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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for August 16 - 20, 2004
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Monday, Aug. 16, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Do shield laws protect reporters?
A reporter from Time magazine is fighting a contempt order because he does not want to give the name of the person who leaked the identity of a CIA agent. And again, how reporters gather information and what media choose to report is in the news.
Guests:
Bill Kovach, chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. He's the former curator at the Nieman Foundation and the former editor in chief at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Document Web Resource: Committee of Concerned Journalists
Document Web Resource: The Times and Iraq: A Sampling of the Coverage
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Searching for a Nazi sub
Wreck divers are part of a romantic breed of explorers who take risks to satisfy their and our curiousity. A new book describes the adventures of two divers on a mysterious wreck off the coast of New Jersey.
Guests:
Robert Kurson, author of Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II.

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Document Web Resource: Robert Kurson's Web site
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Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Violence and Iraqi government negotiations
Military operations in the holy city of Najaf are a point of contention at an elections conference in Iraq. But the discussions on how the January elections will work continue.

Guests:
Judith Yaphe, senior research fellow and Middle East project director in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. She was a CIA analyst on the Middle East and Persian Gulf for twenty years.

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Document Web Resource: Institute for National Strategic Studies
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Boosting the youth vote
More than 40 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 24 voted in the last presidential election. The turnout among older Americans was about 70 percent. Why don't young people choose to vote in greater numbers?

Guests:
Jehmu Greene, president of Rock the Vote. Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to engaging youth in the political process. The nationwide nonprofit has set a goal of registering one million new voters under the age of 30.

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Document Campaign 2004
Document Web Resource: Rock the Vote
Document Web Resource: Youth Vote Coalition
Document Web Resource: New Voters Project
Document Web Resource: Newsweek: Young Voters
Document Web Resource: Youth Voter Turnout
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Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Changing rural economies
A recent government report says that farm land prices are on the rise. Encroaching outer suburbs and hobby farms are creating more demand for land. With fewer small farms, is the rural economy changing to the point that farm subsidies may not be needed in the future?
Guests:
Doug Peterson, president of Minnesota Farmer's Union. Rob Atkinson, vice president of the Progressive Policy Institute and director of the Technology & New Economy Project.

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Document MPR recent agriculture coverage
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Farmers Union
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Rural Partners
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio China's boom, world's gain?
After twenty years of rapid growth, China's economy is one of the most robust in the world. But some say the country's economy is overheating. Why is the Chinese economy growing so fast? And how much impact does the hot Chinese economy have on the rest of the world?

Guests:
William Overholt, Asia policy chair at the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy.

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Document Iron Range is booming, but it's hard to find an optimist
Document Web Resource: RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy
Document Web Resource: China's Economy, Resilience and Challenge
Document Web Resource: Why Is China Growing So Fast?
Document Web Resource: Guide to China's Economy
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Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio The BCA's new chief
The new head of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is an 18-year veteran of the Minnesota's main investigative agency.

Guests:
Linda Finney, new superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. She served as acting chief of the BCA for the past three months.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Shining a light on torture
The treatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Gharib Prison moved the use of torture into the media spotlight. Numerous international laws prohibit torture, yet the practice remains in use throughout the world.

Guests:
Doug Johnson, executive director at the Center for Victims of Torture. Robin Phillips, executive director of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.

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Document Web Resource: The Center for Victims of Torture
Document Web Resource: Doug Johnson, Robin Phillips event
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Document Web Resource: United Nations Convention Against Torture
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Friday, Aug. 20, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Porn in the U.S.A.
Pornography is one of the hottest industries in the United States. What's behind the explosion of sexually explicit material in American society? And does the First Amendment ensure its success? Larry Flynt has made his living and his name by fighting restrictions on obscenity. He'll share his thoughts on pornography, free speech and American culture.
Guests:
Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine and founder of Larry Flynt Publications. He speaks frequently on First Amendment issues. His new book is called Sex, Lies and Politics: The Naked Truth. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

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Document Web Resource: LarryFlynt.com
Document Web Resource: Frontline: American Porn
Document Web Resource: Pornography, Main Street to Wall Street
Document Web Resource: NPR: The Growing Pornography Industry
Document Web Resource: National Coalition Against Censorship
Document Web Resource: American Center for Law and Justice
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio State of the Arts
Photographer Craig Blacklock discusses how nature inspires artists. Plus, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts' new exhibit The Art of Democracy.
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