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Monday, Oct. 31, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
 Bush's latest Supreme Court nominee
President Bush nominates conservative U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Guests:
David Stras, associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota. He's a former law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas. Thomas Berg, professor of constitutional law at University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Related Links:
 Web Resource: Wikipedia: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Web Resource: Third Judicial Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals
Web Resource: U.S. Supreme Court
Web Resource: About David Stras
Web Resource: About Thomas Berg
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Another look at the Salem witch trials
The women convicted of witchcraft in Salem more than two hundred years ago were caught in a web of community fear and politics.
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Guests:
Bernard Rosenthal, professor at Binghamton University. He is the author of "Salem Story: Reading the Witch Trials of 1692." His forthcoming book is entitled "Records of the Salem Witch Hunt." Mary Beth Norton, professor at Cornell University and the author of "In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692."
Related Links:
Web Resource: About Bernard Rosenthal
Web Resource: About Mary Beth Norton
Web Resource: Salem Witch Trials Archive
Web Resource: Possession and the Courts
Web Resource: Salem Witchcraft Trials
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Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
Oil profits raise concerns
Oil companies are downplaying huge profits, but federal lawmakers aren't buying it. Senator Bill Frist says he'll summon oil executives to testify about soaring energy prices.
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Guests:
Akshay Rao, professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Severin Borenstein, professor of business administration and public policy and director, University of California Energy Institute at U.C. Berkeley (photo Getty/Robert Sullivan).
Related Links:
Web Resource: Akshay Rao's Bio
Web Resource: American Petroleum Institute
Web Resource: U.S. Public Interest Research Group
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
The Life of a Passionate Progressive
The author of a new biography of Paul Wellstone says the Minnesotan overcame a rough beginning in the U.S. Senate to bridge some of the partisan divide.
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Guests:
Bill Lofy is the author of Paul Wellstone: The Life of a Passionate Progressive. He's the communications director for Wellstone Action.
Related Links:
Web Resource: Wellstone Action
Web Resource: About Bill Lofy
Web Resource: Wikipedia: Paul Wellstone
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Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
Vanishing pensions
Pensions once served as the reward for long service at middle class wages. But increasingly the money to support pension funds is not there.
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Guests:
James Steele co-authored the cover story for Time magazine's October 31st issue on pensions (photo Getty/Chip Somodevilla).
Related Links:
Northwest Airlines pension relief stalled in Congressional impasse
Web Resource: Questions for Time authors on pensions
Web Resource: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Web Resource: The New York Times: The End of Pensions
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
In the shadow of Saddam
Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot. The activist and author talks about life as a palace insider and remembers the dangerous world in which she struggled to survive.
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Guests:
Zainab Salbi, president and CEO of Women for Women International. She is the author of Between Two Worlds - Escape From Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam.
Related Links:
Web Resource: About Zainab Salbi
Web Resource: Women for Women International
Web Resource: Between Two Worlds
Web Resource: Zainab Salbi on NOW
Web Resource: Life in Iraq
Web Resource: About Saddam Hussein
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Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
St. Paul Mayoral Debate
A rebroadcast of the November 2nd debate between the two candidates for St. Paul mayor: incumbent Randy Kelly and challenger Chris Coleman. Kerri Miller moderated the debate at Central Presbyterian Church in downtown St. Paul.
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Guests:
Randy Kelly, mayor of St. Paul. Chris Coleman, former St. Paul City Council member.
Related Links:
City spending at issue in St. Paul mayor's race
Web Resource: Chris Coleman's web site
Web Resource: Randy Kelly's web site
Web Resource: City of St. Paul
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Recasting Shakespeare
Shakespeare's work is considered so timeless that directors frequently set his plays in more recent times. But one theater is renowned for putting Shakespeare back in the days of all-male casts and sometimes messy audience participation.
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Guests:
Mark Rylance, actor and artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England. He's acting in the U.S. premiere of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure running at the Guthrie Theater.
Related Links:
Web Resource: The Guthrie Theater
Web Resource: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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Friday, Nov. 4, 2005 |
| Hour 1 (9 a.m.) |
How We Learn
New studies are shedding light on the way the brain accomplishes learning. A leading scientist explains the inner workings of memory.
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Guests:
Larry Squire, professor of psychiatry, neurosciences and psychology at the University of California School of Medicine in San Diego.
Related Links:
Web Resource: About Larry Squire
Web Resource: Memory Research Lab
Web Resource: Don't Forget
Web Resource: How Your Brain Works
Web Resource: Memory and Learning
Web Resource: McKnight Lecture in Cognitive Science
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| Hour 2 (10 a.m.) |
Garden Guru
It's time to put gardens to bed. Deb Brown has tips for getting your yard ready for the next growing season.
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Guests:
Deb Brown is a horticulturist who worked for many years at the University of Minnesota's Extension Service.
Related Links:
Web Resource: University of Minnesota: Yard & Garden
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