du Plessis-Gâté et de Brétigny-sur-Orge dans l'Esssone, qui accueille de la fête de l'huma depuis 2022. Marine Long-Paolacci et Antoine Dabrowski, depuis l'espace pique-nique en face du chapiteau Jack Ralite, reçoivent au micro : arøne, Théa, Sofia Boutrih, nous étions une armée, Girls in Hawaii et Thibaut Bruttin

Minnesota's top judge is retiring at the end of this month. Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson has been on the Supreme Court since 2015 and was elevated into her role as chief justice in 2023. She is one of only a few Black justices in state history and is the first person of color and the third woman to lead the state's highest court. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her about her long career and why she thinks it's important for the public to understand and trust the role of the courts, especially in politically divisive times. Guest: Natalie Hudson is chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She was appointed to the position by Gov. Tim Walz in 2023 after serving since 2015 as an associate justice on the court. She previously served 13 years on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Earlier in her career, she practiced housing and employment law, served as the St. Paul city attorney and worked in the criminal appellate division of the Minnesota attorney general's office. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

Here's your local news for Monday, September 14, 2026:We hear the Dane County Board's pitch to delay approval of the BECI transmission project,Discuss the future of police oversight in Madison with interim Independent Monitor Aeiramique Glass,Revisit a 2022 gerrymandering decision that could resurface this week in the Wisconsin Supreme Court,Explain how a 1969 labor dispute launched Angela Davis into fame,Teach you how to mix up a "Cuba Libre" cocktail,Review a new comedy and a beloved classic film,And much more.

Most people have days when they want to quit their jobs. But when that feeling doesn't go away — when you feel stuck, unhappy or unable to grow — it may be time to seriously consider leaving.Deciding to quit can be complicated. Before giving notice, there are questions to weigh about your finances, your family, the job market and whether changes at your current workplace could make staying worthwhile.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about how to recognize when it's time to leave a job — and how to prepare for what comes next.Guests:Chris Farrell is the senior economics contributor for MPR News and Marketplace. LaRae Jome is a psychologist and career counselor with Work-Life Directions in the Twin Cities. She has more than 25 years of experience helping people navigate career decisions, job changes, workplaces challenges and burnout. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. 

Today on at 1-2pm on KPFA Radio's “Women's Magazine” I spend most of the hour talking about a new must see documentary “Second Nature” about the proliferation of homosexuality and/or gender changing/bending in all species in nature. For centuries the Church, science and now Republican lawmakers have invoked biological essentialism to justify pathologizing and attacking Queers and Transgenders. This attack is especially obvious now when transgender health care, school participation, bathroom access, and public visibility is being made illegal. Conservative activists routinely describe trans identity and homosexuality as a rejection of science itself. And homophobes often assert that heterosexuality and male dominance is part of natural law following centuries of darwinian bias and argue that homosexuality is an aberration in all of nature. Today I talk to Drew Denny, the director of the new documentary “Second Nature” which debunks this century's old science based propaganda. And I also talk two scientists from the film about the science; the ground breaking evolutionary biologist Dr Joan Roughgarden, the author of the seminal science changing book “Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People” and renowned feminist darwinian primatologist Dr Amy Parish about the fallacy of this heterosexist science. This excellent and thoroughly convincing documentary is showing on September 17, at 7:00 PM as the opening night film of Critter Fest showing at the 4-Star Theater in San Francisco. You can find more info on their website secondnaturedoc.com And I want people to check out another important political documentary “Democracy Noir:A New Dawn” which is showing September 16th at 7:15 a the grand lake theater. “Democracy Noir: A New Dawn” is an informative account of how Viktor Orbán installed authoritarian rule in Hungary and of his stunning defeat by the unification of the people across parties. You can get more info about this film at clarity films.org. And I want to note the death of Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan, two important feminists from the 70's. Their passing and the continual loss of older feminist sadly marks the end of an era. I want to note that Steinem was lauded in the NY times obituary and my many feminist everywhere but was also attacked online for being a CIA spy and Neo liberal feminist. Steinem may not have been a radical anti imperialist feminist but she did work to create bonds and support with many African American feminists including bell hooks and Angela Davis among others. Like the Hungarians I hope we can realize we are in a state of emergency that may require we work together with those who may not be exact duplicates of ourselves. So rather than go into the both sides of that debate I am just gonna play a few short clips from Steinem. The post “Second Nature” documentary on gender and sexuality in nature appeared first on KPFA.

For those who lived through it, the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 remains a defining moment. But an entire generation has now grown up since the attacks.That morning, terrorists hijacked four passenger planes. Two crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, one hit the Pentagon, and passengers on the fourth plane fought back before it crashed in rural Pennsylvania.Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks, with thousands more later dying from illnesses linked to the toxic debris.9/11 changed the United States in lasting ways. It altered the country's sense of safety, brought many Americans together, but also led to increased harassment and hate crimes against Muslim Americans and immigrants. It prompted the war in Afghanistan and major changes to airport security, including the creation of the TSA.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests and listeners about what people remember about 9/11 and the lasting impact of that day.Guests:   Tim Stout Tim Stout is the chief of staff for the civilian staff in the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. He was on staff in the White House on September 11, 2001 and subsequently worked in the newly established White House Office of Homeland Security and then for the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.Anne Gearity is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She has a doctorate in clinical social work with expertise in trauma and has been a therapist for children, teenagers and adults for nearly four decades.

A growing number of people are finding stress relief in sound baths. It involves lying down, closing your eyes and letting waves of sound wash over you — usually the sounds of gongs, crystal bowls, rattles and other instruments. Many people who have experienced a sound bath say it calms their mind and puts them in a state of deep relaxation that can also help with anxiety, sleep problems and even pain. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about some of the benefits and the science behind the good vibrations. Guests: Diana Parra Perez provides sound healing, mindfulness practices and retreats through her business Resonancia Sagrada, with a focus on Latino and Spanish-speaking communities. She is a senior scientist in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. A native of Bogotá, Colombia, she lives in St. Louis, Mo. Donette Ambrosy is a sound therapist with a home studio in Minneapolis called Fine Tuning Sound Therapy. She also leads sound bath experiences at local yoga studios, community centers and other venues. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.  

Minnesota voters will find a question about public school funding on their ballots this fall. A proposed constitutional amendment would increase the amount distributed each year from the state's Permanent School Fund — a $2.4 billion investment fund built with revenue generated by state-owned school trust lands.Supporters say it would provide additional money without raising taxes, but critics say that the increase would only cover a fraction of the broader financial pressures facing school districts.MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about how Minnesota schools are funded, where that money goes and what voters should understand about the proposed amendment before November. Here's a link to a resource to see what will be on your ballot this coming November:Minnesota Secretary Of State - What's On My Ballot?Guests:Christine Tucci Osorio is the superintendent for School District 622, which includes North St. Paul, Maplewood and Oakdale. Mary Kunesh is a DFL state senator representing District 39 in the northern Twin Cities suburbs. She chairs the Senate Education Finance Committee.Marguerite Roza is a research professor at Georgetown University and director of its Edunomics Lab, a research center that studies education finance and how school systems use public dollars. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

Democracy Now! Marks 30 Years with Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe & More

Democracy Now! Marks 30 Years with Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe & More

Community land trusts make it possible for land to be owned collectively while individuals own the homes and businesses on it. The model grew out of the civil rights movement, when Black farmers in the rural South used collective ownership to build economic independence despite barriers to credit and land access.Today, community land trusts help preserve affordable housing and commercial spaces while giving communities more control over their future. The Rondo Community Land Trust in St. Paul is one example. It is working to rebuild community wealth and preserve the legacy of the historic Black neighborhood displaced by Interstate 94.MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about how community land trusts work, why collective ownership matters and what the model could offer communities across Minnesota.Guests:Mikeya Griffin is the president and CEO of Rondo Community Land Trust, a nonprofit that creates permanently affordable homes and commercial spaces that keep land, opportunity, and legacy rooted in community. She grew up in St. Paul's historic Rondo neighborhood and is the first African American woman to lead the 30-year-old organization.Debbie Montgomery is a community leader who grew up in the Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul. She was the first Black woman police sergeant in St. Paul and the first Black woman elected to the St. Paul City Council. She also served as assistant commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. At age 17, she became the youngest person to serve on the national board of the NAACP, an organization that works towards equity, political rights and social inclusion of Black people and people of color.

Confidence can be hard to find when you're facing a new challenge, recovering from a mistake or simply hearing that critical voice in your head. But confidence isn't a personality trait. It's a skill that can be developed.MPR News host Angela Davis and her guest talk about how to quiet your inner critic, learn from mistakes, recognize your wins and take action — even when you don't feel ready.Guest:Cindra Kamphoff is a professor of sport and performance psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is a certified professional coach and mental performance consultant who founded the Mentally Strong Institute, a firm that provides coaching to leaders and athletes. She also hosts the podcast “High Performance Mindset.” Her most recent book is, “The Confidence Habit: 7 Core Practices to Transform Self-Doubt to Self-Belief.”

The Mississippi River has provided water, food, transportation and a place of connection for generations of Minnesotans. But its history is also marked by displacement, environmental damage and decisions that have often prioritized industry and commerce over communities and the health of the river.A new documentary, “We Are the River: How the Mississippi Shaped Minnesota,” explores the complicated history of the river and the people who have lived alongside it. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about what that history can teach us about caring for the Mississippi today and in the future.Guests:Kate Beane is Flandreau Santee Sioux Dakota and Muscogee Creek. She is the executive director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art, has taught at the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis College and serves on the board of Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi, a nonprofit that oversees two Dakota sacred sites in St. Paul. Devin Ashley Brown is the founder of Sovereign Waters, a Minneapolis-based organization that creates culturally responsive pathways to water confidence, environmental connection and outdoor leadership. She works to dismantle barriers that have excluded historically underserved communities from outdoor recreation. She also attempted to be the first Black woman on record to solo the Mississippi River before flood waters ended her trip. John Anfinson is a Mississippi River historian, author and former Superintendent of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. He previously worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is the part-time river historian at the University of Minnesota's St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. He is also a founding board member of Friends of the Mississippi River and is active in many other river-related organizations and initiatives.

Many Americans are finding it harder to stretch their budgets — and wondering when they'll feel some financial relief. Inflation, higher gas prices and difficulty keeping up with bills and other payments — like buy now, pay later loans — are straining household budgets, while tariffs and changing trade relationships, including with Canada, raise concerns about additional costs.MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about why so many people feel financially squeezed, what's driving these pressures and what they reveal about the broader economy.Guests:Chris Farrell is the senior economics contributor for MPR News and Marketplace. Catherine Rampell is economics editor at The Bulwark, an independent media company. She is also an anchor at MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, and a contributor to Marketplace. She previously worked as an opinion columnist for The Washington Post and was an economics reporter for The New York Times.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

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In this episode, we bring back political science professor Dr. Bikrum Gil to discuss the myth that Iran is an evil imperialist regime. The analysis goes beyond loving or hating Iran; instead, we ground the conversation in a material approach to understanding what constitutes an imperialist nation and where Iran fits within it.  We also explore a recent open letter published in the Guardian titled 'To Iran's political prisoners, trapped 'between two blades of a scissors'. It was signed by several prominent academics and activists, including Angela Davis, Robyn Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, among others. It also had political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, but there is deep speculation whether he was aware his name would be used. The letter conflates the imperialist powers of the United States and Israel. Dr. Gill explains how this faulty logic is bigger than one letter but a consequence of Western knowledge production that fails for meet the moment. This leads to the broader discussion on what forms of knowledge help meet the moment, how we need to expand beyond our current canon, and what the resistance teaches us.  To Iran's political prisoners, trapped 'between two blades of a scissors' https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/aug/20/iran-political-prisoners Myth: "I Stand With the Iranian People…BUT" w/ Bikrum Gill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZB39oUID1M&t=2719s Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/blackmyths

In this episode, we bring back political science professor Dr. Bikrum Gil to discuss the myth that Iran is an evil imperialist regime. The analysis goes beyond loving or hating Iran; instead, we ground the conversation in a material approach to understanding what constitutes an imperialist nation and where Iran fits within it.  We also explore a recent open letter published in the Guardian titled 'To Iran's political prisoners, trapped 'between two blades of a scissors'. It was signed by several prominent academics and activists, including Angela Davis, Robyn Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, among others. It also had political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, but there is deep speculation whether he was aware his name would be used. The letter conflates the imperialist powers of the United States and Israel. Dr. Gill explains how this faulty logic is bigger than one letter but a consequence of Western knowledge production that fails for meet the moment. This leads to the broader discussion on what forms of knowledge help meet the moment, how we need to expand beyond our current canon, and what the resistance teaches us.  To Iran's political prisoners, trapped 'between two blades of a scissors' https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/aug/20/iran-political-prisoners Myth: "I Stand With the Iranian People…BUT" w/ Bikrum Gill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZB39oUID1M&t=2719s Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/blackmyths

In this episode, we bring back political science professor Dr. Bikrum Gil to discuss the myth that Iran is an evil imperialist regime. The analysis goes beyond loving or hating Iran; instead, we ground the conversation in a material approach to understanding what constitutes an imperialist nation and where Iran fits within it.  We also explore a recent open letter published in the Guardian titled 'To Iran's political prisoners, trapped 'between two blades of a scissors'. It was signed by several prominent academics and activists, including Angela Davis, Robyn Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, among others. It also had political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, but there is deep speculation whether he was aware his name would be used. The letter conflates the imperialist powers of the United States and Israel. Dr. Gill explains how this faulty logic is bigger than one letter but a consequence of Western knowledge production that fails for meet the moment. This leads to the broader discussion on what forms of knowledge help meet the moment, how we need to expand beyond our current canon, and what the resistance teaches us.  To Iran's political prisoners, trapped 'between two blades of a scissors' https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/aug/20/iran-political-prisoners Myth: "I Stand With the Iranian People…BUT" w/ Bikrum Gill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZB39oUID1M&t=2719s Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/blackmyths

The first day of the Minnesota State Fair brings a chance to see thousands of creative works made by Minnesotans — including quilts that showcase remarkable skill, artistry and imagination.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two quilters about what goes into making a quilt, how quilting has evolved and the community and personal stories that can be stitched into every finished piece.Guests:Brenda Lyseng is a quilter and board member of Minnesota Quilter's, Inc., a statewide quilting organization. She was the director of the organization's annual quilt show for five years until retiring from that role in 2024. Before that she was a biology professor and dean with the Minnesota State colleges and universities system.Wally Wallestad started quilting four years ago and is a member of the Minneapolis Modern Quilt Guild.Angela's guests shared these resources for beginner quilters:Melanie Ham's Beginner Quilting Tutorial VideosMinnesota Quilters Facebook Group

A string of foodborne illness outbreaks has raised new questions about the safety of fresh produce. A major cyclospora outbreak has sickened thousands nationwide, salmonella linked to jalapeños has infected more than 100 Minnesotans and recalled alfalfa sprouts grown in the state have been connected to cases of both E. coli and salmonella.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with food safety experts about what's behind the recent outbreaks, how produce becomes contaminated and what consumers can do to reduce their risk of getting sick.Guests:Amy Johnston is a food safety expert and extension educator with the University of Minnesota. She develops education and training on safe food handling, preparation and processing for food producers, businesses and consumers. Craig Hedberg is a professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and co-director of the Minnesota Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence. He studies foodborne-illness surveillance, outbreak investigations and prevention.

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In the 1980s rural Minnesota was struggling with the farm crisis and the McKnight Foundation launched an experiment — the Minnesota Initiative Foundations. These six independent regional foundations across greater Minnesota were created to listen to their communities and invest in local economic development. Over four decades, they've distributed hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and loans to help address housing and child care, support entrepreneurs, train up new leaders and create a sense of belonging. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the heads of two of the regional foundations about creative solutions to challenges facing rural Minnesota. Guests: Benya Kraus became the president and CEO in 2025 of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, which invests for economic growth in 20 counties and one Native community in south central and southeastern Minnesota. She previously worked in advancement at Resource Rural, a national philanthropy that raised public and private funds to invest in rural and tribal communities. Brian Voerding was named president of the Initiative Foundation in 2023 after serving two years as its vice president for inclusive entrepreneurship, which is based in Little Falls, Minn. and invests in 14 counties and two Native nations in central Minnesota. He was previously editor of the Winona Daily News and executive director of Engage Winona, a nonprofit that engages and trains people to solve local problems in Winona.

Thursday will mark one year since the shooting at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis when a shooter opened fire during a back-to-school Mass. One hundred and sixteen bullets shattered windows of the building in less than two minutes. Two children, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, were killed. Twenty-eight other people were injured.On Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis talked with two parents of children who attend the school about how they plan to remember Aug. 27, 2025. “It's feeling really heavy,” said Brittany Haeg, whose first-grade son was shot last August and spent several days in intensive care. “We have three kids, and they're all very different ages and stages, and they feel very different about how they want to spend the day. And so, I think our day is about contingencies and contingencies for our contingencies. So we have a loose plan and a lot of adults, and we have staffed our house with friendly faces who are going to hang out there, so that we can sort of touch in and touch out throughout the day.” Haeg co-chairs the Annunciation Light Alliance, a nonprofit founded by parents to build safer communities for children, with Kristen Neville, who founded the organization. Neville is in a blended family with five children who attend Annunciation Catholic School. Like Haeg, she plans to lean into how her children are feeling. She also said she hopes to spend time with other Annunciation families.“I think our hope is to be able to spend time together with other Annunciation families. It's a comfort, and I think it's also a part of the healing journey that we have. I have a really strong sense of desire to want to give back to the community on that day, which is very much associated with what Annunciation is asking, right? People come and they ask us, ‘What can we do on this day? What are you doing?' It's a day really focused on remembrance, but it's also focused on moving your feet and on prayer. And so, I will be doing that, kind of working in the community. There's a really beautiful event that's been planned at Pearl Park by some of our representatives, and so I'll be there packing some kits for youth that experience homelessness right now.” Annunciation families push for laws to protect kids While reflecting on the last year, Haeg and Neville also talked about continuing their advocacy for changes that keep kids safe. During the legislative session earlier this year, the Annunciation Light Alliance took a nonpartisan stance and sought a layered approach to preventing gun violence with hopes of gaining support from both sides of the aisle. Parents backed a ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as more mental health support funding, funding for school safety programs and safeguards for children online. The Minnesota Senate, with its slight DFL majority, passed a comprehensive package with firearm restrictions and school safety provisions in early May. However, the state House — split 67-67 between parties — did not bring the bill to the floor for a vote. Companion bills also failed to make it out of committee. State lawmakers passed two laws the Annunciation Light Alliance says will help. One adds guardrails around social media accounts for Minnesota minors. Another requires schools to set up anonymous threat reporting systems, which allow people to report tips about potential threats and help with intervention. “I think the legislative session was disappointing for some people in terms of what got passed and that the gun violence — some of those efforts didn't get passed,” said Jillian Peterson, executive director of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. Peterson said it has been “inspiring” to be part of the Governor's Statewide Safety Council, which Gov. Tim Walz established in December after the shooting to examine and reduce gun violence. Haeg and Neville are also on the council. “It's commissioners from all different state agencies, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the sheriffs, the chief of police, and it's getting all these people from different perspectives into a room once a month for like a three or four hour conversation about how complicated this is, about the root causes, about mental health and gun access and radicalization and social media, with the goal of putting together a really comprehensive package of recommendations for the legislature,” Peterson said. Peterson is hopeful that the connections forged on the council will encourage change. How to honor and help Peterson, who has studied mass shootings for years, said what stands out to her about Annunciation is that people are not focusing on the shooter. Instead, they're focusing on finding solutions to help children.“I think to take a tragedy like this and spin it into something incredibly positive about protecting children and about, ‘How do we do a better job of this? How do we hold each other up? How do we take care of each other?' To me, that's a remarkable conversation to come out of something this horrific.” As we approach Aug. 27, 2026, Haeg and Neville said they are often asked what people can do to help. “Sometimes I say just spending time with your own children and being able to be present and a part of their life, so that you can be able to help them continue to grow,” Neville said. “And nurture their environment that they're in when they go to school and are good stewards of the community and really express and represent those values that then can be presented and lived. That I think is something that is really helpful. I also think there is the element of just being engaged within your community on a broader basis, finding opportunities to take action if it's something that you feel called to.” Haeg added, “Have these conversations in your communities before tragedy strikes. Have it before your Aug. 27.” Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

In this wide-ranging conversation, Takiyah (T.D.) Harper-Shipman joins us to discuss her new book Unruly Fertility: Race, Development, and Decolonial Reproductive Politics (Stanford University Press, 2026). The discussion traces how modern states—from North Carolina to Senegal—have historically sutured Black women's fertility to the shifting demands of capitalist accumulation, deploying reproductive health policies not as benevolent care but as instruments of crisis management and labor control. Harper-Shipman unpacks the colonial origins of "womanhood" itself as a racialized labor category constructed during European enclosures, one that has always excluded Black women from its aspirational promises of citizenship, consumption, and reproductive autonomy. Drawing on Federici, Mies, Spillers, and Angela Davis, she argues that Black women enter the modern political economy as producers of workers—never citizens—and that contemporary feminist movements risk replicating white womanhood's assumptions when they abandon class analysis or ignore the chains of production behind their demands. The conversation also examines the recent closure of USAID, an institution Takiyah describes as fundamentally about the preservation of white life and the extension of U.S. empire. Rather than mourn its end, she urges us to seize this rupture and continue dismantling the colonial infrastructure of reproductive governance it represented. The conversation closes with a powerful critique of the epistemic violence embedded in global family planning campaigns—how metrics like "unmet need" were designed to serve supplier interests, not Black women's desires, and how Black women's embodied knowledge about contraceptive side effects is systematically dismissed as myth while dangerous technologies banned in the Global North are actively promoted across Africa. Throughout, we explore the Americanization of Black political identity from World War II through 9/11 to Obama's presidency, tracing how Black people have been conscripted into U.S. imperial projects through strategic moments of violence and national belonging. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation; additional questions will be addressed in an August follow-up. T.D. Harper-Shipman is an Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Davidson College in North Carolina. She teaches courses and publishes on political economy and its intersection with race and gender in Africa. She has published in p Antipode, Oxford Academic, Third World Quarterly, and International Studies Review, among other places. She is an academic editor at Third World Quarterly and forum editor with the Miami Institute of Social Sciences. Her first book, Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa was published with Routledge Press in 2019. She has also published in public-facing forums including Africa is a Country and the Global African Worker.   Reckoning with Empire: Defiant Scholarship with Takiyah Harper-Shipman La femme fait la maison: The Accumulation of Surplus Value through Family Planning in Burkina Faso To support our work and gain access to our discord and study groups please contribute to our patreon!

Your local library has more to offer than a good book. A library card can connect you with job-search help, classes and events, computers, free or discounted tickets to museums and even 3D printing. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about the wide range of resources libraries provide, how to access them and how the role of public libraries is changing.Guests:Jennifer Baker is community relations manager for Metropolitan Library Services Agency, or MELSA, which supports eight public library systems across the Twin Cities. She works to connect people with the resources and services available through the region's libraries.Maureen Hartman is the director of St. Paul Public Libraries. She oversees its library branches, mobile library and online services.

What happens when the organization that has managed your association for decades tells you that you have 18 months to find a new path forward? How can association leaders navigate a major operational transition while protecting their staff, serving members, and making smart decisions about what to keep in-house and what to outsource?In this episode of Associations Thrive, host Joanna Pineda interviews Angela Davis, CEO of the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), and Yasmeen Fields, CEO of the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI). Angela and Yasmeen discuss:How SPR is a community of more than 3,000 physicians, trainees, and allied professionals dedicated to improving children's health through medical imaging, while SBI represents more than 4,200 breast imaging radiologists working to minimize breast cancer mortality and suffering.Why radiology has so many subspecialty associations. As Angela explains, “children are not small adults,” and specialized areas such as pediatric radiology and breast imaging require distinct expertise, education, and professional communities.How both SPR and SBI were managed for decades by the American College of Radiology (ACR), which provided the infrastructure, resources, expertise, and operational support that allowed smaller specialty societies to grow and thrive.How ACR ultimately decided to focus exclusively on its own mission, strategic plan, and members, giving the societies it managed 18 months to transition to a new management structure.How SPR and SBI evaluated different business models, including partnering with another radiology organization, working with an association management company (AMC), and becoming fully self-managed. Both initially partnered with AMCs before ultimately becoming standalone organizations.How becoming independent required Angela and Yasmeen to assume responsibility for functions that previously existed under the ACR umbrella, including HR, accounting, technology, investments, and operational decisions.How both organizations learned not to overcommit during a major transition. Today, both organizations combine small internal staffs with strategic outsourced support.How collaboration extends across the larger “House of Radiology.” Through gatherings like the ACR Inter-Society Conference, association executives and volunteer leaders learn from one another, develop stronger relationships, and see how their individual organizations fit into the broader radiology community.References:SBI WebsiteSPR Website

We all need someone to talk to. But as we get older, it can be harder to find opportunities to build meaningful connections.MPR News host Angela Davis talks about programs that bring older adults and volunteers together through phone conversations, virtual coffee chats and in-person visits. Guests:Emma Lucchesi is the senior director of programs at Friends & Co, a Minnesota-based nonprofit that runs programs to create connection and belonging for older adults.Leigha Jensen has volunteered with Friends & Co since 2018. She is matched with an older adult who she calls regularly and now considers a good friend.

Schools across Minnesota are starting the new school year. For families with a child entering high school, the transition can bring harder classes, changing friendships and new social pressures — along with more independence and opportunities to grow.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about how parents can support teenagers through the transition into high school. They'll discuss how to keep communication open, when to step in and step back, and how to recognize when a child may need additional support.Guests: Sharon Powell is an extension educator with the University of Minnesota. She develops resources to help families navigate major transitions. Christine Paton is a guidance counselor at Minnehaha Academy, a private K-12 school in Minneapolis. She helps students with academic planning, personal growth, social and emotional well-being and preparation for life after high school.

American Indians on tribal lands in the United States have historically faced some of the nation's worst economic conditions. Casinos have helped improve bring jobs and development to many Minnesota tribes over the past four decades. And, now, the number of other types of businesses owned by Native entrepreneurs and tribal governments is growing — and becoming more diverse. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with MPR News senior economics contributor Chris Farrell and two Native business owners featured in the new series from MPR's Upper Midwest Newsroom “Beyond the Bet,” exploring the diversification of Native entrepreneurship. Guests: Robert Blake is the founder and CEO of the solar development business Solar Bear. He is also founder and executive director of Native Sun Community Power Development, a nonprofit organization that is building out an electric vehicle charging network on tribal lands and promoting clean energy through education and workforce training. He lives in St. Paul and is a citizen of the Red Lake Nation of Ojibwe people in northern Minnesota. Madonna Peltier-Yawakie is co-founder and president of Turtle Island Communications, Inc. based in Brooklyn Park, Minn. The company provides engineering and technical consulting services to tribes, states and federal agencies to expand broadband internet service in reservation communities. She is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

This is the second of a two-part interview with journalist John A. Jenkins. His book is "Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America." Jenkins writes in the introduction: "[I]t is hard to overstate the importance of the events that defined the American experience during the fateful five months of May through September 1971." A good portion of the first part of the interview with John Jenkins focused on Daniel Ellsberg and the publishing of the Pentagon Papers. This discussion opens with the history of Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For nearly 150 years, Pillsbury United Communities has worked across Minneapolis to provide everything from youth programs and employment services to food assistance and a world class theater. Its work is rooted in a simple idea: The people who live in the neighborhood are the ones who know how to make their lives there better. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the new president and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities about taking the helm at a time when local communities are facing so many challenges, and how the arts and connection can help people heal. Guests: Signe Harriday is the new president and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities, one of the Twin Cities' oldest and largest nonprofits. The organization runs several community centers in Minneapolis and programs aimed at uplifting communities. She previously acted, directed and taught with Pillsbury House + Theatre before becoming the organization's artistic producing director in 2021. Antonio Cardona is director of advancement at Pillsbury United Communities. He was previously the vice president of career readiness at Project for Pride in Living. Before that, he worked at Pillsbury for 15 years, primarily overseeing workforce development and charter schools.

This is the second of a two-part interview with journalist John A. Jenkins. His book is "Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America." Jenkins writes in the introduction: "[I]t is hard to overstate the importance of the events that defined the American experience during the fateful five months of May through September 1971." A good portion of the first part of the interview with John Jenkins focused on Daniel Ellsberg and the publishing of the Pentagon Papers. This discussion opens with the history of Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are coming home to Minnesota for a special concert at the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota music legends are the award-winning songwriting and production duo behind dozens of hits for some of the biggest names in music and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the longtime friends and creative partners about their Minnesota roots, the story behind their successful careers and the friendship that has kept them working together for more than 50 years. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Guests: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are a Grammy Award-winning songwriting and production duo from Minnesota who have created hits for artists including Janet Jackson, Prince, Mariah Carey and Usher. They have been friends and creative partners for more than 50 years.Do you know a Power Pair?“Power Pairs” is a series featuring prominent Minnesotans in a close relationship. You may know of them separately but they reveal a new side of themselves when they sit down together. Listen to past interviews here and submit your idea for a future Power Pair here.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.  

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Public office has always been demanding, but the stress of leadership seems to be taking a bigger toll on elected officials' mental health. Several city council members in Minnesota recently shared their struggles with mental health, including a Minneapolis council member who took a break to attend to depression and anxiety. Earlier this year, St. Paul's city council president resigned, citing “the “constant stressors of public leadership.” At a national level, a U.S. representative from New Jersey disclosed in June that he was being treated for depression after a four-month absence from Congress. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a therapist and a city council member about burnout and stress among elected officials and what to do about it. Guests: Aurin Chowdhury is a member of the Minneapolis City Council representing Ward 12 in southeastern Minneapolis. She was elected in 2023 after serving as manager of constituent services for a state senator and a policy aide for two Minneapolis council members. She recently shared her struggles with her mental health in a newsletter with constituents. Noel Nix is a therapist with Vibrant Life Therapy working toward a professional clinical counseling license. He has a master's degree in counseling psychology from the University of St. Thomas and previously worked for more than a decade in municipal government as a city council aide and in public engagement for the City of St. Paul.

John A. Jenkins has been a journalist most of his life in the city of his birth, Washington, DC. He says he's never known another summer like the one 55 years ago. His book, "Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America," focuses on well-known names from that era: Daniel Ellsberg, Neil Sheehan, Henry Kissinger, Sarah Weddington, and Angela Davis. John Jenkins writes that "each main character has an important back story that sets them up for the summer of '71 to come." He also writes: "My purpose here is to show the drama, the pain, and the hope of a summer when America faced some of its greatest challenges at home and abroad." This is part one of a two-part interview with Mr. Jenkins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public trust is essential to effective leadership, but it can be difficult to build and easy to lose.Recent allegations of sexual harassment involving St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her have prompted conversations about workplace conduct, accountability and the responsibilities that come with public office. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the standards we hold elected officials to and how power, race, gender and politics shape how we think about allegations against public figures.