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How often do you get out of your comfort zone each week? What about each month?  

Maybe learning something new is a goal for you in 2024. You’re never too old to try, and there are so many benefits — some of them unexpected. 

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about learning as an adult — whether it’s a language, a sport, an art or a skill. And having fun while we do it, because that’s important, too. 

Her guests are experts in adult enrichment. They’ve seen the benefits of adult learning first-hand in Bemidji, Grand Marais and St. Paul.   

Perinatal mood disorders — such as postpartum depression and anxiety — are the most common complications during and after pregnancy.

They impact one in five women. Yet 75 percent of those disorders go untreated. And they can have deadly consequences, such as suicide and overdoses.

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talked about why perinatal mood disorders are so common, and the barriers that keep many new parents from seeking and receiving the help they need.

Anton Treuer and David Treuer spent their childhood together on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, in a house that had no electricity or running water.

The brothers went on to graduate from Princeton University and become writers and college professors known for exploring and reclaiming Ojibwe culture.

On Tuesday, MPR News host Angela Davis continued her Power Pair series with the Treuer brothers. They talked about their latest books and how their close relationship continues to evolve.  

It’s graduation season. Students across the state are putting on their caps and gowns as they wrap up their high school and college careers — and prepare to join the workforce full-time.

Some new grads are having a hard time finding full-time jobs. Others might be navigating a full-time paycheck — and paying for rent and groceries on their own for the first time. 

MPR News host Angela Davis talked with two financial experts who share financial advice for students as they leave high school or college, and how the steps they take now can help them form a solid financial foundation early in their careers.

Parasocial relationships are the one-sided connections someone develops with a celebrity, fictional character or other prominent figure that they don’t know in real life.

In a changing world where social media influencers, YouTubers and podcast hosts feel like close friends, what are the implications of these one-sided relationships? What are the benefits? 

MPR News host Angela Davis talked with two psychotherapists about parasocial relationships about how these relationships develop, their psychological impact and what they mean for our real-world interactions. Are they harmless, or do they blur the lines between reality and fantasy in potentially troubling ways?

Have you ever had a conversation about politics that grew into a heated argument or maybe the opposite — froze into a chilly silence?  

Or maybe you just avoid talking with people who don’t share your opinions on issues you care deeply about.  

MPR News with Angela Davis shares a conversation that will help you communicate better in a politically polarized time.

On April 24, a group of college students and other community members gathered for a workshop at the Historic Chateau Theatre in Rochester organized by MPR News, the University of Minnesota Rochester and Braver Angels, a nonprofit organization that seeks to restore trust, respect and goodwill in American politics. 

It’s the latest conversation in a series from Talking Sense, an election-year project from MPR News that aims to help Minnesotans have hard political conversations ... better. 

The workshop was led by Braver Angels’ Co-Founder Bill Doherty and participants included conservatives, liberals and independents. Listen back to an edited recording of the live event and learn concrete skills for listening respectfully and sharing your own opinions in a way that another person might hear — even if they disagree.

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Bill Doherty is co-founder of Braver Angels, a nonprofit that seeks to restore trust, respect and goodwill in American politics. He’s also a professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota.