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Archive for November 15 - 19, 2004
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Monday, Nov. 15, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio An interview with interviewer Terry Gross
Longtime interviewer Terry Gross talks about the art of radio conversation and her public radio show, Fresh Air.

Guests:
Terry Gross, host and co-executive producer of the National Public Radio program Fresh Air. She is the author of All I Did Was Ask: Conversations With Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Terry Gross
Document Web Resource: Fresh Air with Terry Gross
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Number of women in prisons at an all-time high
The incarceration rate for females in state and federal prisons is increasing at nearly twice that of men. Why do we now have more women in prison than ever before?

Guests:
Candace Kruttschnitt, sociology professor at the University of Minnesota. She specializes in criminology. Her new book is called Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in California.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Kruttschnitt's bio
Document Web Resource: Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin
Document Web Resource: Incarcerated Women
Document Web Resource: Prison Activist Resource Center
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Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Foreign policy in Bush's second term
The Bush administration now has to consider the president's central campaign promise of ensuring American security through foreign policy. Midmorning examines what the plan for foreign policy may be in light of new leadership at the U.S. State Department.

Guests:
Larry Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information. He was an assistant secretary of defense during the Reagan administration, where he worked with Colin Powell for three years. Steven Miller, director of the International Security Program at Harvard University. He serves as editor-in chief of the quarterly journal International Security.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Minnesota International Center
Document Web Resource: Larry Korb's bio
Document Web Resource: Steven Miller's bio
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The world through the prism of journalism
Two international journalists share their impressions of the American media. They also talk about the role of the press in the way women in Africa and South America are portrayed.

Guests:
Elisa Sicouret, a reporter for Hogar, a monthly magazine in Ecuador. Olga Manda Mwaba, a freelance correspondent from Zambia who contributes to worldwide radio and print publications.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: World Press Institute
Document Web Resource: Hogar Online
Document Web Resource: Africawoman
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Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Schools work to accommodate Hmong refugees
Over 700 Hmong refugee students have enrolled in the Saint Paul School District since the beginning of the academic year. Hundreds more could arrive in the coming weeks. How is the school system dealing with the influx?

Guests:
Megan Powers, director of education at the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. Mo Chang, charter school liaison and special project coordinator for St. Paul Public Schools.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Hmong children enroll in school
Document MPR: Schools slowly filling with Hmong refugees
Document MPR: Hmong refugees begin arriving in June
Document MPR: Hmong in Minnesota
Document Web Resource: Saint Paul Public Schools
Document Web Resource: Hmong Center
Document Web Resource: Hmong Research Center
Document Web Resource: Hmong Refugee Resettlement
Document Web Resource: Hmong in the U.S.
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The truth? You can't handle the truth
Researchers says most people lie once or twice a day. Studies show that, over the course of a week, we deceive about 30 of the people we interact with personally. What motivates us to lie and just what is the role of verbal deception in society?

Guests:
Kang Lee, professor in the department of psychology at the University of California in San Diego. Maureen O'Sullivan, professor of psychology at the University of San Francisco. Julian Keenan, director of the cognitive neuroimaging laboratory at Montclair State University.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Kang Lee's bio
Document Web Resource: O'Sullivan's bio
Document Web Resource: Keenan's bio
Document Web Resource: All About Lying
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Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Pay gap between women and men widens
Years after the women's movement focused attention on pay equality, women in the United States still make roughly 70 cents to every dollar men earn. And some other factors show the movement toward equality is slowing.

Guests:
Amy Caiazza, director of the equality study. Lee Roper-Batker, CEO and president of the Women's Foundation of Minnesota.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Status of Women in the States 2004
Document Web Resource: Women's Foundation of Minnesota
Document Web Resource: Effect of Wage Inequality
Document Web Resource: Gender and Inequality
Document Web Resource: ALF-CIO: Pay
Document Web Resource: Gender Wage Gap Widening
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio She sees dead people
A pathologist reflects on what she's learned about the end of life from close contact with many people on the final threshold.

Guests:
Janis Amatuzio, founder of Midwest Forensic Pathology. She's the author of Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living From a Forensic Pathologist.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Janis Amatuzio's Web Site
Document Web Resource: Near Death Experiences
Document Web Resource: The Case for Life After Death
Document Web Resource: The End of Life: Exploring Death in America
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Friday, Nov. 19, 2004
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio The Distance Between Us
A new novel depicts the life of a foreign correspondent who discovers the lure of covering violence and following a cause. The book's author is a journalist who has reported on conflict in Afghanistan and other troubled areas.

Guests:
Masha Hamilton, author of The Distance Between Us. Hamilton is also the author of Staircase of a Thousand Steps. She's worked as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press and Los Angeles Times in the Middle East and Russia.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Masha Hamilton's Web site
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio State of the Arts
State of the Arts examines the state of arts coverage in the Twin Cities. Do you want more reviews, more profiles, more calendars? How do the newspapers and Minnesota Public Radio choose what to cover? Claude Peck, fine arts editor of the Star Tribune, and MPR editor Euan Kerr share their insight.

Related Links:
Document State of the Arts
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