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Monday, May 28
First Hour: An update on the budget agreement at the Minnesota Capitol and what's happening at the Legislature with DFL Assistant Senate Majority leader Sen. John Hottinger and Assistant House Majority Leader GOP Rep. Dan McElroy. (call-in) (no tapes)
Second Hour: A Common Place Memorial Day special. The program is the story of four World War II chaplains who went down together with their torpedoed ship in 1943. Plus a conversation with Bruce Weigl, a Vietnam veteran who writes poetry.
Tuesday, May 29
First Hour: A discussion about property tax reform in Minnesota and the federal tax cut passed last week with Dan Salomone, executive director of the Minnesota Taxpayers Association. (call-in) (no tapes)
Second Hour: The final Pen Pals lecture series featuring Wisconsin author Jane Hamilton. Two of her books The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World were Oprah books. Tapes are available through the Hennepin County Library Foundation.
Wednesday, May 30
First Hour: Gary Eichten talks about property tax reform in Minnesota with Wayne Cox, executive director of Minnesota Citizens for Tax Justice. Plus a call-out to Gary Carlson, director of Intergovernmental Relations for the League of Minnesota Cities. (call-in) (no tapes)
Second Hour: Americans are sleep deprived and this is affecting our physical, mental, and emotional health. Dr. William Dement, author of The Promise of Sleep and director of Stanford's Sleep Disorders Center speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California. Tapes are available through the Commonwealth Club of California.
Thursday, May 31
First Hour: A look at the potential nurses strike in the metro area with a series of interviews:
- A nurse from the Minnesota Nurses Association
- Shireen Gandhi-Kozel, assistant vice president of the Minnesota Hospital and Healthcare Partnership.
- Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of MN's Carlson School John Budd
- Barbara Balik, Allina administrator working on the Allina hospitals contingency plan.
- Sandra Edwardson, dean of the School of Nursing at the University of MN
Second Hour: Medical ethicist Arthur Caplan discusses the future of health care with host Gary Eichten. He is director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. (CALL-IN) (no tapes)
Friday, June 1
First Hour: Deborah Tannen, Georgetown University linguist, communications expert and author of several books is in the MPR studio. Her newest book is I Only Say This Because I Love You. (CALL-IN) (no tapes available)
Second Hour: A Commonwealth Club speech by Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Her latest book is Evolve: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow. Tapes are available through the The Commonwealth Club.
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