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Archive for November 15 - 19, 2004
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Monday, Nov. 15, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Online skepticism of the 2004 election
Ever since election day, the blogosphere has been crackling with questions about the veracity of the vote. The skepticism mainly flows from two places: exit polls showing John Kerry winning Florida, Ohio and the election overall, and distrust of electronic touch screen voting machines. Most authorities on voting procedures say suggestions that Bush stole the election are unfounded. But even if the accusations of fraud prove baseless, the question remains: Is there something about the system itself that breeds distrust?
Guests:
Doug Chapin, director of electionline.org, a non-partisan forum on election reform. We also hear from Daniel Tokaji, a law professor at Ohio State University specializing in election and voting rights law, and Brad Coker, managing director for Mason-Dixon Polling and Research.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Shaking up the Bush cabinet
Secretary of State Colin Powell, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Education Secretary Rod Paige, Energy Secetary Spencer Abraham, Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans are leaving the Bush administration. How will the positions be filled and what will the departures mean for the shape of the administration over the next four years?
Guests:
Norman Ornstein, a political analyst and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and Burdett Loomis, a professor at the University of Kansas and the author of "The Contemporary Congress."

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Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Former Gov. Elmer Andersen passes on
Former Gov. Elmer Andersen, who served Minnesota in so many ways throughout his 95 years, finally left the state forever on Monday night. We hear excerpts from a 2000 interview with Andersen and the editor of his memoir, the Star Tribune's Lori Sturdevant, plus a 2001 speech Andersen delivered to the Minnesota State Senate.
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio "The ultimate Minnesotan"
Elmer Andersen was only Minnesota's governor for two years, but his impact on the state went far beyond his single term as chief executive. Andersen served nine years in the state senate, led his company, H.B. Fuller, into the Fortune 500, chaired the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents, published newspapers, authored books, and was remembered by friend and Minnesota Historical Society Director Nina Archabal as "the ultimate Minnesotan."
Guests:
Star Tribune Editorial Writer and Columnist Lori Sturdevant, who edited Gov. Elmer Andersen's memoir, "A Man's Reach," and other friends and admirers of the late governor.

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Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio More changes underway in Washington
President George W. Bush is swiftly announcing replacements for the resigning members of his cabinet as he heads into his second term. Wednesday morning he named longtime advisor Margaret Spellings to fill the shoes of retiring Education Secretary Rod Paige. We also look at what lies ahead for the 109th Congress.
Guests:
Steven Smith, director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio A prescription for lower drug prices
Pharmaceutical companies and some economists have long argued that governments should not legislate the price of prescription drugs. They say that price controls would stifle research by limiting the companies' incentives to develop new drugs. But Marcia Angell, the former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, argues that the pharmaceutical companies have become less an engine of innovation and more a giant marketing machine. In a speech before the Commonwealth Club of California in October, Angell argued that it's high time that the U.S. follows Canada's lead and forcibly controls the price of medicine.
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Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Is the job market picking up steam?
Minnesota employers added 7,700 jobs in October, a strong showing, and the country as a whole also posted robust employment gains. Most experts aren't ready to issue the job market a clean bill of health, but at least on the surface, it appears to be on the mend. Will the October gains continue?
Guests:
Sung Won Sohn, chief economist and executive vice president at Wells Fargo. Sohn is leaving his post at Wells Fargo in January to head up Hanmi Bank in Los Angeles.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio When art meets journalism
Kathy Halbreich, director of the Walker Arts Center, gives her take on the current state of arts journalism live from the Westminster Town Hall Forum in Minneapolis. Halbreich thinks that the media pay too much attention to the movies and give art and architecture short shrift. She also sees a bias against contemporary art and stories outside of the local art scene.
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Friday, Nov. 19, 2004
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The weird and wild side of sports
From golfing in the arctic circle to 22-day roller coaster marathons, acclaimed sportswriter Steve Rushin is out with a new book on extreme recreation. "The Caddie was a Reindeer" is a compilation of Rushin's tender odes to his old favorites like basketball and hockey, as well as off-the-wall explorations of off-the-map sports. What drives a person to go zipping through the mountains of Germany at 180 miles per hour, anyway?
Guests:
Steve Rushin writes the popular "Air and Space" column in Sports Illustrated.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Putting together the campaign 2004 puzzle
Minnesota got more than its fair share of attention in the 2004 presidential campaign. Between the TV ads, the constant visits from the candidates and their surrogates, and the wall-to-wall media coverage, it was almost information overload. National Public Radio's David Welna, who followed both Bush and Kerry as they criss-crossed the country, came to town on Thursday night to help make sense of their year-long battle. His speech was part of Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series.
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