AMPERS
Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
In what is likely the first of its kind, our guests this week started a conference about eating disorders in BIPOC communities. Intergenerational trauma, accessibility, beauty standards and disability justice are just a few issues that play a role in our relationship with food. Guests: Angela Goens, Whitney Trotter [Read Transcript...]
Our latest show explores how people of color often experience extractive experiences when in predominantly white spaces. From professional compensation to the reliving of their own experiences, the crew invites listeners to ask themselves, are my personal or professional interactions extracting resource, time, energy from my BIPOC peers? [Read Transcript...]
Our latest Grab Bag show touches on a variety of topics including the January 6th hearings, the first Indigenous Miss Minnesota, the record settlement between the city of Brooklyn Center and the family of Daunte Wright. [Read Transcript...]
As Juneteenth becomes a more mainstream celebration, we wondered if those benefiting from the holiday know the history behind it. Rose McGee, the brains behind Sweet Potato Comfort Pie and author of Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story joins the crew to dig deeper into the history of the emancipation proclamation and the recent resurgence of interest in the importance of June 19th. This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation [Read Transcript...]
