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When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the music business suffered. Live shows are way down, and music stores such as the Electric Fetus had to close, too. Aaron Meyerring, owner of the Electric Fetus says that opening a little at the time is key, just as closing was key, earlier in the pandemic.

Vocalist Leslie Vincent talks about her Monday night show at Crooners and her new album.

Markie Gohman, from Lutheran Social Service's Behavioral Health talks about coping with grief and loss.

Many musicians are writing music relating to the strange time defined by Covid-19. Two local songwriters, Ted Hajnasiewicz and Ryan Ruud are among them. They got together virtually, and then their project grew. As we listen to a singer who goes by Waltzing on Waves, Ted told Phil Nusbaum about writing with Ryan.

Film publicist Peter Schilling talks about seeing The Wizard of Oz in technicolor at the Heights Theater and Ealing comedies playing at the Trylon.

Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools, Ed Graff, talks about returning to distance learning in the fall.

Peter Zelles, a clinical psychologist in St. Paul, talks about coping during the pandemic.

Craig Rice from the MSP Film Society talks about the continuation of the documentary about John Lewis, called "Good Trouble".

Sommelier Jill Mott from Henry & Son has some recommendations for summer wines.

Julie Praska-Moser is a regional manager with Caregiver Respite from Lutheran Social Service. She talks about pandemic fatigue.

State climatologist Luigi Romolo talks about unseasonably cool weather and the improvement around the state of drought conditions.

The Homestead Pickin’ Parlor was established in Richfield in 1979 to serve the folk music community. Marv Menzel , the proprietor, has seen a lot of changes through his tenure. But when the store closed for a while in response to Covid-19, it was the first time he didn’t have a job to go to.

When the Covid virus cancelled all of Dakota Dave Hull’s performances for this year, Dakota Dave turned his attention to his related interests. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Dave was talking about the unplanned performance hiatus.

Craig Rice from MSP Film talks about their series of community viewings and conversations called "We The People" and Craig updates what's coming and going from the virtual cinema.

Children’s Theatre Company presents the virtual premiere of A Kids Play About Racism, a theatrical adaptation of Jelani Memory’s A Kids Book About Racism. Emily talks with the CTC's Artistic Director, Peter Brosius.

State Climatologist Luigi Romolo talks about "mega-rain" events like the one that hit southern Minnesota on July 25, 2020.

Steve Kaul of Wild Sound recording studio in Minneapolis was affected by both worldwide crises of 2020. Steve told Phil Nusbaum that his recording work was affected logistically by Covid, and philosophically by the events following the death of George Floyd.

Kathy Lahr is a parenting specialist from Lutheran Social Service who is going to share how parents are doing these days and what parents can do to navigate these difficult times.

What do you do when you are a guitarist who is prohibited by circumstance from performing? Well, if you are committed player, you just keep on finding new guitar expressions. When Dean Magraw spoke with Phil Nusbaum, Dean spoke of his world in Covid times.

Film publicist Peter Schilling talks about the upcoming series of Martin Scorsese films showing at Trylon Cinema and Heights Theater.

Eric Moore is a Senior Officer of Accountability, Research and Equity at Minneapolis Public Schools.

Craig Rice from the MSP Film Society talks about Virtual Cinema, Cine Latino and the ongoing French film festival.

Sommelier Jill Mott talks about the delightful cocktail known as the Piña Colada.

State climatologist Luigi Romolo talks about how to look for veering and backing winds in the sky to forecast the weather.

Tim Sparks is one of the most versatile guitarists you’ll ever meet. That’s why he was asked to be in residence in the Guitar program of the university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. But the whole thing was almost brought down by Covid-19. Almost…