A Prolific Public Media Career with Cathy Wurzer

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sharon talks with Emmy-Award winning broadcast journalist Cathy Wurzer about the role of public media in the U.S. To start, Cathy shares how she got into broadcast journalism, and the joy she feels in connecting with her listeners. Cathy believes that the soul of public radio lies in its ability to reach and cater to communities; to be free to be quirky and not beholden to ratings. They also talk about the ways in which covering politics has evolved over the years, why Minnesota has the highest voter turnout rates in the country, and the misconceptions people may have about public media news slants.

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0:00.0	Hey friends delighted to have you along. Today I am chatting with somebody who if you're from Minnesota
0:06.7	I bet you know who she is and if you're not soon you will she is a legend in public radio.
0:14.0	Her name is Kathy Werser and she has been covering politics as a broadcast journalist for Minnesota
0:20.0	Public Radio for decades and she has an absolutely unique perspective both on politics
0:25.9	in the United States but also on the role of public media in America.
0:32.2	So let's dive in. I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So
0:37.8	podcast. Kathy, I'm so excited to chat with you today. Thank you for making time to do this. I know this has been a busy 20 years for you covering politics.
0:47.0	Yes.
0:52.0	If you are not a for Minnesota, Kathy tell everybody what you do.
0:58.0	I am a broadcast journalist with Minnesota Public Radio News, and I co-host a long running public affairs show on Twin Cities PBS seen on the stations of Minnesota Public Television, and I'm also the founder of a nonprofit called End in Mind project.
1:16.3	Mm. And what does that do? What does end in mind do?
1:20.3	Well, don't let the name freak you out. I talk about death and dying.
1:24.8	It actually, I know, really. I'm a big...
1:27.8	I'm a... In only a Minnesota way you would say that too.
1:32.5	Oh, that's interesting.
1:33.9	You should see people back away from me at cocktail parties
1:36.8	when I say that.
1:37.8	It is a nonprofit that just,
1:40.4	we prepare people for the inevitable serious illness disability living with loss in grief and how to live with death and dying and people don't talk about these things no one one gives you a roadmap. So we just, we are, we are kind of conversation
1:56.1	starters. Yeah. That's fascinating. What made you interested in doing that?
2:01.5	You know, it was a long running project at NPR News probably
2:05.7	about what six or seven years at this point with a man who was an amazing human his
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