Employment equality, affordable housing, and making sure city services are accessible to all people are just a few of the things that keep Duluth Human Rights Officer Carl Crawford busy every day.
On this week's episode, Crawford shares what his job is like, what things he's doing to improve the city, how he measures his success and how we are doing as a community.
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Whether you've been reading every sentence of every news story involving the sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein or you are just tuning into the #MeToo conversation, we've got you covered on this week's episode.
Erin Naughton-Garrison, volunteer coordinator at PAVSA in Duluth, joins us to talk about sexual violence in a variety of its forms - victim blaming, "boys will be boys" mentality, rape culture, dress codes, etc.
She also shares what you can do if you or someone you know is in crisis and what we can all do to help support victims of sexual assault.
She was a pathologist for 20 years before shifting her focus to shamanic healing. Duluthian Sarah Seidelmann recently released her third book "Swimming with Elephants," in which she shares her experience of shifting from physician to shamanic healer.
In this episode, Seidelmann, whose sister is well-known comedian Maria Bamford, explains what Shamanism is, how she got into it and how she has found it to help others.
You've probably read a story or two of his before. And if you are like Pressroom Podcast hosts Brady and Christa then you may be wondering, "How does he do it?"
How does News Tribune outdoors reporter Sam Cook just embed himself in people's hunting shacks for a weekend every fall and come out with stories that resonate with just about everyone in the Northland?
Well this week he tells us how he does that, how it's not as easy as it may seem and how he keeps the material fresh every year even though the subject is inherently the same.