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Listen back to highlights from some of our favorite Wellness Wednesday shows from MPR News with Angela Davis.

Find out how much you do and don’t know about your nose, hear the latest research on colon cancer and learn why more people are experiencing loneliness.

Vernon Neal isn’t your classic classical music host.

He spent his childhood in Belize where his mom hosted a reggae and soca program at a local radio station. He joined YourClassical MPR in 2022, after running a strength and conditioning gym and immersing himself in the sounds of hip-hop, jazz, pop and metal as a self-taught musician and audio engineer.

Now, he’s discovering a passion for classical music alongside his listeners. Last year, he took over as host for the Rhapsody in Black podcast from APM, a weekly, five-minute take on a Black composer, performer or other contributor to the world of classical music, past and present.

MPR News host Angela Davis goes behind the scenes with host Vernon Neal to talk about his experience hosting, Black artists and how to make classical music accessible to more people.

Guest:  


Vernon Neal is a national host and producer for YourClassical MPR and host of Rhapsody in Black, a podcast from APM that turns up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music.

Every Monday here on MPR News with Angela Davis, we talk about money and the economy. And some of our favorite shows are “news you can use” — giving you personal advice for living your best financial life.  

We revisited some of our favorite shows with personal finance advice.  

You’ll hear words of wisdom for Gen Z, tips on networking and ideas for saving money for fun and travel. 

America’s partisan divides are getting deeper. That means there’s a wider gap between what young progressives and young conservatives think.

And that’s playing out in the dating world, where politics have increasingly become a relationship deal-breaker.

Eighty-six percent of Americans think it has become harder to date someone from the opposite political party, according to a 2020 poll from market research firm YouGov.

MPR News host Angela Davis is talked about it as part of our “Talking Sense” series — a yearlong reporting project helping us navigate difficult political conversations.

Guests:

KC Gammage is a Minneapolis-based licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in trauma and family conflict.

Lyz Lenz is an Iowa-based writer and the author of four books, including her latest, ‘This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended my Marriage and Started My Life.’

Our bones are constantly breaking down and remaking themselves. In fact, an adult human skeleton replaces itself every five to 10 years.

As we get older, that creation of new bone can’t keep up with the loss of old bone. Our bones get weaker and more brittle, a condition called osteoporosis, and that puts us at higher risk of breaking a hip, a rib or something else if we fall.

But there’s a lot we can do at all ages to build stronger bones. 

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two doctors about how diet, exercise and medications can build our bone density and help prevent fractures as we age.

Guests:  

Dr. Jad Sfeir is an endocrinologist and gerontologist and an assistant professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester. He specializes in osteoporosis and age-related decline in bone strength. He also sees patients with rare bone diseases.

Dr. Suzanne Hecht is an associate professor with the Program in Sports Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a sports medicine physician with M Health Fairview. She’s also a team physician for University of Minnesota Athletics and U.S. Figure Skating and is a member of the USA Gymnastics National Healthcare Referral Network.

Bartenders do more than mix cocktails and mocktails.

They’re rubbing elbows with politicians and entrepreneurs, with people celebrating and people down on their luck, with regulars from down the block and tourists from across the world.

Our guests are bartenders at the St. Paul Grill, inside the St. Paul Hotel in downtown St. Paul.

We’ll hear stories and tricks of the trade from their decades on the job.

Guests:  

Wesley “Wes” Winfield and Jacob “Jake” Zimmerman are bartenders at the St. Paul Grill in downtown St. Paul.