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Archive for August 2 - 6, 2004
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Monday, Aug. 2, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Fighting crime
Members of the Minneapolis City Council talk about their ideas to prevent crime in Minneapolis.

Guests:
Councilman Don Samuels. Councilman Dean Zimmerman.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The leader of the Food and Drug Administration
Broadcast from the National Press Club, featuring the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Lester Crawford.

Guests:
Lester Crawford, acting commissioner of the FDA. Crawford is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the International Society of Food Science and Technology.

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Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Stories from the front lines
Army Ranger Andrew Exum talks about his experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was a platoon leader in combat.

Guests:
Andrew Exum, author of This Man's Army.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio A conversation with Thomas Friedman
Minnesota native Thomas Friedman speaks at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. Friedman is writing a new book about globalism called The World is Flat: America in the Twentieth Century.

Guests:
Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist.

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Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio President Bush visits Minnesota
President Bush campaigns in LeSueur and Mankato. Political science professor Chris Gilbert discusses residential politics in Minnesota.

Guests:
Chris Gilbert, political science professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Former Howard Dean presidential campaign manager Joe Trippi speaks about campaign organizing and the use of the Internet. Trippi spoke at Ruminator Books in St. Paul.

Guests:
Joe Trippi, author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything.

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Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Smoking ban debate continues to smolder
A discussion of the smoking bans already in place as well as those being considered for bars and restaurants throughout Minnesota.

Guests:
Jeanne Weigum, president of the Association for Non-Smokers in Minnesota. Jim Farrell, executive director of the Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association.

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Document St. Paul council gets an earful on smoking ban proposal
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Voices of Minnesota
The August edition of MPR's Voices of Minnesota series delves into the lives of wolves and ospreys. The program features Mark Martell of Audubon Minnesota and Peggy Callahan of the Wildlife Science Center at Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area.

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Friday, Aug. 6, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The Nixon presidency
This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Listen to an analysis of his presidency, and excerpts of Nixon's addresses to the nation on Watergate, the Vietnam war, and more.

Guests:
Wayne State history professor Mel Small, author of "The Presidency of Richard Nixon."

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Farmfest's congressional forum
It's an election year, so more than machinery was on hand at this summer's Farmfest. Plenty of politicians were there, too, at the Gilfillan Estate near Morgan. The event will include a variety of candidates and government officials participated in a candidate forum.

Guests:
Rep. Mark Kennedy, Rep. Collin Peterson, 6th District challenger Patty Wetterling, and 7th District challenger David Sturrock.

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