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Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 |
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 Airport security targets explosives
The Transportation Security Administration will require passengers remove outer clothing before being screened. The new measures are part of a new effort to detect explosive devices.
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Guests:
George Novak, aviation analyst with the Aviation Institute at George Washington University. He's a former FAA attorney. Jim Welna, acting federal security director at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Related Links:
 Registered traveler test program at MSP could be extended
Travel much? One company sees barcodes in your future
Web Resource: George Novak Bio
Web Resource: Transportation Security Administration
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Stories of families and distance
Author and Minnesotan Valerie Miner writes of the simple joys of travel and transcendence of relationships in her new collection of short stories.
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Guests:
Valerie Miner, author of Abundant Light, a collection of short fiction. She's also the author of a number of novels, short stories and a memoir. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Minnesota.
Related Links:
MPR Books Forum
Web Resource: Valerie Miner bio
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Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
More campaign finance changes?
A federal district court opinion appears to throw out 15 Federal Elections Commission regulations on campaign finance. Those regulations were contested by the authors of the campaign finance reform laws. But what happens to such a ruling issued in the middle of a campaign is under debate.
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Guests:
Trevor Potter, campaign finance lawyer who has served as a commissioner and chairman of the Federal Elections Commission. He currently serves as co-chair of the American Bar Association's Election Law committee. David Magleby, dean and distinguished professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He is also the senior research fellow for the Center of the Study of Elections and Democracy. He watches the spending of soft money and issue campaigns.
Related Links:
Campaign 2004
Web Resource: Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy
Web Resource: Democracy 21
Web Resource: Federal Elections Commission
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Making buildings environmentally sound
Architects are trying to find ways to build public spaces that make sense for the environment and for the health of workers.
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Guests:
John Carmody, director for sustainable building research in the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Minnesota. Loren Abraham, architect, industrial designer and researcher. He has received national recognition for his work in environmentally aware design.
Related Links:
Web Resource: Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide
Web Resource: BuildingGreen.com
Web Resource: "Building a Healthy Home", Loren Abraham
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Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
In the line of duty
More than 2,000 Minnesota National Guard men and women serve overseas at a time when troops are asked to serve longer and in more dangerous areas. A look at the Minnesota National Guard.
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Guests:
Major General Larry Shellito, the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard.
Related Links:
Ventura criticizes use of national guard in Iraq
National guard soldiers say goodbye
Pawlenty names Shellito as new Guard leader
National Guard service: worth the sacrifice?
Web Resource: About the Minnesota National Guard
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Political memorabilia
Campaigns for the Presidency of the United States yield collecting gold for history buffs. Beyond nostalgic value, political artifacts tell much about the intensity of campaigns.
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Guests:
Harry Rubenstein, curator of political history for the Smithsonian Institution.
Related Links:
Web Resource: Minnesota Historical Society
Web Resource: Smithsonian Institution
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Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
Ayad Allawi on Iraq's progress toward elections
Live coverage from National Public Radio of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's address to a joint meeting of Congress. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Global job flux
The political rhetoric surrounding outsourcing or off-shoring of jobs doesn't always take into account the complexity of worldwide distribution of work. A conservative and moderate debate where the U.S. economy is losing and gaining in jobs and resources.
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Guests:
Tim Kane, research fellow with the Heritage Foundation. Robert Shapiro, former U.S. undersecretary of commerce under Clinton. He's now the managing director and founding partner of Sonecon, LLC, a global market consulting firm.
Related Links:
"The two sides of offshore outsourcing"
Anti-outsourcing bill flops at Capitol
Web Resource: Tim Kane's Bio
Web Resource: Robert Shapiro's Bio
Web Resource: Humphrey Institute Policy Forum
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Friday, Sept. 24, 2004 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Minnesota roots and 1920s literary stardom made him a hometown hero. A new anthology features St. Paul's influence on his fiction.
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Guests:
Patricia Hampl, author of many books, including the memoir, I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory. She has written the introduction to a new collection, The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Related Links:
F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference in St. Paul
Web Resource: Patricia Hampl's bio
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
State of the Arts
The new fall TV season promises more reality shows and some art. Campbell Mithun's John Rash joins the discussion. Plus, the second annual Arab Film Festival gets underway in Minneapolis and how a hammond organ is enlivening the Artist's Quarter.
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