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Archive for June 13 - 17, 2005
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Eighteen days to find a compromise
Preparations are already underway for a partial state government shutdown. Unless Minnesota's House, Senate and governor can come to a mutually agreeable budget by June 30, unfunded parts of state government deemed non-essential would have to close. Should state workers start planning their vacations, or is there a compromise waiting in the wings?
Guests:
House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, and Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson, DFL-Willmar.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Cheney bestows Ford Journalism Prizes
The Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes has won the 2004 Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for her stories on President Bush, and U.S. News & World Report's Linda Robinson gets the national defense award for her reporting on Al Qaeda. Vice President Dick Cheney officiates the awards ceremony live from the National Press Club in Washington.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Justice under "the weight of the world's eyes"
Superstar Michael Jackson was exonerated on all 10 counts against him Monday, including charges of child molestation. In a statement the jury said they felt "the weight of the world's eyes" on their deliberations and hoped their verdict would stand as "a testament...to the justice system's integrity." How well does our 200-year-old justice system operate in the mass media age?
Guests:
Ron Meshbesher, one of Minnesota's most prominent defense attorneys. (photo: Getty Images/Frederick M. Brown)

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Ex-GE chief bemoans corporate regulations
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch says corporate America needed reform in the post-Enron era, but Welch contends the Sarbanes-Oxley act wasn't the answer. Welch calls the law's host of auditing requirements "overkill" and says that "any time a bill passes the Senate 99 to nothing, you know it's bad." Welch talked about his new book "Winning" in a conversation at the Commonwealth Club of California.
Guests:
(photo: Getty Images/Michael Buckner)

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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Board: Peebles needs to do better
Talk of terminating her contract has abated, but the Minneapolis School Board has put Superintendent Thandiwe Peebles on notice that she must improve her job performance. Over two days of closed door meetings, Peebles said the board raised concerns about her management skills. About two dozen people, including leaders from the city's African American community, rallied in support of Peebles outside the meeting Tuesday.
Guests:
Minneapolis Superintendent Thandiwe Peebles and Joseph Erickson, chair of the Minneapolis School Board.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Author says Iranian youth want reform
Iranians choose a new president Friday, and public opinion polls show former President Hashemi Rafsanjani with a narrow lead. Rafsanjani isn't the favorite of conservative hardliners or liberal reformers, but is presenting himself as the candidate who will mend ties with the U.S. In a speech from the Commonwealth Club of California earlier this year, Iranian-American journalist Azadeh Moaveni said her generation of young Iranians is hungry for democratic reforms.
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Summer blockbusters: trash or treasure?
Do you dread the summer blockbuster season, or do you live for eye-popping special effects and big-budget flicks? What makes a great summer movie?
Guests:
Stephanie Curtis, AKA the Movie Maven, is a producer at Minnesota Public Radio.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The Maven skewers summer's worst films
The Movie Maven names five cases in which the air conditioned theater was better than the picture on the screen.
Guests:
Minnesota Public Radio's Movie Maven, Stephanie Curtis.

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Friday, June 17, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Bush explains Medicare in Maple Grove
On Friday morning, President George W. Bush makes the Maple Grove Community Center his first Minnesota destination since winning reelection. The president speaks to an invited audience of 400 retirees and health care workers about the Medicare prescription drug benefit that goes into effect Jan. 1. Minnesota Public Radio has live coverage.
Guests:
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Richard Nixon's White House tapes
Thirty-three years ago, five men were arrested during a break in at the Watergate hotel and office complex in Washington. What originally looked like a third-rate burglary eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. And what did Nixon in, ultimately, were his own tape recordings of White House conversations.
Guests:
Stephen Smith, managing editor and correspondent for American RadioWorks, created the documentary "White House Tapes: The President Calling" using the recorded conversations of presidents Nixon, Johnson and Kennedy.

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