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Archive for May 30 - June 3, 2005
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Monday, May 30, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio 10,000 lakes, but how clean are they?
Weather permitting, Memorial Day marks the unofficial first day of summer for many Minnesotans, and that often means heading for the state's myriad waterways. But how clean are our lakes and rivers, and what can be done to make them cleaner?
Guests:
Kent Lokkesmoe, director of the Department of Natural Resources' Waters Division, and Lisa Thorvig, assistant commissioner for water policy at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Lest We Forget: Stories from WWII
Since 2000, the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project has been interviewing former service men and women about their experiences in and after war. "Lest We Forget" features stories from World War II, both on the battlefield and on the home front.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The president and the economy
Citing a series of strong economic indicators, President Bush presented an optimistic view of the economy at a Tuesday morning news conference in the Rose Garden. The president also charged Congress with passing legislation he sees as key to continued economic growth, from Social Security reform to the trade agreement CAFTA.
Guests:
Louis Johnston, a professor of economics at St. John's University in Collegeville.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Condoleezza Rice at the Commonwealth Club
Speaking Friday at the Commonwealth Club of California, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the Senate to confirm President Bush's nominee for United Nations ambassador, John Bolton. Rice admitted that Bolton had some "rough edges," but said the U.N. needed "a strong voice for reform."
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Deep Throat steps from the shadows
Deep Throat's identity is a secret no more. W. Mark Felt, who served as the number-two man at the FBI during Richard Nixon's presidency, has admitted to being the secret source who helped the Washington Post bring to light the Watergate scandal that brought down the president. How did Watergate change America and American journalism?
Guests:
Jane Kirtley, director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota, Nick O'Hara, an inspector at the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office who spent 30 years at the FBI, and Dave Nimmer, a veteran reporter, editor, journalism professor and news anchor.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Goodbye May, hello June!
June is here, and Minnesota's mercury is bound to start climbing, right? Are May's relentless rain showers a thing of the past?
Guests:
Mark Seeley, a meteorologist and climatologist at the University of Minnesota.

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Thursday, June 2, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Corporate ethics and the legacy of William Donaldson
President Bush named Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. Cox succeeds William Donaldson, who took over the reins of the commission in the wake of the Enron scandal. What will Donaldson's legacy be? Are corporations more accountable today?
Guests:
Bill George, former CEO of Twin Cities-based Medtronic and chairman of the Global Center for Leadership and Business Ethics at KPMG.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Snowmobiling's "grandfather" retires at 84
Edgar Hetteen, the Minnesotan who founded snowmobiling giants Polaris and Arctic Cat, announced Friday that he was stepping down from his current and probably final company, ASV, Inc. Voices of Minnesota featured an interview with Hetteen in 2004.
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Friday, June 3, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Minnesota's child support system
The Legislature passed a new child support law which the governor is expected to sign. We discuss how the child support system works.
Guests:
Sen. Tom Neuville, R-Northfield authored the bill. Mark Ponsolle, director of the Child Support Enforcement Division in the Ramsey County Attorney's office.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Getting inside Nixon's head
Award-winning journalist Richard Reeves says that Richard Nixon would have met his downfall even without the Watergate scandal. Speaking in 2001 at the Commonwealth Club of California, Reeves called former President Nixon "an accident waiting to happen," and that "if it had not been Watergate, it would have been something else."
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