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Archive for October 4 - 8, 2004
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Monday, Oct. 4, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Elections in Afghanistan
The country of Afghanistan is preparing for its first ever democratic elections next weekend, but are they ready?
Guests:
Peter Tomsen, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, is a fellow at the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska. Tomsen is currently writing a book on Afghanistan, the working title of which is "Afghan Nightmare: The Rise and Retreat of Muslim Extremism in Afghanistan."

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
As the U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term, we hear a conversation between Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Walter Isaacson, the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. Justice O'Connor, who often casts the deciding vote in the closely divided court, discusses her biography and her jurisprudence on issues from affirmative action to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The Twins are off to the Big Apple
The Minnesota Twins face the New York Yankees in the first game of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night. Some doubted the team would make it so far this year after losing several key players, but they've done it again.
Guests:
Howard Sinker, state news and general assignment editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, who covered the Twins for many years. We are also joined by Twins superfan and avid blogger Bat Girl.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Giving the people what they want
Aaron Brown, host of the CNN program "NewsNight with Aaron Brown," says that if T.V. viewers think news these days is too slanted, too opinion-laden, too fluffy or too sensational they only have one person to blame: themselves. Brown says that, sadly, T.V. audiences have a bigger appetite for partisan red meat and celebrity scandals than they do for foreign affairs. He laments that while programs like his can try to serve up "Brussels sprouts," he can't make the audience eat them. Brown, a native of Hopkins, Minnesota, spoke on Monday night in downtown Minneapolis.
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Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Replay of the vice presidential debate
For those who didn't get a chance to hear the debate live, Midday rebroadcasts the debate. (Please note: Because of technical requirements, the second portion of the debate can be heard on the second hour of Midday, which is followed by analysis. Alternatively, you may click the link below to hear the entire debate without interruption.)
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Cheney vs. Edwards
We rebroadcast the vice presidential candidates' only debate. The debate runs an hour and a half and covers most of both hours of Midday, starting during the first hour. Following the debate we have analysis and a preview of the second presidential debate on Friday.
Guests:
DFL commentator Bob Meek and Republican commentator Tom Horner.

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Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio When half the flu vaccine supply disappears over night
Just days after health officials announced that there would be plenty of flu vaccine to go around this winter, they now say there will only be enough to vaccinate those in "high risk" groups. The abrupt change came about because the British government shut down a single manufacturing plant in Liverpool that made approximately half of the U.S. flu vaccine supply. Most of the rest of the U.S. supply comes from one other company, Aventis. How is it that the flu vaccine supply is so dependent on so few sources, and what implications might the economics of vaccine making have for homeland security?
Guests:
Dr. Harry Hull, Minnesota's state epidemiologist.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Health care reform: A good bill or a bill of goods?
Should the federal government use its massive market power to bid down the price of prescription drugs? The Bush administration's Medicare prescription drug benefit has a prohibition against such negotiations built right into it, which many democrats say guarantees it will do nothing to actually reduce drug prices. But the engineers of the bill say that they ruled out the exercise of this degree of purchasing power because it would amount to government price fixing. Two former Medicare administrators debated the merits of the prescription drug benefit at the Cleveland City Club Forum in late September.
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Friday, Oct. 8, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio A preview of the second presidential debate
George W. Bush and John Kerry square off in St. Louis, Mo. on Friday night for the second of their three debates. Several polls show that the presidential race has tightened since the first debate in Coral Gables, Fla., which seemed to give some momentum to Kerry, the Democrat. We take the pulse of the campaign as it heads into its final weeks.
Guests:
Steven Smith, director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Smith's university is hosting Friday night's debate.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio How would John Kerry handle Iraq?
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke explained why he believes George W. Bush has mishandled the War in Iraq at the Cleveland City Club Forum on Thursday. Holbrooke, who is one of democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's senior foreign policy advisors, also outlined why he thinks Kerry would do a better job in Iraq. In response to an audience member's question, the former ambassador said that if Kerry was elected and asked him to serve as secretary of state, he would say 'yes.'
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