Originally aired August 24, 2021.
Got questions about how the Delta Variant affects your vaccine? Your masking habits? Your plans in public?
Bihi does, too, and he has brought Dave Johnson from Hennepin Public Health on-air to give a Q&A to Delta variant updates.
After the break, Bihi is joined by Ahmed Mussa and Fouzia from the Pillsbury United Health Fair. They talk about getting information and resources for healthcare in the Cedar-Riverside community.
Originally aired August 10, 2021.
Plot twist! Amina (“Dee”) and Annie, who are usually behind the scenes producing and engineering the show for Bihi, are star players today. Bihi interviews them about their new podcast, Culture Shock MN, and why they decided to make a multicultural interview podcast.
Originally aired July 27, 2021.
Ginger Jentzen of Minneapolis United for Rent Control joins Bihi for a conversation about the community-led and evidence-based movement for rent control and its work to promote housing affordability, guarantee rights for tenants, help unhoused neighbors find indoor homes, and more.
Then, Deeqa brings out a special song for this summer of many weddings!
Originally aired July 13, 2021.
Today, Bihi is joined by Dr. Saida Abdi (UMN-CEHD School of Social Work) and students Zynab Ahmed, Safiya Mohamed, and Sofia Ali for a discussion about trauma in the community: its roots, its layers, its symptoms, and actions to take, all viewed from a lens rooted in social work and sociological research.
Originally aired June 22, 2021.
Bihi highlights the progress being made by Somali Americans running for office as political races for fall elections start heating up. Obah and Mohammed, two candidates in Seattle, call in to share their experiences, missions, and goals before their visit to Minneapolis.
After the break, Hafsa Ali (Minnesota Department of Health) joins Bihi and answers community- and family-focused questions about the COVID-19 vaccine in Minnesotan’s lives.
Guests: Mahmud Kanyare, Director, Youth and Family Circle.
Youth And Family Circle supports the growth and development of young adults in the inner-city through involvement in summer camps and year-round activities.
In the first half of the program, Mr. Bihi leads a discussion on the importance of being counted learns some historical information on the US Census from Andrew Bergen and Jean Heyer. In the second half, Hennepin County Public Health epidemiologist Dave Johnson and environmentalist Zamzam Abdirahman talk about the current state of COVID-19 cases in the Twin Cities.
