Anna Weggel

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for change?

As curfews in Minneapolis and St. Paul stretch into another night (10 p.m. to 4 a.m.) we wanted to put the spotlight on neighborhoods today. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear around the theme of neighbors and neighborhoods?

Though we don't know what today or this week or the next month will bring, let's put a spotlight on volunteers and cleanup efforts this morning. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear around the theme of cleaning up and rebuilding?

Crowds took to the streets for a third night in a row last night in reaction to the death of George Floyd. You can follow MPR News for coverage of breaking news in this ongoing crisis, but in the meantime, let's put together a set of music in honor of our Twin Cities that are experiencing painful unrest right now.

Protests over the death of George Floyd turned violent last night and early this morning in Minneapolis. The only thing we can think of to do for this morning's Coffee Break is play a set of songs for you around the theme of "peace, love and understanding". Let us know what you'd like to hear.

Neurologist and sleep expert Dr. Michael Howell will call in this morning after 9 to speak with Jill about dreaming in a world crisis and how that can affect our sleep patterns. Have you had sincerely weird and disturbing dreams lately? Have you had trouble sleeping? Then this Coffee Break is for you.

There are so many essential workers to be thankful for, and today we want to put the spotlight on postal and delivery workers. So tell us - for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for postal and delivery workers?

Enough about me...let's talk about you. What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that say "you" in the title?

May is Mental Health Month, and in conjunction with Call to Mind, we're sharing tips for well-being, stories of managing mental health, and playing songs to empower and support you in caring for yourself. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear around the themes of self-care, healing and mental health?

If you are a graduating senior this year, we want to give you well wishes and acknowledge that you're going through a unique and tough experience with the disruption of your last year.

Use your imagination! Let's just say that there's no pandemic happening for 24 hours. How would you spend those 24 hours? Let us know in your song suggestions for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

We're so excited for the start of Sounds Like Home -- three days of virtual performances celebrating Minnesota musicians, brought to you by The Current. It starts today at 2 pm and goes through Sunday afternoon. In the meantime, tell us, what musicians that are performing in Sounds Like Home do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

It's May the 4th - the unofficial holiday celebrating the Star Wars franchise. It's a pun on the famous line "May the force be with you" and it was allegedly coined by Margaret Thatcher's followers in 1979. Wow! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that a fan of Star Wars might love?

Jill Riley chats with Holly and Jess of Lucius about life in LA, writing in a pandemic and their new weekend hang series "Two of us on the Couch".

May 1 is International Workers' Day - a celebration of laborers and the working classes. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for the working class?

It's International Jazz Day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what jazz songs do you want to hear?

We're excited about a new podcast for families launching today from APM starring Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton - "Julie's Library". Also last week was National Library Week, and so many libraries in the Twin Cities are doing e-book rentals and curbside pickup. So it's got us in the mood for books. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention libraries, books and reading?

Showers and thunderstorms are likely in Minnesota today with a high of 53 expected so we want to put a playlist together for you of cold and rainy songs -- hopefully you can get a nap in at some point today. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for a rainy day?

The New York Times reports that NYC hospitals have started picking their preferred recovery anthems to play as discharged patients roll out the doors. Let's come up with our own list of recovery anthems today. What would you want to hear if you were leaving the hospital?

Spring is here, we're looking at a high of 65 in the Twin Cities today and sun throughout the weekend, so let's all make sure to get outside and (hygienically, from a distance) stop and smell the flowers. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention flowers of any type?