Music and mental health wellness, Nurse unionization

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A Milwaukee social worker explains how music intervention can create a welcoming space for those needing mental health support. Then, as UW Health nurses push for collective bargaining rights, we talk with a leader of the Minnesota Nurses Association about union contracts and workforce challenges.

Featured in this Show

  • Mixing therapy and music

    A Milwaukee based social worker is using urban music to destigmatize therapy and mental health in her community. We speak with the founder of Trap Therapy on mental wellness, and how group therapy mixed with music is helping people open up.

  • Minnesota nurse on unionization next door

    Attorney General Josh Kaul said, earlier this month, UW Hospital can enter into a collective bargaining process with nurses, the latest development in their years-long effort to unionize. An officer of the Minnesota Nurses Association shares key takeaways from unions next door.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Mackenzie Krumme Producer
  • Clara Neupert Producer
  • Maria Lopez Technical Director
  • Tarsha Wiggins Guest
  • Chris Rubesch Guest

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