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Archive for June 20 - 24, 2005
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Monday, June 20, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio The swiftly flattening planet
It takes a certain amount of audacity to write a book subtitled "A Brief History of the 21st Century." After all, the 21st Century has barely even begun. But New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says a whole lot has happened in the last five years. In his new book "The World is Flat" Friedman argues that we have entered a whole new economic era.
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Midday goes to the vet
There are few bonds stronger than those between people and their pets. But at the same time as animals delight us, they are also perplexing. How can you tell if they are healthy and happy? What's the best way to ensure their wellbeing? And what, if anything, can be done to keep them from misbehaving?
Guests:
Veterinarian Dr. Kate An Hunter, owner of the Carver Lake Veterinary Center, is the president-elect of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association. Her dog Ansel is a whippet-American stafford terrier.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Ask the vet
One of Midday's favorite vets returns to answer pet questions.
Guests:
Veterinarian Kate An Hunter and her award-winning dog Ansel.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Court ruling adds red ink to state books
State revenue officials say the state's budget deficit could grow by up to $300 million in light of a state Supreme Court ruling regarding taxes on Minnesota companies' overseas subsidiaries. Lawmakers from both parties say they won't consider the revenue ramifications of the ruling as they continue their special session budget wrangling, but the decision certainly didn't bring the two sides any closer together.
Guests:
Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson, DFL-Willmar, and House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Taking the Congress to Sunday school
Jim Wallis, executive director and editor of Sojourners magazine, says that politicians from both sides of the aisle could use a little Bible study. Wallis, author of the best-selling book "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It," spoke in April at the Westminster Town Hall Forum.
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio For Miss Manners, there are no gray areas
If you ask most people how a gentleman should cross his legs, whether a young man should refill his date's beer glass or the genteel way to get a stranger's attention, they'd likely be at a loss. But there's at least one person who could answer these and any other questions of etiquette without a moment's hesitation.
Guests:
Judith Martin writes the "Miss Manners" columns and is the author of "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior."

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Oh Freedom Over Me
On Tuesday, 41 years to the day after a mob of klansmen killed three young civil rights workers in central Mississippi, a jury found an 80-year-old preacher named Edgar Ray Killen guilty of manslaughter in the case. At the time, the killings drew national attention to the racial segregation in Mississippi. American RadioWorks told the story of what came to be known as "Freedom Summer" in their 2001 documentary, "Oh Freedom Over Me."
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Friday, June 24, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Should the government be in the broadcasting business?
After threatening to cut $100 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget, House Republicans backed down on Thursday. But controversy continues to swirl around the CPB. The corporation's chairman says public broadcasting is perceived as liberally biased, and just hours before the House restored the funding, the CPB board installed a former Republican Party co-chair as its president.
Guests:
Bill Kling is the president of Minnesota Public Radio.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Ask the president of MPR
Minnesota Public Radio has gone through some big changes recently. It launched a brand new radio station combining public broadcasting with popular music. Its Twin Cities classical music station KSJN recently became one of the first outfits in the country to broadcast in a new, digital, high definititon format. What do these changes and the recent controversies at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting mean for MPR?
Guests:
Minnesota Public Radio President Bill Kling.

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