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Archive for September 13 - 17, 2004
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Monday, Sept. 13, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The election and the poll numbers
While the race is still close, recent polls suggest that the presidential race is finally starting to break out of the equilibrium that has has marked it for months. New polls that showed George Bush holding a sizable lead in Arizona, for instance, have led many analysts to take it off the list of hotly contested battleground states altogether. What do the new numbers mean? What can we expect to see as the campaign pulls into its home stretch?
Guests:
Steven Smith, director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Smith used to teach political science at the University of Minnesota.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Voices of Minnesota: Bain Boehlke and Ranee Ramaswamy
In this edition of "Voices of Minnesota," we pay a visit to two of the state's foremost artists: actor and Jungle Theater founder Bain Boehlke and Ragamala Dance Theater founder Ranee Ramaswamy. They talk about growing up, one in Warroad and the other in India. These days Boehlke and Ramaswamy create their art just a few blocks apart from one another in Minneapolis' Lyndale Lake neighborhood.
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Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Gov. Howard Dean
Former Democratic presidential contender and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has said his failed presidential campaign threw the first punch in what could be "a real fight for the soul of the Democratic Party." In his new book, "You Have the Power," Dean advises his party to move to the left, and he claims that Americans are disenchanted with politics because they believe they can't make a difference. As you might guess from the title of his book, Gov. Dean disagrees.
Guests:
Gov. Howard Dean is the founder and honorary chair of Democracy for America, a political action committee that supports fiscally conservative, socially liberal candidates running for public office.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Henry Kissinger at the City Club Forum
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a strong supporter of the War in Iraq, argues that policy makers often have to make decisions about war and peace based on incomplete information. He says presidents simply don't have the luxury to wait until all the facts are in and that it takes "moral strength to go down a road [the truth of which] only events can prove our disprove." Kissinger spoke earlier this month at the City Club Forum in Cleveland.
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Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The deteriorating Iraqi security situation
On a day when the ongoing violence in Iraq killed over sixty people, the Bush administration said Tuesday that it will ask Congress to shift $3.46 billion from rebuilding projects to bolster security in the country. In announcing the shift, the State Department acknowledged that the growing insurgency in Iraq was in danger of undermining efforts to build democracy there.
Guests:
Stephen Van Evera, a political scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Van Evera is the author of "Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict."

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Is peace possible in the Middle East?
Former U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross says it's time for the U.S. to reassert itself in the role of peace broker between the Israelis and the Palestinians. In the last three plus years, Ross says, 1,000 Israelis and 3,000 Palestinians have died as a result of the conflict, and he lays partial blame at the feet of the Bush administration for "disengaging" with the situation. "Disengagement didn't work," Ross said in this speech from the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. "Maybe engagement didn't produce peace, but it prevented a war."
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Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Whose recovery is it?
When economists coined the term "economic recovery" to describe an economy that is growing, it's doubtful they considered the multiple layers of meaning it would carry. The word "recovery" seems to imply hope, happiness and comfort -- or at least movement in that direction. But to some in Minnesota, the period of recovery has brought continued unease and difficulty. This special report asks the question: "Whose recovery is it?"
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio MPR Roundtable: Whose recovery is it?
A dozen Minnesotans, all with very different vantage points on the economy, come together and share their stories about the economic recovery.
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Friday, Sept. 17, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Covering the election: What's the media's role?
In covering the presidential election, the media have been accused of focusing too much on the proverbial "horse race" and too little on what either major party candidate might actually do if elected. Media organizations have also come under fire for giving over too much time to debating the details of George Bush and John Kerry's military service. But are the news organizations really derelict in their duty, or are they just following the lead of the two campaigns?
Guests:
Jane Kirtley, a professor of media ethics and law at the University of Minnesota.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Beyond the God gap
The theory of the "God gap"--which suggests that, in general, religious Americans are Republicans and non-religious Americans are Democrats--has played prominently in press reporting on the 2004 presidential race. At their recent conventions, both parties seemed to grapple with faith and respond to the perceived God gap in interesting and unexpected ways. This special program from American Public Media's "Speaking of Faith" asks whether there actually is such a clear cut rift in American society.
Guests:
Steven Waldman, a former editor for U.S. News and World Report, and co-founder and CEO of Beliefnet. Beliefnet describes itself as "a multi-faith e-community designed to help you meet your own religious and spiritual needs."

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