Four friends. Different backgrounds.
Coming together to discuss everything from social justice to race to what’s for dinner and everything in between.
Current Podcast
Podcast: Extraction
| Published July 1, 2022 | There are many complexities to mental health. As Juneteenth becomes a more mainstream celebration, Our latest show explores how people of color often experience extractive experiences when in predominantly white spaces. From professional compensation to the reliving of their own experiences, the crew invites listeners to ask themselves, are …
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Past Episodes and News
Podcast: Grab Bag #7
| Published June 24, 2022 | Our latest Grab Bag show touches on a variety of topics including the January 6th hearings, the first Indigenous Miss Minnesota, the record settlement between the city of Brooklyn Center and the family of Daunte Wright, and a check in with our co-hosts.
Podcast: A Dive into Juneteenth
| Published June 10, 2022 | There are many complexities to mental health. As Juneteenth becomes a more mainstream celebration, we wondered if those benefiting from the holiday know the history behind it. Rose McGee, the brains behind Sweet Potato Comfort Pie and author of Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story joins the crew to dig deeper …
Podcast: Mental Health & the Media
| Published June 3, 2022 | There are many complexities to mental health. Those complexities increase when you’re a person of color. Sam Choo sought to bring those complexities to the surface as the, up until recently, content producer for the public radio show Call to Mind; bringing personal experience, cultural perspectives and the ability …
Why Should You Listen?
Counter stories is an extremely valuable podcast for Minnesota. Counter Stories is like “a podcast for the rest of us“ as it discusses Minnesota issues through the lens of people of color and our shared experiences.
But more than a great program for Minnesotans of color, this podcast is valuable for all Minnesotans to get a full understanding of what is happening in our great state and how it is being perceived by all Minnesotans.