Counter Stories

Series produced by Ampers

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We discuss race, identity, social justice and culture in a region grappling with demographic changes

We discuss race, identity, social justice and culture in a region grappling with demographic changes. Hosts: Anthony Galloway, Luz Maria Frias, Don Eubanks and Hlee Lee.


85 Pieces

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Counter Stories: Racism in Environmental Justice (Part 2)
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Many people see environmental work as conservation, protecting the natural spaces throughout this world. But that is only part of the larger enviro...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:37
Counter Stories: Racism in Environmental Justice
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Many people see environmental work as conservation, protecting the natural spaces throughout this world. But that is only part of the larger enviro...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
Counter Stories: Education Series, A Principal’s Vision
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The crew is joined by St. Paul Central’s new principal Cherise Ayers, who plans on making Central work for everyone, where everyone thrives. As an ...

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:34
  • Purchases: 1
Counter Stories:Grab Bag #9
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Our latest Grab Bag covers a variety of topics, but all with the theme of the lack of empathy and inhumane treatment of people, including how a pas...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 1
Counter Stories: Education Series, Equity vs Equality
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As people are getting prepped to go back to school, a new lawsuit has been filed against Minneapolis Public School’s initiative to support and reta...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:34
  • Purchases: 1
Counter Stories: Education Series, Back to School
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In the first of a series focusing on the education system, the crew talks about back-to-school jitters. As parents (and auntie) of BIPOC children, ...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 2
Grab Bag #8
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On our latest Grab Bag show, we talk about yet another racist review of a movie that doesn’t focus on white people, the latest set back on holding ...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:34
  • Purchases: 2
Counter Stories: Finding our Roots…? (Pt 2)
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Where do we come from and why is that important? The crew talks about the want and need to, but also the barriers to, finding their roots. Once dis...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 1
Counter Stories: Finding our Roots…?
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Where do we come from and why is that important? The crew talks about the want and need to, but also the barriers to, finding their roots. Once dis...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Counter Stories: Debunking Stereotypes
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This week we tackle the continuous work of debunking Stereotypes inside and outside of our communities. There are many ways to debunk stereotypes, ...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 2
Counter Stories: Eating Disorders in BIPOC Communities
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In what is likely the first of its kind, our guests this week started a conference about eating disorders in BIPOC communities. Intergenerational t...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:38
Counter Stories: Extraction
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Our latest show explores how people of color often experience extractive experiences when in predominantly white spaces. From professional compensa...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Counter Stories: Grab Bag #7
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Our latest Grab Bag show touches on a variety of topics including the January 6th hearings, the first Indigenous Miss Minnesota, the record settlem...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:32
A Dive into Juneteenth Pt 2
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As Juneteenth becomes a more mainstream celebration, we wondered if those benefiting from the holiday know the history behind it. Rose McGee, the b...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 4
Counter Stories: A Dive into Juneteenth
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As Juneteenth becomes a more mainstream celebration, we wondered if those benefiting from the holiday know the history behind it. Rose McGee, the b...

Bought by KWMR, RADIOLEX, WORT, WJSU, KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 6
Mental Health and the Media
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Series: Counter Stories
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There are many complexities to mental health. Those complexities increase when you’re a person of color. Sam Choo sought to bring those complexitie...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 1
Grab Bag #6 When Will We Act?
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On this episode, we vent about where we are as the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder coincides with a recent string of mass shootings raising th...

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  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2 with Sarah Lancaster: 2022 MN Teacher of the Year
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Guest: Sarah Lancaster, 2022 Minnesota Teacher of the Year

  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:32
A Gem of a Teacher
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Sarah Lancaster is many things. She is a public school teacher, a coach, a director of school plays, president of the local civic association, and ...

  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:34
Counter Stories: Foster Awareness
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May is Foster Awareness month. Hoang Murphy joins the crew to talk about his personal experience in the foster system and how his organization, Fos...

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  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 1