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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for January 2 - 6, 2006
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Monday, Jan. 2, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Out with the old...regrets
Feelings of regret can be hard to resolve, but researchers have found that regret may actually improve future decision-making. This program first aired on August 4, 2005.
Guests:
Neal Roese, professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His new book If Only focuses on the psychology of regret.

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Document Web Resource: About Neal Roese
Document Web Resource: If Only
Document Web Resource: Regret in Decision-Making
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The enduring appeal of dungeons and dragons
Midmorning looks at the modern-day appeal of medieval themes in films, books, and even video games.
Guests:
Doug Mackaman, professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi. He's a historian of 19th century French culture. Oliver Nicholson, professor of classics and former director of Medieval studies at the University of Minnesota.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Oliver Nicholson
Document Web Resource: About Doug Mackaman
Document Web Resource: Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota
Document Web Resource: The Middle Ages
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Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Enron executives prepare for trial
The prosecution in the Enron case prepares to go to trial at the end of month with the help of an important witness, a top accountant. Midmorning looks at the corporate scandal that rocked the financial world.

Guests:
Peter Elkind, senior writer at Fortune magazine and co-author with Bethany McLean of "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron".

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Document Web Resource: Enron's Web site
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Transforming talk radio
Some talk radio outlets are trying to pick up audiences with new stations and new voices, including more women.
Guests:
Valerie Geller, president of Geller Media International, a broadcast consulting firm. Michael Harrison, editor of Talkers Magazine, a trade magazine for the talk radio industry. Kelly Guest, new co-host of the KTLK morning show.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Valerie Geller
Document Web Resource: Talkers Magazine
Document Web Resource: KTLK
Document Web Resource: Kelly Guest on KFAN
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Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio The year in medicine
Midmorning takes a look back at some of the big medical stories of 2005, and looks forward to medical advances to come.
Guests:
Dr. Jonathan Ravdin, Nesbitt professor and chair of the department of medicine at the University of Minnesota. Susan Wolf, professor of law and medicine at the University of Minnesota and the director of the university's joint degree program in law, health and the life sciences.

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Document Web Resource: About Jonathan Ravdin
Document Web Resource: About Susan Wolf
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Economics for the everyman
You hear them on the radio or on television, or read their analysis in the newspaper...but what are economists really telling us?
Guests:
Tim Harford writes the Dear Economist column in Financial Times and is the author of "The Undercover Economist".

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Document Web Resource: Tim Harford's Web site
Document Web Resource: Financial Times
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Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio The business of television advertising
Digital recording devices like TiVo are changing the way we watch TV, and advertisers are responding with new strategies.

Guests:
John Rash, senior vice president and director of broadcast negotiations for Campbell Mithun ad agency and media analyst for WCCO radio. Patricia McDonough is senior vice president for Nielsen Media Research.

Related Links:
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Document Web Resource: Nielsen Media Research
Document Web Resource: About TiVo
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Where words come from
A word expert debunks linguistic myths by investigating the origins of words.
Guests:
Anatoly Liberman, professor in the Department of German, Scandanavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Etymology for Everyone: Word Origins and How We Know Them. His book has been selected by the Book of the Month Club, History Book Club and Paperback Quality Club.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Anatoly Liberman
Document Web Resource: Word Origins and How We Know Them
Document Web Resource: Online etymology dictionary
Document Web Resource: Oxford English Dictionary word of the day
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Friday, Jan. 6, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Uncertainty in Israel
The deteriorating health of Ariel Sharon throws into doubt the Israeli March elections and disengagement from the Gaza Strip and peace efforts with the Palestinians.

Photo by JIM HOLLANDER/AFP/Getty Images
Guests:
Amos Guiora, former lieutenant colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security at Case Western Reserve University. Edward Walker, former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs. He was ambassador to Egypt from 1994-1997. Currently, he is president of the Middle East Institute.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Edward Walker
Document Web Resource: About Amos Guiora
Document Web Resource: Ariel Sharon, from the Jewish Virtual Library
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Religion at the cineplex
From The Passion of the Christ to the Chronicles of Narnia, Hollywood is becoming more comfortable with Christianity. Midmorning examines the growing popularity of Christian media.
Guests:
Bruce Forbes, professor and chair of the religion department at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and co-editor of the book "Religion and Popular Culture in America." Paul Williams, assistant professor of religion at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the editor of the Journal of Religion and Film. Chris Riley, director of the writing program at Act One, a nonprofit organization that trains people of faith for careers in film and television.

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Document Web Resource: The Journal of Religion and Film
Document Web Resource: National Religious Broadcasters
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