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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for October 18 - 22, 2004
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Monday, Oct. 18, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Taking a second look at third party candidates
The latest polls show George Bush and John Kerry in a dead-heat race for president. Ralph Nader and "other" remain in the single digits percentage-wise. Why are third parties less visible than in past years?
Guests:
Howard Gold, associate professor of government at Smith College. He specializes in third parties and voting behavior. He is the author of the book Hollow Mandates. Darren Garnick, producer of Crashing the Parties 2004, a documentary following the major third party candidates for president. It aired nationally on PBS stations in late September.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Campaign 2004
Document Web Resource: Crashing the Parties 2004
Document Web Resource: Guide to American Political Parties
Document Web Resource: NOW: Third Parties
Document Web Resource: Third Party Fact Sheet
Document Web Resource: Third Party Candidates of Election 2004
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Violence shatters Green Zone security
Recent bombings within Baghdad's Green Zone shattered any sense of security that foreign workers had in Iraq. The author of a book on Ground Zero suggests the insularity of the Green Zone contributed to the lack of effective international reconstruction activity.
Guests:
William Langewiesche, correspondent for Atlantic Monthly. His article on Baghdad's Green Zone appears in the November issue. He's the author of American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: The Atlantic Online
Document Web Resource: About the Green Zone
Document Web Resource: Welcome to the Green Zone
Document Web Resource: A View from the Green Zone
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Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Making sense of the flu vaccine shortage
Some medical experts say the flu shot shortage could have been prevented. Why is it so difficult to ensure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine? And what are the consequences of this year's unmet demand?

Guests:
Dr. Greg Poland, professor of medicine and the director of the Mayo Clinic's vaccine research group. Dr. John Treanor, associate professor of medicine in the infectious disease unit at the University of Rochester in New York. Dr. Irwin Redlener, associate dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

Related Links:
Document MPR: First case of flu confirmed in Minnesota
Document MPR: Flu vaccine supply only half of what's needed
Document Web Resource: Gregory Poland's bio
Document Web Resource: John Treanor's bio
Document Web Resource: CDC: Influenza
Document Web Resource: FDA: Influenza Virus Vaccine
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Department of Health
Document Web Resource: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Abstinence in the classroom
The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the industrialized world. And two-thirds of all sexually transmitted diseases occur in people under age 25. Should schools be teaching abstinence?

Guests:
James Wagoner, president of Advocates for Youth. Melissa Pardue, senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Advocates for Youth
Document Web Resource: Melissa Pardue's bio
Document Web Resource: MN ENABL
Document Web Resource: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Document Web Resource: Abstinence Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education
Document Web Resource: Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Slicing the Spin: Jobs and the Economy
Both presidential candidates use the rhetoric of jobs to sell their economic plans. But economists dispute whether presidents really can improve the nation's economy within their terms. Midmorning's weekly series Slicing the Spin dissects the candidates' economic plans.
Guests:
Russell Roberts, professor of economics at George Mason University. He's the author of The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance and The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism. Leonard Burman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute and co-director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. He's a former deputy assistant for tax analysis at the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Campaign 2004
Document Bush and Kerry's economic plans: Less difference than meets the eye
Document Web Resource: Leonard Burman's bio
Document Web Resource: Russell Roberts' columns
Document Web Resource: Kerry: Economy
Document Web Resource: Bush: Economy
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Alternative medicine in the mainstream
Alternative medicine is getting a closer look by the federal government. Doctors there want better scientific data on whether things like St. Johns Wort actually work.

Guests:
William Harlan developed the national alternative medicine center at the National Institutes of Health.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research
Document Web Resource: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Document Web Resource: What is complementary and alternative medicine?
Document Web Resource: About Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Document Web Resource: Medline Plus: Alternative Medicine
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Voting on the Electoral College
Attention turns again to the electoral college as Colorado may reconsider how electors' votes are allocated. Midmorning looks at just who electors are and how the system works, or doesn't work, for voters.
Guests:
William Lasser, professor of political science at Clemson University. Alex Keyssar, professor of history and social policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Rob Alexander, assistant professor of political science at Ohio Northern University. He and his students conducted a survey of electors from the 2000 election. Bill Davis, president and CEO of Community Action. He served as an elector in 1988, 1992 and 1996.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Campaign 2004
Document Web Resource: U.S. Electoral College
Document Web Resource: About the electoral college
Document Web Resource: History of the electoral college
Document Web Resource: How the electoral college works
Document Web Resource: Electoral college calculator
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The art of voting
The marking of a simple ballot is not all that simple. We hear from the people who have studied how the design of ballots, voting machines and polling places sometimes keeps voters from making their choices.
Guests:
Susan King Roth, an expert on ballot usability. She's advising the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland on ballot design. Dori Tunstall, research director of Design for Democracy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the design of ballots and polling places. Sylvia Harris, information design strategist. She was responsible for the redesign of the 2000 National Census forms.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Document Web Resource: Help America Vote Act
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Friday, Oct. 22, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Closing the gap
In Minnesota, students of color consistently score far below their white classmates. We examine the disparities in academic performance and discuss how to address the achievement gap. Midmorning broadcasts The Education Achievement Gap: Minnesota's Embarrassment.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Education Achievement Gap
Document Web Resource: The Education Trust
Document Web Resource: U.S. Department of Education
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio State of the Arts
State of the Arts previews the Slumber Duluth concert. The program also showcases Stage Beauty, a new motion picture written by Minnesota playwright Jeffrey Hatcher.

Related Links:
Document MPR: State of the Arts
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