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Midmorning
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Archive for May 23 - 27, 2005
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Monday, May 23, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Stadium bill awaits special session
Legislation opening the way for a publicly-funded Twins stadium will have to wait for the special session. Twins management maintains this is the team's best offer for an outdoor venue. But do publicly-funded stadiums pay off?
Guests:
Jerry Bell, president of Twins Sports Inc. Mike Opat, former chair, Hennepin County Board of Commissioners. Marc Poitras, economics professor at the University of Dayton. Jim Bouton, former pitcher for the Yankees and author of one of the best known books on baseball, "Ball Four".

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Document Web Resource: Jim Bouton's website
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Women in combat
Congress may limit the roles women may play in war. A provision in a spending bill would limit women to non-combat positions. But some say that does little to remove women from the line of fire.
Guests:
Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert, associate professor of sociology at Hamline University. Jed Babbin was undersecretary of defense under President George H.W. Bush.

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Document Web Resource: The American Spectator
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Afghan president's balancing act
President Bush says U.S. troops in Afghanistan will cooperate with the Afghan government. Afghan president Hamid Kharzai had hinted that he should have more say over troops' activities, especially in the wake of alleged detainee abuse.
Guests:
Peter Thomsen served as special envoy and ambassador to Afghanistan from 1989 - 1992. He is writing a book on Afghanistan. Kimberly Marten, professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She's the author of Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio What would Socrates do?
He's called the Johnny Appleseed of philosophy. Author Christopher Phillips brings the teachings of Socrates to coffee shops, elementary schools, and prisons.
Guests:
Christopher Phillips, founder and director of the nonprofit Society for Philosophical Inquiry and author of Six Questions of Socrates.

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Document Web Resource: The Philosophy of Socrates Café
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Compromise averts filibuster showdown, but what next?
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has agreed on a compromise that will allow floor votes on three of President Bush's five appeals court nominees. Who benefits from the compromise, and what does it mean for future judicial nominees?
Guests:
Wendy Schiller, associate professor of political science and policy at Brown University. Sarah Binder, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and associate professor of political science at George Washington University.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Fighting the romantic myth of depression
Depression sometimes is associated with artists. But romanticizing the mental condition keeps us from thinking of it as a disease, says psychiatrist Peter Kramer.
Guests:
Peter Kramer, author of Against Depression. He is also the author of the landmark bestseller Listening to Prozac.

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Thursday, May 26, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio How much is enough for K-12 funding?
The debate continues in the Minnesota legislature over how to improve funding to K-12 schools. And some of the debate extends to which teachers may be laid off and whether No Child Left Behind is in the best interests of the state.
Guests:
Alice Seagren, Minnesota education commissioner.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Travel
With the summer travel season set to begin, we'll take a look at some of the great destination spots in America, Europe and elsewhere.
Guests:
Travel writer Patricia Schultz, author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.

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Friday, May 27, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Plotting the next thrill
Two top crime writers talk about crafting thrilling books and how they come up with new ways to plot their many novels.

Guests:
John Sandford, author of many crime thrillers set in Minnesota. His latest is Broken Prey. Michael Connelly, author of The Closers. He sets his novels in Los Angeles, California.

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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Prayer and art
State of the Arts examines the art contained in prayer. And a film festival takes root in rural Minnesota.
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