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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for October 20 - 24, 2003
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Monday, Oct. 20, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Met council's new plans for the Twin Cities
Under new leadership, the Metropolitan Council hopes to adjust the current plan for Twin Cities growth. The draft development framework strongly suggests older communities with infrastructure should add housing. But it also doesn't seek to put the brakes on communities that want to grow.

Guests:
Peter Bell, chair of the Metropolitan Council. He was appointed to the post by Governor Tim Pawlenty earlier this year.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Metropolitan Council
Document Web Resource: Development Framework
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Tragedy of Srebrenica seen from a war hospital
A handful of doctors and nurses found themselves trapped with thousands of civilians in a town under siege in the former Yugoslavia. A new book raises troubling questions about battlefield medicine and humanitarian aid.

Guests:
Sheri Fink, author of "War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival". She's a journalist and physician who works with the International Medical Corps.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: War Hospital Web site
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Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio What the U.S. can do about modern-day slavery
President Bush surprised some observers when he cited sexual trafficking as a problem the world should try to solve in his recent speech to the United Nations. The U.S. State Department estimates 50,000 women and children each year are brought into this country to be used as prostitutes.

Guests:
Leslie Wolfe, president of the Center for Women Policy Studies in Washington D.C.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Center for Women, Economic Justice and Public Policy at the College of St. Catherine
Document Web Resource: Center for Women Policy Studies
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The state of the cultural generation gap
The cultural guideposts used by baby boomers don't ring any bells with the college graduating class of 2007, a group too young to know what the world was like before the Internet.
Guests:
Tom McBride, professor of English at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. He co-authors the annual "Mindset List" at the beginning of each school year.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: "Beloit College Mindset List"
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Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Pawlenty proposes to cut drug costs
Governor Tim Pawlenty has proposed the state put together a way Minnnesota consumers can buy drugs from Canadian web sources. Though applauded by the elderly in particular, drug and biotech industry representatives are opposed to the idea.

Guests:
Kevin Goodno, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Ray Frost, executive director of MNBIO, a trade association of 120 members primarily from the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Department of Human Services
Document Web Resource: MNBIO Web site
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Senior Federation, Canadian Importation Guide
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Talking Volumes author describes an African family's turmoil
A sheltered teenage girl's world is shaken by her first romance, family troubles and civil war. The next Talking Volumes author Chimamanda Adichie talks about her debut novel.

Guests:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Purple Hibiscus. She's also the author of short stories about the Nigerian immigrant experience in America. Adichie was shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2002. Her story set during the Nigerian civil war was selected to represent the PEN center USA in the 2003 David Wong short story contest.

Related Links:
Document MPR Books, Purple Hibiscus
Document Web Resource: Talking Volumes Web site
Document Web Resource: Afriscope Weekly
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Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Bill Gates, Sr. speaks out against repeal of estate tax
Opponents of the repeal of the inheritance tax say the cost to the philanthropic infrastructure is not worth what taxpayers receive back from the federal government.
Guests:
Bill Gates Sr., co-author of Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. Gates and his son, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates are among the wealthiest Americans.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Responsible Wealth
Document Web Resource: United for a Fair Economy
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Writers, musicians and artists talk about Wellstone's reach
The anniversary of the plane crash near Eveleth that killed U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila, daughter Marcia Markuson and three campaign aides will be marked by events around the Twin Cities, including a musical commemoration.

Guests:
Jim Walsh, columnist for the Twin Cities alternative weekly City Pages and the organizer of Wellstone World Music Day. Mason Jennings, singer/ songwriter. Amy Jennings, singer and musician who is a member of Mason Jennings' band. Terry Gydesen, documentary photographer whose latest book is a collection photos taken of Paul Wellstone on the campaign trail, Twelve Years and Thirteen Days. Roseann Lloyd, poet whose new book of poetry is called "Because of the Light." Wendy Knox, artistic director and founder of the Frank Theatre based in Minneapolis. Frank Theater's latest production is a union musical called "The Cradle Will Rock." Larry Long, singer/ songwriter. He co-wrote Paul Wellstone's campaign song, "Stand Up, Keep Fighting" with J.D. Steele.

Related Links:
Document MPR web site: Remembering Wellstone
Document Web Resource: Wellstone World Music Day
Document Web Resource: WellstoneAction!
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Friday, Oct. 24, 2003
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Health care costs and Wellstone's legacy on Week in Review
Health care costs drove clerical workers to the picket lines at the University of Minnesota and spurred the Pawlenty administration to propose a way to potentially cut drug costs. Also a look at the Wellstone tragedy one year later on the next Week in Review.
Guests:
Lori Sturdevant, Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial writer and columnist. D. J. Tice, editorial writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: D. J. Tice's recent editorial
Document Web Resource: Lori Sturdevant's recent column
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Separating the fact from fiction in blogs
Are personal internet sites, known as blogs, journalism or high-speed soapboxes? And how do you tell the difference? The case of prominent journalist's apparently unedited and offensive online comments has unleashed a critical look at blogs.
Guests:
Amy Eisman, assistant professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington D.C. Mark Glaser, columnist for the Annenberg School's Online Journalism Review at the University of Southern California.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Cyber Journalist list
Document Web Resource: Online Journalism Review
Document Web Resource: Amy Eisman's Web site
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