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Archive for April 19 - 23, 2004
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Monday, April 19, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Tougher times ahead for college applicants
High school students across the state are anxiously waiting for at least one thick envelope. And many of those awaiting word from colleges are going to be disappointed. Applications to the state's private colleges were up 14% this year, and it's getting much tougher to get into public universities as well.

Guests:
Frank Sachs, president-elect of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. He's a college counselor at the Blake School in Minneapolis. Keith White, president of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling and admissions counselor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Jonathan Schwartz discusses the golden age of songwriting
Jonathan Schwartz grew up surrounded by entertainers -- Judy Garland sang him lullabies and Jackie Robinson hit him fly balls. His father, songwriter Arthur Schwartz, worked closely with Frank Sinatra and contributed several tunes to the American songbook, including "That's Entertainment" and "Dancing in the Dark." But Jonathan Schwartz always longed for an average, normal family. His new memoir chronicles his life and captures the haunting beauty of 20th century American popular music.

Guests:
Jonathan Schwartz, author of "All in Good Time: A Memoir." He hosts a radio show on popular American music from first half of the 20th century, heard on WNYC in New York and XM satellite radio.

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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio The President of Rwanda looks to the future
Ten years after a genocide claimed several hundred thousand lives, the President of Rwanda talks about the process of reconciliation and what the international community can do to prevent future calamities.
Guests:
Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda. He co-organized the Rwandan Patriotic Front, which is credited with stopping the country's genocide. When the RPF took power in 1994, Kagame was made Vice President of Rwanda. In August of 2003, Kagame won a landslide victory in the first democratic elections following the genocide. His government is comprised of both Tutsi and Hutu leadership.

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Document Web Resource: Official government of Rwanda Web site
Document Web Resource: Rwanda Net
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The softer side of Genghis Khan
A new book explores Genghis Khan's civic side. A Macalester College professor's best-seller maintains the feared Mongol invader instituted many reforms that were well ahead of the times.
Guests:
Jack Weatherford, author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. He's a professor of cultural anthropology at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Supreme Court hears Guantanamo detainees' case
Lawyers for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay naval base told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday the Bush administration should not be allowed to create a "lawless enclave" there. Though the specific question in the case is narrow, many observers believe the high court hearing represents an important development in a continuing battle between civil liberties and the war on terror.
Guests:
Joe Margulies, represents detainee Shafiq Rasul. He is an attorney currently splitting his time between the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Chicago Law School and his Minneapolis law firm. Oren Gross, associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota. Ruth Wedgwood, law professor at Johns Hopkins University who has signed on to a friend of the court brief in favor of the government's case.

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Document Web Resource: United States Department of Defense Web site regarding detainees at Guantanamo Bay
Document Web Resource: Human Rights Watch Web site regarding detainees at Guantanamo Bay
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The journey from concubine to empress
The most hated woman in China was its last empress. Host and Talking Volumes producer Heather McElhatton interviews Anchee Min about her book Empress Orchid. The author talks about re-imagining the Ching Dynasty court and the women who rose to power amid intrigue and murder. The conversation was recorded at the Fitzgerald Theater on April 20.
Guests:
Anchee Min, author of Empress Orchid. She's also the author of Wild Ginger and the memoir Red Azalea.

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Thursday, April 22, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Human services at the center of legislative attention
As the Minnesota legislative session heads into its final stretch, Department of Human Services Commissioner Kevin Goodno discusses access to prescription drugs, treatment for sexual predators and expected state budget cuts.

Guests:
Kevin Goodno, commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Human Services. The department is responsible for everything from health care and economic assistance to mental health rehabilitation and services for the elderly and people with disabilities.

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Document Web Resource: Minnesota Department of Human Services Web site
Document Web Resource: Webcast of Gov. Pawlenty's address to Pfizer shareholders
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The life and legacy of B.F. Skinner
This spring marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of American psychologist B. F. Skinner. Skinner was known for studies of how animals reacted to their environments. But some only know him as the controversial creator of the Skinner box.
Guests:
Travis Thompson, executive program director at the Minnesota Autism Center. He is a psychologist who studied under one of Skinner's first students.

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Friday, April 23, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Is the system failing media consumers?
Nearly year after a story fabrication scandal led to the firing of top editors and self-examination at the New York Times, USA Today says it is dealing with a reporter accused of plagiarizing of its own. Are institutional measures enough to respond to journalistic deceit?
Guests:
Jane Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. She's currently a visiting scholar of law at Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Document Web Resource: USA Today's report on panel findings
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio How poetry stays relevant
State of the Arts celebrates National Poetry Month, with poet Bart Sutter to discuss why poetry still matters. Also, a preview of the St. Paul Arts Crawl.

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