Community Conversations

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Community Conversations on 103.3FM KUMD

KUMD hosts 3-4 guests from Northern Minnesota into our studios for a conversation on issues critical to our community, to move the conversation forward. The program works to connect academic research and personal experience to community action. Topics range from gun control to sustainability, from elder care to accessibility. This program airs monthly on the first Monday of each month.


50 Pieces

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David Benson, Executive Director of the Damiano Center, Angie Miller, Executive Director of Community Action Duluth, and Veronica Gaidelis-Langer, ...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 30:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Xavier Bell, Director of Community Engagement of Community Action Duluth, Susana Pelayo-Woodward, Director of the UMD Office of Cultural Diversity,...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr. Linda LeGarde Grover, an associate professor of American Indian studies at UMD, and Edye Howes, Coordinator of the Indian Education department ...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 30:14
  • Purchases: 6
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A discussion about accessibility and the opportunities and challenges that it presents. Guests include Penny Cragun of UMD's Office of Disability R...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Duluth Mayor Don Ness, Jim Benning of Public Works, and Marianne Bohren of WLSSD join us for a conversation about Duluth's aging infrastructure, pa...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
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A round table discussion with Clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Michael Sharland, senior research scientist Dr. Steve Waring and Dr. Angela Hauger, a ...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:24
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St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin; Duluth Superintendent of Schools Bill Gronseth; Craig Grau, retired political science professor at UMD; and G...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
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When we talk about sustainability, what are we actually talking about? Eating locally grown food? Recycling? We sat down with three local leaders ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 27:54
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Shawn Mullins, CEO of The Entrepreneur Fund; Jennifer Pontinen, business consultant with the UMD Center for Economic Development; and Ron Brochu, c...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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You may have heard about the push for STEM learning in the schools - STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math, and no wonder, sinc...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Domestic Violence: Other Voices: What makes a man batter a woman and how are we contributing to the spread of domestic violence in the way we raise...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 30:28
  • Purchases: 1
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We went to the polls for what is called an “off year election,” a ballot full of local elections and tax referendums. How important are these elect...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:20
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Caption: Nuremberg trial filming
This episode of Community Conversations is dedicated to Holocaust education and commemoration. 75 years after Kristalnacht, there are still so man...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Duluth, MN
For months, the publicity surrounding synthetic drugs in Duluth took the spotlight off an even more pervasive trend: the abuse of prescription medi...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 27:46
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What are the root causes of homelessness ... and why do some call it "a spiritual failing of our country"?

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:36
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Caption: Julia Schliesing, Miss Minneapolis 2014, Credit: Lola Visuals
Even though one out of four people suffer from some form of mental illness, the stigma persists. Find out what a pair of UMD alums (and documentary...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
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Volunteer for OutFront Minnesota Gary Anderson, Autumn Leva with the Minnesota Family Council, and William Gronseth, Duluth Superintendent of Schoo...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:09
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Following Governor Mark Dayton signing in to law bills pertaining to workplace protections for women and their families, Duluth City Councilors an...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 1