Urban Agenda

“We talk about the effects of historical trauma related to oppression and being marginalized. The intense emotions that come with financial struggles, however, are rarely mentioned. The shame, the guilt, the feeling of being gaslighted by your own bank account……” – Tess Montgomery, ‘Financial Trauma’ Join me in this segment of ‘Urban Agenda’ with guests […]

Emily Bernard was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a B. A. and Ph. D. in American Studies from Yale University. Her work has appeared in TLS, The American Scholar, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Yale Review, Harper’s, O the Oprah Magazine, the Boston Globe Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Green Mountains Review, […]

“For some reason, people say that they want to talk to me. They say that if they have to hear bad news, they want to hear it from me.” – Shayla Reaves Shayla Reaves is an Emmy award-winning creative who loves to craft, realizing her professional dreams anchoring the noon newscast at WCCO! Join us […]