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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Companion Animals and the Puppy and Kitten Mill Bill
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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A panel discussion on companion animals and the part they play in our lives, plus the changes coming up thanks to the Dog and Cat Breeder Regulatio...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:25
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Depression and Identity
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
Caption: actor Robin Williams, Credit: Sam Taylor Wood
The death of actor and comedian Robin Williams has opened up a conversation about depression ... and how our identity is wrapped up in what we do a...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Domestic Violence in the Public Eye
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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The spate of NFL players under fire for domestic abuse - and the release of a video showing it - has people talking about NFL policies, sports cult...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 1
Fact, Fiction and Ebola
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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Readers know that Ebola makes for a terrifying threat in novels. Once Ebola stepped off the page, though, and became a global concern – or panic.

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 27:07
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The Best of Duluth 2014
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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There will be plenty of time in 2015 to talk about the challenges in our community, but first, let's take some time to look at what went right in 2...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 31:45
Communities and Police
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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“Black lives matter.” “Blue lives (meaning police officers) matter.” Here in Duluth, we like to think all lives matter and in our comparatively sm...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:19
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Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, and Why it Matters
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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We’re talking about free speech, freedom of the press and why it matters here at home. Our guests in the studio are Don Shelby, veteran broadcast ...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 2
Community Conversations: Campus Safety
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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Since 1990, colleges and universities have been required by law to disclose campus safety information and also to take steps to keep students safe ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:52
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Creativity: In Context
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
Caption: Day 11 of "Swimming Together." First firing results. Nora Naranjo Morse led the "Swimming Together" workshop, a project with The Longhouse at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, Credit: Nora Naranjo Morse
UMD’s 2nd Annual Creativity Conference was organized around the ideas of creativity across disciplines and cultures this year. But as our free-ran...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 30:01
Community Conversations: Whose Job is it Anyway? Educating Muslims and Non-Muslims Alike
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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Whose job is it to educate people - those who are misunderstanding or those who are misunderstood?

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
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Accessibility Today
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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What does Accessibility mean? What efforts and progress are happening in the Northland, in Duluth and at UMD. Guests include Bridget Reversmith of ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 29:28
Kill or No-Kill Animal Shelters: Is It Really That Simple?
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
Caption: (l to right) Janelle Dixon, Betsy Bode, Joey Johnson (Animal Allies alumnus), Chris Maddox, Shane Courtland, Mike Fry and Johnny Johnson, Credit: Credit Pupparazzi Companion Animal Photography
You hear a lot of conversations about "kill" and "no-kill" animal shelters these days. No one likes the idea of a "kill" shelter, but is it really...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 31:09
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Free Speech in the College Classroom: Should Students Be Exposed To or Protected From Some Ideas?
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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A recent article in The Atlantic titled “The Coddling of the American Mind” says “in the name of emotional well-being, college students are increas...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:39
MN Compassionate Care Act 2015
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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Brittany Maynard gained the sympathies of a nation when the 29 year old woman with terminal brain cancer ended her life last fall with drugs pres...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:21
What Are We Really Afraid of?: Crime and Mental Illness
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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Even after an entire semester in Jacki Buffington-Vollum's class on mental illness and crime, many students refuse to believe that anyone could com...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 31:09
Non-Profits and Community Partnerships
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
Caption: (Clockwise from top) CAD volunteers involved in Circles of Support listening to a participant share about living in poverty; AmeriCorps member Angie Yoeckel prepares taxes for a customer; Getting Ahead participant Dortrice Bradley and her son (Artez) take, Credit: Community Action Duluth
Jobs in the Northland don't come just from mining, industry or tourism; it turns out there’s good money generated – AND jobs – in the arts and i...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:15
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Us and Them: Immigrants, Refugees and Fear of “the other”
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
Caption: Children of the Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan, Credit: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam
Fear of Muslims. Fear of refugees. Fear of immigrants – we’ve heard it all and then some on the news in recent months, with wildly differing idea...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:41
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Awkward Conversations About Money
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
Caption: Photo taken for illustrative purposes only. The Salmela family never has awkward conversations about money., Credit: ©lisa johnson/Thorsburg Photography
Money. Whether we have it or we don’t, it’s a constant in our everyday lives. Its presence – or absence is felt as we go about our business every...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:41
One River, Many Stories
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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It started as a way to grieve … and honor a respected journalist in our community. It’s grown to be a project involving more disparate people and ...

  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 30:15
Creative Minnesota
From: WDSE
Series: Community Conversations
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Is art a frill? If you can’t make a living at it, is it worth bothering with? On the other hand, the first Creative Minnesota report, issued las...

  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 30:31