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Archive for July 25 - 29, 2005
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Monday, July 25, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Toxic neighborhoods
Six hundred homes and businesses in south Minneapolis will be tested next month. How far has the EPA come in managing toxic cleanups?
Guests:
Tim Prendiville, project manager of the arsenic site for the Environmental Protection Agency. Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-Minneapolis), chairman of the Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota. Michael Kanner, manager for Superfund and emergency response at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Document Web Resource: Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Superfund sites
Document Web Resource: Superfund basics
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio A conservative take on politics
John Fund writes and speaks about politics from conservative perspective for a living, but he directs his outrage at voter fraud.
Guests:
John Fund, editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal and writes the Political Diary for Opinion Journal.com. He's the author of Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Wall Street Journal
Document Web Resource: Opinion Journal.com
Document Web Resource: Center of the American Experiment
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio NASA attempts first shuttle launch in 2-1/2 years
NASA is planning to launch the shuttle Discovery despite a faulty fuel sensor. In allowing the launch, NASA is making a rare exception to its own launch rules.
Guests:
Tony Reichhardt has written about space and space policy for Nature magazine and is a consulting editor for Smithsonian/Air & Space magazine. He's the editor of Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years, a collection of stories from shuttle astronauts. Robert Pepin is a physicist at the University of Minnesota. He worked for NASA and was involved with the Apollo missions.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: NASA: Shuttle Web site
Document Web Resource: United Space Alliance
Document Web Resource: Wikipedia: Shuttle Discovery
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio This is your brain on romance
Studies show that falling in love has a similar effect on the brain as using cocaine. Scientists want to know why an intangible emotion seems to trigger the same euphoria in different people.
Guests:
Helen Fisher, research professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. She is the author of Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love. Lucy Brown, professor in the neuroscience department at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Helen Fisher's Web site
Document Web Resource: Lucy Brown's Web site
Document Web Resource: Discovery: Science of Love
Document Web Resource: BBC: Science of Love
Document Web Resource: How Love Works
Document Web Resource: The Lessons of Love
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Has life improved for disabled Americans?
Fifteen years ago, people with disabilities received official recognition of their rights to access to public spaces with the Americans with Disabilities Act. But has the act lived up to its promise?
Guests:
John Tschida, vice president of public affairs and research at Courage Center. Kathy Hagen, attorney with the Minnesota Disability Legal Center. She is a former investigator with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (Photo Getty/Mike Hewitt).

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Americans with Disabilities Act
Document Web Resource: Minnesota Disability Law Center
Document Web Resource: Courage Center
Document Web Resource: Arc of Minnesota
Document Web Resource: History of ADA
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Anti-war and pro-soldier
The leader of a group representing military families talks about the difficulty of opposing the Iraq war while at the same time supporting the soldiers.
Guests:
Nancy Lessin, co-founder of Military Families Speak Out. She also works on health and safety issues for the United Steelworkers of America (photo Getty/William Thomas Cain).

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Military Families Speak Out
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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Leading the force
St. Paul's police chief talks about his first year at the helm of the department.

Guests:
St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Harrington recommended
Document Web Resource: St. Paul Police Department
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Crime-busting cameras?
British police turned to videotape from the London subway system to help identify suicide bombers who killed 52 people on July 7. Across the United States, city governments are using networks of surveillance cameras to watch over the public. Can video cameras really make use safer?

Guests:
Steve Simon, professor of clinical instruction at the University of Minnesota Law School. Bruce Schneier, author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Surveillance Society
Document Web Resource: About Steve Simon
Document Web Resource: Bruce Schneier's Web site
Document Web Resource: Surveillance and Crime Prevention
Document Web Resource: The Surveillance Society
Document Web Resource: NPR: The Surveillance Debate
Document Web Resource: About Surveillance
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Friday, July 29, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Coming to terms with violence, poverty in Egypt
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has ended speculation over whether he would run again in elections scheduled for September. He will seek a fifth term in Egypt's first presidential election with more than one candidate.

Guests:
Edward Walker, former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs and current president of the Middle East Institute. Ragui Assaad, regional director for West Asia and Africa for the Population Council, a New York based NGO. He is based in Cairo.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Edward Walker's Bio
Document Web Resource: Ragui Assaad's Bio
Document Web Resource: Wikipedia: Hosni Mubarak
Document Web Resource: Hosni Mubarak, official bio
Document Web Resource: NPR: The Middle East and the West
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio News in review
Northwest Airlines says bankruptcy looms larger, Hennepin county may change its smoking ban and Block E is considering a controversial tenant. Three journalists take a look at what made news this week.
Guests:
Rochelle Olson, staff writer for the Star Tribune. Jeff Horwich, business reporter, Minnesota Public Radio News. Rachel Stassen-Berger, political reporter for the Pioneer Press.

Related Links:
Document MPR News: Northwest losses come amid 'perfect storm' of problems
Document Web Resource: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Document Web Resource: St. Paul Pioneer Press
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