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Archive for March 28 - April 1, 2005
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Monday, March 28, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Life on the reservation
Before last week, the rest of the world didn't take much notice of the Red Lake Nation. Then came Monday's shooting, and suddenly people across the country became curious about the life on the reservation, the tribe's history and the problems it faces.
Guests:
Brenda Child, associate professor of American studies at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Red Lake band, and Vikki Howard, community liason for the U of M's American studies department and a member of the Leech Lake Ojibwe Nation.

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Document MPR's complete coverage of the Red Lake shooting
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Using science to bring democracy to the Arab world
Ismail Serageldin believes that change in the Arab world has to come from within, and he says one place to start is investing in science. Serageldin, director of Egypt's Library of Alexandria, gave the inaugural lecture in the Humphrey Intstitute's Freeman Forum on Mar. 24.
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Document Web Resource: The Library of Alexandria
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Smoking bans begin Thursday
New smoking bans for bars and restaurants take effect in Bloomington, Minneapolis and Golden Valley, as well as Hennepin and Ramsey Counties Thursday. They join Olmstead County and Duluth. What impact will the bans have on smokers, wait staff, the hospitality industry and public health? Is a statewide ban next?
Guests:
Jeanne Weigum, president of the Association for Non-Smokers, and Jim Farrell, executive director of the Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association.

Related Links:
Document Smoking ban defeated in House committee
Document Web Resource: Information on Ramsey County's ordinance
Document Web Resource: Information on the Hennepin County ordinance
Document Web Resource: Information on the Minneapolis ban
Document Web Resource: Information on Bloomington's ban
Document Web Resource: Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association
Document Web Resource: Join others in the MPR Forum for the "Great Minnesota Smoking Debate."
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Children left behind
The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that in 1999 nearly 1.5 million U.S. children were growing up with a parent in prison. This Humankind special tells the stories of some of those children.
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Document Web Resource: Humanmedia.org
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Saving ducks, water and wetlands
Environmental activists and duck hunters are joining forces in hopes of saving Minnesota's dwindling wetlands. On Saturday they are rallying on the Capitol steps to pressure legislators to pass a host of initiatives aimed at restoring habitats and increasing the waterfowl population. When the unlikely coalition speaks, will legislators listen?
Guests:
Rally coordinator Dave Zentner, past state and national president of the Izaak Walton League. (photo: Getty Images/David McNew)

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Document Legislature considers Clean Water Legacy Act
Document Web Resource: Ducks, Wetlands & Clean Water Rally
Document Web Resource: Ducks Unlimited
Document Web Resource: The Izaak Walton League
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The future of the Republican Party
With the president's re-election, Republicans picked up several House and Senate seats and most of the newcomers hail from the party's conservative wing. Is it possible for the GOP to continue both its expansion and its move to the right?
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Document Web Resource: Justice Talking
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Thursday, March 31, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Law, ethics and medicine at the end of life
Representatives of Terri Schiavo's parents and her husband announced Thursday morning that she had died after nearly two weeks without her feeding tube. The brain-damaged Florida woman was at the center of a 12-year legal, political and public relations battle over whether she should be allowed to die. What has Schiavo's case taught us about the law and ethics surrounding end-of-life decisions?
Guests:
University of Minnesota law and medicine professor Susan Wolf.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The political fallout of 9-11
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 sent shock waves through the American psyche. They changed the way we travel, sparked off two wars and introduced words like Al Qaeda, WMD and dirty bomb into the working vocabularies of ordinary citizens. As National Public Radio's David Welna explained in a speech at Carleton College this February, the aftershocks of 9-11 are still reverberating through American politics, as well.
Related Links:
Document Web Resource: David Welna reflects on the 2004 presidential campaign
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Friday, April 1, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Reporting from a war zone
Though overall attacks on Americans in Iraq have dropped off steeply since the Jan. 30 elections, many journalists still describe reporting on the conflict there to be extremely dangerous. In a war where civilians can be high-value targets for the insurgency, how do reporters go about telling the country's story?
Guests:
Hannah Allam, Baghdad bureau chief for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain, used to be a reporter at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: NPR's Deborah Amos talks about reporting from Iraq
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Pope John Paul II
The Vatican said that the health of Pope John Paul II had "further worsened" Friday, as his breathing became shallow. The 84-year-old pontiff suffered heart failure and septic shock during treatment for an infection. What will the pope's legacy be?
Guests:
Fr. Columba Stewart, a professor of theology at St. John's University in Collegeville, and Bill Cahoy, dean of St. John's graduate school of theology.

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