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  • Learn what keeps Central Minnesota moving! We take a look at big topics and see how they impact our everyday lives in the cities, towns, and fields of Minnesota's heartland.
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  • Rebroadcast 4: Episode 12 Working 9 to 5

    Rebroadcast 4: Episode 12 Working 9 to 5
    Dec 15 2021
    In January of 2020, for only the second time in the history of American labor statistics, women outnumbered men in the American workforce - a headline-making milestone. At the same time, however, another rare but significant story was developing - one that would ultimately lead to the worst job-losses among women in the history of our country.  The pandemic hit female-dominated industries the hardest: Hospitality, education, health care, and retail. By April of 2020, the pandemic had caused 4.2 million women to exit the labor force. And even as there was a slight rebound in early summer of 2020, losses continued to chip away at any gains made as more women excited the labor force to be caregivers of young children. By early spring of 2021, there was still a 2 million job deficit among women in the labor force. In a speech in April of 2021, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, "Our policymaking has not accounted for the fact that people’s work lives and their personal lives are inextricably linked, and if one suffers so does the other." What can we learn about the real cost of personal and family labor by reflecting on how this pandemic-fueled recession disproportionately affected women?  Guests:  Dr. Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee, Professor of Economics, CSB/SJU Chef Madelyn Adamski, Community Member and Small Business Start-Up Show Notes: Report: Great Recession, great recovery? Trends from the Current Population Survey  Article: As the overall job market stumbles back, women still struggle to recover lost employment Article: Why Some Women Call This Recession a ‘Shecession’ Article: A year from the start of the women’s recession, 2 million women are still out of the workforce Article: Women outnumber men in the American workforce for only the second time Report: When Women Lose All the Jobs: Essential Actions for a Gender-Equitable Recovery Article: St. Cloud business survey: Unemployment benefits hurting hiring Article: Central Minnesota firms struggle with worker shortages, supply chain issues   Survey Report: RESULTS OF MAY 2021 SURVEY OF GREATER ST. CLOUD/CENTRAL MINNESOTA ORGANIZATIONS  Data: Minnesota Unemployment  Data: Labor Force Participation Rates  Report: Wage Inequality and the Stagnation of Earnings of Low-Wage Workers: Contributing Factors and Policy Options  Report: A SLOW CLIMB BACK FROM THE “SHE-CESSION”: HIGH JOBS DEFICIT IN CHILD CARE AND SCHOOL SECTORS CONTINUES  Report: YOUNG WOMEN WORKERS STILL STRUGGLING A DECADE AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION: LESSONS FOR THE PANDEMIC RECOVERY  Article: Women Left Their Jobs To Be Caregivers. A Business Coalition Wants Companies To Help  Article: After mass closures and too little support, post-pandemic child care options will be scarce Data: American Time Use Survey  Press release: Warren, Jones and Colleagues Reintroduce Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act and Call for President Biden to Invest $700 Billion in Child Care Press release: Clark Introduces the Child Care is Infrastructure Act  Report: Child care in rural Minnesota after 2020  Data: Minimum-wage rates in Minnesota  Data: Cost of Child Care in Minnesota    Episode Manager: Malik Stewart Produced by Riverside Productions LLC Music by Epidemic Sound Twitter @MinnCentral Facebook YouTube (for closed captioning)   Featured Songs: Mannerisms - Charles Holme Clockings - Marten Moses Everyday Hustle - Matt Large I’m Free - DJ DENZ The Rooster Just In Time For Dessert - Trabant 33 Labor Life - Giants’ Nest
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  • Repost 3: Episode 25 Border to Border Internet

    Repost 3: Episode 25 Border to Border Internet
    Dec 8 2021

    The pandemic has shone a light on how much we rely on our ability to connect to one another online when we are unable to connect in-person. And, as with many other areas of our infrastructure, it exposed where our communities fall short at connecting the public to businesses, schools, and services across the digital divide. 

    Where does Minnesota stand when it comes to providing accessible high speed internet service state-wide? Guests: Diane Wells, Office of Broadband Development 

    Show Notes:

    Minnesota Office of Broadband Development

    A look at Minnesota's digital divide during a pandemic

    Minnesota lawmakers agree to spend $70 million on improving broadband access across the state

    Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Minnesota Population Trends

    Infrastructure Bill Passed by Senate Includes Historic, Bipartisan Broadband Provisions

     

     

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    Featured Songs: Divine Wire - Martin Klem

    Digital Dreams - Nylonia

    Digital Jungle - Lucention
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    28 m
  • Rebroadcast 2: Episode 14, Migrating Forests

    Rebroadcast 2: Episode 14, Migrating Forests
    Dec 1 2021

    On hot days, it’s not unusual to find folks in the Eastern half of Central Minnesota taking refuge beneath the cooling canopy of our largely maple and oak deciduous forests. We hike the winding trails, enjoy the shaded swimming holes, and camp within the shelter of these forests. The state parks and trails have been crowded this summer, in spite of the unusually hot June, because the people of Minnesota love the outdoors.  And while the state Legislature finally agreed on a deal that will not force the closure of State Parks this July, as we step into the middle of our Minnesota summer, we find ourselves along with roughly half the nation in a worsening state of drought. Prairie grasses and lawns have been bleached pale. Fallen forest debris stands dry like a bed of kindling among struggling trees. The State has already lost 35,000 acres to a higher than average number of fires this year, and is bracing for more.  What do these prolonged periods of severe drought mean for the future of our forests, and what can we do to take an active part in their preservation? Guest: Dr. Lee Frelich, Director of The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology Show Notes: US Drought Monitor 

    In fast-warming Minnesota, scientists are trying to plant the forests of the future

    Carbon cycle of forests

    Nature Conservancy in Minnesota 

    Using plants to control buckthorn

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    Featured Songs: Fever Trees - Martin Clem Oak Trees - Likeminds

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    32 m
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