Carly Anderson is a licensed psychologist who specializes in sports psychology and is co-owner of Premier Sport Psychology in Edina. She joined Jill Riley to talk about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young athletes, many of whom are seeing their beloved activities curtailed or changed due to the public health crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still top-of-mind globally and nationally, as well as here in Minnesota. Gov. Tim Walz recently announced a new app called COVIDaware MN. Instead of us trying to explain what this app is and how to use it and what it does and what it doesn't do, Jill Riley called on an expert: Minnesota IT Services Commissioner Tarek Tomes.

Sabine Schmid is assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a licensed psychologist with M Health Fairview. She joined The Current's Jill Riley to talk about those who are facing loneliness as we head into the holiday season.

Studies have shown that giving, volunteering, and being of service to others can actually boost your physical and mental health. Allison O'Toole is CEO of Second Harvest Heartland, an organization using volunteer power to feed the hungry.

Chad Asplund is a primary care and sports medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine in Minneapolis.

It's hard to mitigate a threat if you don't know where it is, and so it is more crucial now than ever for us and our communities to conduct and have access to accurate COVID-19 testing.

Is it possible to maintain relationships which our family members who espouse starkly different politics from our own?

As scary as so much of 2020 has been, the fun and theatrics of the costumed, sugar-laden holiday may come as a relief. However, we are still in the middle of a pandemic, and that means Halloween will need to look a little different this year, with some traditions being riskier than others.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon took some time out of a very busy October to chat with The Current's Jill Riley on this week's Wellness Wednesday segment about everything absentee voting in Minnesota.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and now more than ever it's important to shine a light on domestic violence in our communities. This month, communities and advocacy organizations across the country are connecting with the public and each other to raise awareness about signs of abuse and ways to stop it, to provide additional resources to community leaders and policymakers, and to uplift survivor stories.