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Midmorning
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Archive for September 26 - 30, 2005
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Monday, Sept. 26, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Millions flee Hurricane Rita
This hurricane season brings severe destruction and lessons for disaster preparedness. In the first half of the show, we examine global warming's contribution to hurricane activity. In the second half of the program, we'll discuss the logistics of evacuations.
Guests:
Corey Powell, senior editor at Discover Magazine. He teaches advanced science writing in New York University's Science and Environmental Reporting Program. Kerry Emanuel, professor of Meteorology at MIT. His latest book is "Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes." Bill Powell, spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation. Jon Hallberg, a physician in family practice at the University of Minnesota. He is in Jackson, Mississippi, setting up Operation Minnesota Lifeline, a medical relief effort organized by the Minneapolis-based American Refugee Committee.

Related Links:
Document MPR: After Katrina
Document Web Resource: Discover Magazine
Document Web Resource: About Kerry Emanuel
Document Web Resource: Texas Department of Transportation
Document Web Resource: About Operation Minnesota Lifeline
Document Web Resource: Global Warming and Hurricanes
Document Web Resource: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Shared sacrifice?
President Bush has said the war in Iraq is worth the sacrifice. But just who is sacrificing what? Midmorning examines the history of sacrifice on the home front.

Guests:
David Kennedy, the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. Carolyn Marvin, the Frances Yates Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About David Kennedy
Document Web Resource: About Carolyn Marvin
Document Web Resource: Americans for Shared Sacrifice
Document Web Resource: World War II Posters
Document Web Resource: Sacrifice for Everyone
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Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Choose your justice
John Roberts' nomination to be chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to be voted on and approved by the U.S. Senate by Thursday of this week. Is there a more direct way for the public to voice support or disapproval of nominees for the highest court?
Guests:
Richard Davis is the author of "Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process". He is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Richard Davis
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Carl Hiaasen's mysteries of Florida
Florida's scammers and eccentrics populate his fiction. Author Carl Hiaasen talks about why such characters also appear in his books for children.
Guests:
Carl Hiaasen is the author of many mysteries set in Florida. His latest youth fiction is "Flush". His first youth fiction, Hoot, won a Newberry honor. Hiaasen also is a columnist for the Miami Herald.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Carl Hiaasen's Web site
Document Web Resource: Miami Herald: Hiaasen's columns
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio "Intelligent design" in court
The theory of intelligent design is getting its day in court after a Pennsylvania parent sued to stop the school district from teaching this alternative to evolution.

Guests:
Mark Borrello, professor in the graduate program history of science at the University of Minnesota. He is also a professor in the department of ecology, evolution and behavior. Scott Lanyon, director of the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. Steve Abrams, chairman of the Kansas State Board of Education.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Mark Borrello
Document Web Resource: About Scott Lanyon
Document Web Resource: About Steve Abrams
Document Web Resource: What is Intelligent Design?
Document Web Resource: Discovery Institute
Document Web Resource: National Center for Science Education
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Will genetics revolutionize medicine?
Doctors are obtaining and using genetic information more easily than ever. How are ethical standards being applied to this dynamic field?
Guests:
Mary Ahrens, supervisor for genetic counseling services at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview and an instructor at the University of Minnesota in the genetics and cell biology department.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Genetic Counseling
Document Web Resource: About Genetic Testing
Document Web Resource: Genetics and Medicine
Document Web Resource: Ethics of Genetics
Document Web Resource: National Human Genome Research Institute
Document Web Resource: U of M: Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Who will lead Germany?
Gerhard Schroeder plans to attend an October EU summit as Germany's head of state. But recent elections indicate his opponent, Angela Merkel, has a claim to the job of chancellor.

Guests:
Dieter Roth, a nonpartisan pollster based in Mannheim, Germany. Dieter Dettke, director of the Washington office of the foundation serving the German Social Democratic Party.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: German Politics
Document Web Resource: About Gerhard Schroeder
Document Web Resource: About Angela Merkel
Document Web Resource: Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Document Web Resource: 2005 German Elections
Document Web Resource: Center for German and European Studies
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Lost and found
The man who is credited with spotting the first ivory billed woodpecker in 60 years and the scientist behind the search join host Kerri Miller in the studio.
Guests:
Gene Sparling, an amateur naturalist. John Fitzpatrick, head of Cornell University's Ornithological Lab.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Gene Sparling
Document Web Resource: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Document Web Resource: The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior
Document Web Resource: About the Ivory Billed Woodpecker
Document Web Resource: The Nature Conservancy
Document Web Resource: The Big Woods Conservation Partnership
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Friday, Sept. 30, 2005
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Confidence in the economy slipping
Consumers are worried about the direction of the economy, according to the latest figures from the Conference Board. And Fed chairman Alan Greenspan worries that the low interest rates engineered by the Fed have lured people into a false sense of security by allowing them to gamble more with the value of homes and portfolios.
Guests:
V. V. Chari, professor of economics at the University of Minnesota and an advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Delos Smith, president of Delos Smith and Associates and former senior business analyst with The Conference Board.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: V. V. Chari's Bio
Document Web Resource: Federal Reserve Board
Document Web Resource: The Conference Board
Document Web Resource: Economy.com
Document Web Resource: U.S. Department of Labor
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Memorable book: "The Things They Carried"
A classic of modern and Vietnam literature, "The Things They Carried" challenges the meaning of truth in war. Midmorning listeners weigh in with what the book means to them.

Guests:
Susan Farrell, associate professor of English at the College of Charleston. She teaches "The Things They Carried" in two classes: Literature of the Vietnam War and American Contemporary Literature.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Susan Farrell's Bio
Document Web Resource: Summary of "The Things They Carried"
Document Web Resource: Tim O'Brien's Web site
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