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August 14 - 18, 2000

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Another Week


Listen To A Week of Midday

Monday
Hour One
Hour Two

Tuesday
Hour One
Hour Two

Wednesday
Hour One
Hour Two

Thursday
Hour One
Hour Two

Friday
Hour One
Hour Two


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Monday, August 14

First Hour: U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone will join us live from the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. (CALL-IN) (no tapes available)

Second Hour: Back by popular demand-- a rebroadcast of a Chautauqua Lecture by stress management consultant Loretta LaRoche. Listen online. She says we need a lot more humor and laughter in our lives. Her website is www.stressed.com. (tapes available)

Tuesday, August 15

First Hour-- Former Vice President Walter Mondale will join us from the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. (CALL-IN) (no tapes available)

Second Hour-- President Bill Clinton's address to the Democratic National Convention given Monday night and excerpts from First Lady Hilllary Clinton's address. (no tapes available)

Wednesday, August 16

First Hour: A discussion about the Great Lakes Aquarium, which is the nation's only all-freshwater aquarium with guests David Lonsdale, the Great Lakes Aquarium director, Ann Glumac, board chairman, and Carl Richards, director of the Minnesota SeaGrant College Program. A live Mainstreet Radio broadcast from the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. ( Listen ) (call-in)(no tapes available)

Second Hour: The history of the Lake Superior commercial fishing industry and what it's like today with local historian Brian Tofte, Steve Geving, fisheries specialist for the Minnesota DNR, and Stuart Sivertson of Sivertson Fisheries. A live Mainstreet Radio broadcast from the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth. ( Listen )(call-in) (no tapes available)

Thursday, August 17

First Hour: Lilly Goren, political science chair at the College of St. Catherine's joins Gary Eichten to talk about the national political conventions this year. (call-in)(tapes available)

Second Hour: Last night's speech from Vice Presidential candidate Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman and his wife Hadassah Lieberman at the Democratic National Convention and the Reverend Jesse Jackson's remarks on Tuesday. (no tapes available)

Friday, August 18

First Hour: Greg Breining of the Minnesota DNR will be in the MPR studios to talk with Mike Edgerly about canoeing and kayaking in Minnesota. He is the author of Paddling Minnesota and a forthcoming book about paddling Lake Superior called Wild Shore. For information on water levels, canoeing, and kayaking: MN DNR Info lines 651/296-6157 or 1/888-646-6367. Or check out the U.S. Geological Survey in Minnesota http://mn.water.usgs.gov or Wisconsin http://wi.water.usgs.gov. (CALL-IN) (no tapes available)

Second Hour: Democratic Presidential Nominee Al Gore's acceptance speech from the Democratic National Convention, given Thursday night. (no tapes available)

 

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