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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for August 2 - 6, 2004
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Monday, Aug. 2, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Money on the campaign trail
Now that he's the official presidential nominee of the Democratic party, John Kerry must spend public dollars instead of the private millions he's amassed. Also, groups allowed under the McCain-Feingold law are spending more millions on grassroots activities and negative ads.
Guests:
Kelly Patterson, director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The golden age of gangsters
Seventy years ago, John Dillinger was gunned down by FBI agents in Chicago. A book based on new research takes another look at the rash of Midwestern bank robberies and murders that gave rise to the modern Federal Bureau of Investigation and J. Edgar Hoover.
Guests:
Bryan Burrough, author of Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34. He's also the co-author of Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.

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Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Terror warning puts United States on alert
The Department of Homeland Security has issued the first terrorism alerts for specific sites in the United States. Officials are putting financial institutions in New York, Washington, D.C. and New Jersey on high alert. The government is acting on intelligence that Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge calls alarmingly specific, but Ridge is encouraging people to go about their business.
Guests:
David McIntyre teaches a graduate course in homeland security at Texas A&M University. He's a former deputy director of the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio A view of politics from the left
For almost 40 years, Hendrik Hertzberg has written about politics. He's examined everything from campaigns to media coverage and approached the issues from every angle. A new collection of his essays and other writings offers a version of American political life from the liberal point of view.
Guests:
Hendrik Hertzberg, author of Politics: Observations and Arguments 1966 - 2004. He's a staff writer and editor at the New Yorker. He also has served as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter and editor of the New Republic.

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Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Americans slash spending
Consumer spending in the United States took a much deeper dive than expected in June. The Commerce Department reports that consumer spending dropped by 0.7 percent, the worst slowdown since September 2001. Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of the U.S. economy.
Guests:
Louis Johnston, assistant economics professor at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.

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Document Web Resource: U.S. Department of Commerce
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Getting into mental shape for the Olympics
Athletes spend years of their lives and hours each day getting into peak physical shape for the Olympic Games. But many coaches believe it's the mental preparations that count most during competition.

Guests:
Dennis Barker, coach of Team USA Minnesota, a group of distance runners, including Olympic team member Carrie Tollefson. He is also head track and cross-country coach at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Karyn Bye, two-time Olympic medalist and member of the women's ice hockey team.

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Document Web Resource: Team USA Minnesota
Document Web Resource: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Document Web Resource: Sports Psychology
Document Web Resource: Athletic Insight
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Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Exploring the brain
A scientist who has spent his life studying the way the brain works explains why we still know so little about the body's most complex organ.

Guests:
Apostolos Georgopoulos, director of the Brain Sciences Center at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. He's also the director of the Cognitive Sciences Center at the University of Minnesota. This summer he was awarded the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair of Neuroscience, one of the U of M's highest honors.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The Garden Guru
Midmorning's Garden Guru has tips on lawn care, planting perennials and spring blooming bulbs.

Guests:
Deb Brown, horticulturist with the Minnesota Extension Service's Yard and Garden Line.

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Friday, Aug. 6, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Labor unions and the election
Labor unions may be less visible during this election year than in the past. But in a close election, some say the strength of labor's support may make the difference.
Guests:
Steve Hunter, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL-CIO. Peter Rachleff, professor of history at Macalester College in St. Paul. He has written extensively about the American labor movement.

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Document MPR's Campaign 2004
Document MPR News: The State of Unions series
Document Web Resource: Peter Rachleff's bio
Document Web Resource: Minnesota AFL-CIO
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio State of the Arts
Have you ever taken a chance on an artistic event that you normally would never attend? State of the Arts discusses the pros and cons of artistic risk-taking. Plus, the show profiles a man who makes music with farm equipment and an artist who's capturing the drama of big wave surfing on film.
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