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Archive for September 19 - 23, 2005
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Monday, Sept. 19, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Healing a grieving nation
Hurricane Katrina has inspired a nationwide outpouring of sympathy, grief and outrage. We watched the institutions of society crumble before our eyes on television, bringing out the best in some and the worst in others. What did the storm teach us about the human condition?
Guests:
Harold Kushner, rabbi laureate of the Temple Israel in Natick, Mass., is the author of several best-selling books, including "When Bad Things Happen to Good People." (photo: Getty Images/Mario Tama)

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio No Place for a Woman
In the 1970s, women began breaking into male-dominated professions as never before, and some faced a hostile reception. In the iron mines of northern Minnesota, women were harassed, threatened and assaulted. Their fight to keep their jobs broke new legal ground, and helped change the workplace forever. American RadioWorks' new documentary, "No Place for a Woman," tells their story.

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Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Overhauling state child-protection systems
State supreme court justices, attorneys and social workers from across the country convene in Bloomington Tuesday for a national summit on how to improve America's child protection systems. Why are the systems perceived to be broken, and how might they be fixed?
Guests:
Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz and Rebecca Rimel, president and CEO of the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Document Web Resource: Pew's foster care reform studies
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio The unexpected rise of the religious right
Best-selling author and Rabbi Harold Kushner says that when he was in rabbinical school 50 years ago, everybody thought that fundamentalist, orthodox religion was going out of style. It hasn't. Kushner, who spoke Monday night in Wayzata and considers himself a liberal, says that liberal churches and synagogues have foresworn the mystical, irrational elements of religion to their own detriment.
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Document Web Resource: Midday 9/19/05 - Kushner reflects on Hurricane Katrina
Document Web Resource: Do we have too much church-state separation, on not enough?
Document Web Resource: Kushner spoke at the Wayzata Community Church
Document Web Resource: Kushner is rabbi laureate of the Temple Israel in Natick, Mass.
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Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio Will Katrina have lasting economic impact?
The Federal Reserve continued its slow, steady increase of interest rates Tuesday, saying that it thinks Hurricane Katrina's economic impact will be short-lived. Will it?
Guests:
Minnesota Public Radio's Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell, and Louis Johnston, an economics professor at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict in Collegeville.

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Document Web Resource: Imagine a world without fossil fuels
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Seeing the war through Iraqi eyes
Many American journalists spent the beginning of the Iraq war embedded with the troops storming toward Baghdad. But Arab-American reporter Anthony Shadid was already in the Iraqi capital, and with his fluent command of the Arabic language he was able to get a different perspective on the war. Shadid spoke about his new book, "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War," recently at the Commonwealth Club of California.
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Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio What we know about hurricanes
Hurricane Rita weakened slightly Thursday morning, but stayed at a highly potent Category 5 level as it moved toward Texas. Though the massive storm may weaken to a Category 3 before it makes landfall, it would still pose a threat. What causes hurricanes? What makes them strengthen, weaken and change course? Is global warming making them stronger?
Guests:
Hugh Willoughby, a research professor and senior scientist at Florida International University's International Hurricane Research Center in Miami. Willoughby directed the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Research Division from 1995-2002.

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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Bollywood meets Hollywood
Indian-born filmmaker Mira Nair has introduced elements of her home country's cinema to American audiences with such acclaimed movies as "Monsoon Wedding" and "Vanity Fair." Nair spoke Thursday at the Westminster Town Hall Forum.
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Friday, Sept. 23, 2005
Hour 1 (11 a.m.)
Audio What needs to happen in Iraq?
President Bush repeated his pledge Thursday to not to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq as some of his critics have suggested. "To leave Iraq now would be to repeat the costly mistakes of the past that led to the attacks of September the 11th, 2001," he said.
Guests:
Roy Grow directs the international relations program at Carleton College in Northfield.

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Document Web Resource: Midmorning looks at the Iraqi constitution
Document Web Resource: Carleton College
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Hour 2 (12 p.m.)
Audio Keillor loves a good poem
Garrison Keillor is a busy man these days. On top of his wildly popular public radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," he recently finished filming a movie based on the show, started writing a syndicated newspaper column, and now he's out with a new book. Keillor spoke about the poetry anthology he edited, "Good Poems for Hard Times," in Edina.
Guests:
(Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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