Our New Guest Host – Dr. Richard Logan

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Alan Miller

DR. RICHARD LOGAN is joining our talented group of guest hosts. Dr. Logan is a retired university professor and author. He is the President of the Society for Humanistic Judaism.

Welcome, Richard, we are delighted to have you among us!

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Sahra Noor – Healthcare Trailblazer (3-23-2018 with Stephen Blair Venable)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by admin
 
Sahra Noor, CEO of People’s Center Clinics and Services, has a life story much like great literature – a complex and sometimes perilous journey of discovery ultimately resulting in the triumph of the human spirit.

In this interview, Sahra chats with guest host, Stephen Blair Venable, about her journey, social mobility, the many aspects of her personal identity, and her love of healthcare. Ultimately, Sahra wants to help resolve systemic inequities and disparities by targeting the intersections of those inequities and disparities with the issues of healthcare access and provision.

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3-23-2018 Vinnie Rose – Singer, Composer, Guitarist

Posted on March 25, 2018 by admin
 
Vinnie Rose is a prolific native Minnesotan who has become one of the area’s most popular entertainers. A guitarist, song writer and composer he entertained us with some of his own songs from his three released albums. With his technique of “looping” Rose explains his popularity to Alan, his ability to utilize more than 1,000 songs in his portfolio and literally, become a one-man-band. His appearance was a musical first on Access to Democracy.
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3-23-2018 Matt Hoy, Minnesota Twins

Posted on March 25, 2018 by admin
 
Matt Hoy, Senior Executive Vice President with the MN Twins, has been with the organization for 33 years. In keeping with a tradition at Access to Democracy” tradition of kicking off every season with a Twins front-office Exec, Matt and Alan talked about the new faces on this year’s team, and the high hopes the organization has for the 2018 season. They also covered new improvements to Target Field, and some of the innovative new foods which will be featured.
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3-9-2018 “Jane & Dane”: Jane Leonard, Growth and Justice

Posted on March 11, 2018 by admin
 
Jane Leonard, is the new president of Growth & Justice, a progressive think-tank which is dedicated to improving the lives of both urban, suburban and outstate communities in terms of services, internet and the like. She discusses with outgoing President and guest-host Dane Smith some of the priorities which both she, and the organization, look forward to, and gives some insight into her background in charitable, civic and political organizations.
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3-9-2018 Mark Frascone, Indivisible Resistance Eagan and Burnsville (IREB)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by admin
 
Following the 2016 Presidential election, a nationwide protest movement, “Indivisible”, sprang up, involving mostly people who had not been politically active in the past. Mark Frascone co-founded and leads the Eagan/Burnsville chapter, and discusses with guest host Stephen Blair Venable the history and aims of the movement, and some of its current activities.
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