Home
Radio Listening
News Programming
Classical Programming
The Current
Programs
Stations
News & Features
Events Calendar
Your Voice
About Us
Support Us
Help
Tools
Document E-mail this page

Document Print this page

Document Sign up to receive e-mail newsletters

Document Audio help

Document Text: Sm : Md : Lg
Midday
Midday
Archive for April 19 - 23, 2004
 [ Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday ]
Monday, April 19, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The future of transit
Metro Transit busses are back on the streets today following a six week long strike that could have repercussions on bus service for a long long time. Do the Twin Cities need a public bus service? What will the future of metro transit look like?
Guests:
Curt Johnson, senior writer for The CitiStates Group and chair of the Metropolitan Council during the last Metro Transit strike in 1995; Peter Bell, chair of the Metropolitan Council

Related Links:
Document Bus strike ends but not all drivers are happy
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio King Abdullah II
Making a rare appearance before the American public, King Abdullah II will give a keynote address at the Commonwealth Club of California. Only 42 years old, King Abdullah II has continued his late father's commitment to a moderating role for Jordan within the Arab region, spearheading efforts to defuse the violence in Israel and Palestine and emphasizing to Washington the importance of finding a route to Middle East peace.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Commonwealth Club of California Web site
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Rebuilding Iraq
President Bush scolded Spain's new prime minister Monday for his abrupt withdrawal of troops from Iraq and told him to avoid actions that give "false comfort to terrorists or enemies of freedom in Iraq." Host Gary Eichten and his guest discuss how the U.S. will lead the rebulding of Iraq, and how long that might take.
Guests:
University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute Dean Brian Atwood. He is the former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Related Links:
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Heroes among us
A live broadcast of the St. Catherine Forum on Women in Leadership, featuring Nancy Grace, television legal commentator and victims' rights activist. Her speech is titled, "Heroes Who Walk Among Us: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things."
Related Links:
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Confirming gubernatorial appointments
Host Gary Eichten and his guests discuss the role of the State Senate in confirming gubernatorial appointments. Rich Stanek resigned last week from the public safety commissioner post. Senate Democrats have also questioned the policies and leadership of Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau and Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke.
Guests:
Former DFL Senate president Allan Spear; former Republican Senator and Lt. Governor Joanne Benson

Related Links:
Document Stanek's resignation may cast shadow on Yecke's confirmation
Document Stanek resigns as public safety commissioner over racial slur controversy
Document MPR news: Session 2004
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio A conversation about corporate responsibility
A discussion about corporate responsibility between Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and presidential candidate, and University of Minnesota business ethics professor, Ian Maitland, who has examined the recent state of corporate accounting scandals.
Related Links:
Document Ralph Nader visits Rochester
Document MPR news: Campaign 2004
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Presidential politics
President Bush and his challenger Senator John Kerry are both coming to Minneapolis. Host Gary Eichten and his guest talk about presidential politics and Minnesota's role in the 2004 election.
Guests:
University of Minnesota professor Lawrence Jacobs, director of the 2004 Elections Project at the Humphrey Institute's Center for the Study of Politics

Related Links:
Document MPR news: Campaign 2004
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The world's ecological future
A Great Conversations event from the University of Minnesota's College of Continuing Education. On Earth Day, this edition is about the world's ecological future, with U of M ecologist David Tilman and UCLA professor of geography and physiology Jared Diamond. Diamond is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.
Related Links:
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Friday, April 23, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Rich Stanek
Host Gary Eichten talks with Rich Stanek, former public safety commissioner. Stanek resigned last week under pressure from Gov. Pawlenty after a 12-year-old deposition surfaced in which Stanek acknowledged using racial slurs.
Guests:
Rich Stanek, former Minnesota public safety commissioner

Related Links:
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Mara Liasson on the 2004 election
NPR's National political correspondent, Mara Liasson, speaking Thursday at the Minnesota Women Lawyers' Midwest Regional Conference in Minneapolis. She spoke about the political landscape of the 2004 campaigns, the major issues affecting the election, and her experiences covering three presidential elections-- 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Related Links:
Document MPR news: Campaign 2004
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Midday Archive
Browse:
Minnesota Public Radio © 2026 | Home : Terms of Use : Your Privacy Rights
Radio Listening : News & Features : Events Calendar : Your Voice : About Us