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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for May 9 - 13, 2005
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Monday, May 9, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio GM and Ford get junked
Standard & Poor's has downgraded GM and Ford's credit rating to junk-bond status. Midmorning discusses what this means for the future of the world's biggest car makers, two of corporate America's biggest borrowers.
Guests:
Paul Eisenstein, the publisher of the internet magazine TheCarConnection.com and an expert on cars and the car industry.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: The Car Connection
Document Web Resource: General Motors
Document Web Resource: Ford Motor Company
Document Web Resource: Standard & Poor's
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Learning from chimpanzees
One of the newest fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a Minnesotan and custodian of Jane Goodall's data from the Gombe Chimpanzee Reserve.
Guests:
Anne Pusey, director of the University of Minnesota's Jane Goodall Institute Center for Primate Studies.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Discover Chimpanzees, U of M Primate Studies
Document Web Resource: Jane Goodall's Web site
Document Web Resource: Anne Pusey Bio
Document Web Resource: National Academy of Arts and Sciences
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Reconsidering economics of the left
A new biography of John Kenneth Galbraith explores the connection between politics and economics, historically and today.
Guests:
Richard Parker, author of John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: PBS NOW, Richard Parker
Document Web Resource: Richard Parker's Web site
Document Web Resource: The Nation: Galbraith and Vietnam
Document Web Resource: Richard Parker's Bio
Document Web Resource: Parker event at Humphrey Institute
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio A spy's fiction
A former CIA covert operative talks about translating the real world of spying into thrillers.

Guests:
Charles McCarry, author of Old Boys. He's also the author of many spy novels and a biography of Ralph Nader.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Tough choices remain for state legislators
The 2005 legislative session is winding down, and a lot of work remains. Is there enough time left for Republicans and DFLers to find common ground on the state budget, a gay marriage amendment, and a new ballpark for the Twins?

Guests:
Governor Tim Pawlenty. Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson (DFL-Willmar).

Related Links:
Document MPR News: Capitol Letter
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Senate Web Site
Document Web Resource: Governor Tim Pawlenty's Web Site
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Re-Imagining the Bosnian War
NPR's Scott Simon recreates the chaos of the Bosnian War in his new novel Pretty Birds, which tells the story of a young Muslim girl who becomes a sniper.
Guests:
Scott Simon, author of Pretty Birds. He is the host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Scott Simon's Bio
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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio What Makes You Red or Blue?
There are major divides within both major political parties that don't necessarily follow the familiar red-blue split according to the latest Pew Research Center Study. Midmorning takes a closer look at their political typology study.
Guests:
Lawrence Jacobs, political science professor and director of the 2004 Elections Project at the Humphrey Institute's Center for the Study of Politics. Carroll Doherty, editor of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: The Pew Research Center
Document Web Resource: Where Do You Fit?
Document Web Resource: Lawrence Jacobs Bio
Document Web Resource: Carroll Doherty's Bio
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey
A look at the life and illustrious career of Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, the author of numerous landmark court decisions, including Roe v. Wade.
Guests:
Linda Greenhouse, author of Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey. She covers the U.S. Supreme Court for The New York Times.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Linda Greenhouse's Bio
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Friday, May 13, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio New taxes on the way?
A group of local journalists take a look back at the week in news, from tax proposals at the Capitol to coverage of the mourning of a St. Paul police officer.
Guests:
Michael Khoo, Minnesota Public Radio Capitol reporter. Neal St. Anthony, business reporter for the Star Tribune. Hans Eisenbeis, editor in chief of the Rake magazine.

Related Links:
Document House bucks Pawlenty, approves budget bill with gas tax boost
Document Revolt in the House
Document Web Resource: The Rake Magazine
Document Web Resource: The Star Tribune
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Jeune Lune collects a Tony
Minneapolis' Theatre de la Jeune Lune joins the elite company of regional theaters awarded a Tony. And movie critic Colin Covert talks about why the movie industry is nervous about the summer movie season.
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Document State of the Arts
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