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Midmorning
Midmorning
Archive for January 16 - 20, 2006
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Monday, Jan. 16, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Residents debate the future of New Orleans
New Orleans' population is growing again, due to the return of most of Tulane University's student body. But some criticize the rebuilding plan for the rest of the city as discriminatory against the city's poorer, African-American residents.
Guests:
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, professor emerita of history at Rutgers University and a long time resident of New Orleans. Her writing and research focuses on the Afro-Creole culture of New Orleans. Karen Cosse Bell, associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Scott Cowan, president of Tulane University. Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

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Document Web Resource: Tulane University
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Rethinking globalism
Globalism isn't the evil some portray it to be, argues the author of a number of books on culture and identity.

Guests:
Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor of philosophy at Princeton University. His latest book due out at the end of the month is "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers".

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Kwame Anthony Appiah
Document Web Resource: Deepening the conversation about identity
Document Web Resource: NYT: "The Case for Contamination"
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Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Fighting childhood obesity
America's children are faced with an increasing array of unhealthy food options, and they're getting bigger as a result. The consequences could be staggering for their health.

Guests:
Dr. Leslie Lytle, professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health. She's also a member of a team that will lead Healthy Eating Research, a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to prevent obesity among children.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation childhood obesity research
Document Web Resource: University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Document Web Resource: American Obesity Association
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Strike up the choir
He's the director of one of most acclaimed choirs in the world. Anton Armstrong's latest honor commends his teaching ability.
Guests:
Anton Armstrong, director of the St. Olaf Choir.

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Document Web Resource: The St. Olaf Choir
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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Health savings accounts
President Bush is expected to call for expanding the use of health savings accounts to help control the rising costs of health care. Are health savings accounts the right choice for everyone?
Guests:
Michael Scandrett, consultant with Halleland Health Consulting. He has worked on David Durenberger's blue ribbon task force on health care. Dan Perrin, publisher of HSA Insider, about health savings accounts.

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Document Web Resource: Halleland Consulting
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The heat is on
Consensus is growing on the reality of climate change, and the role that human activity is playing. Midmorning takes a look at some of the latest evidence.
Guests:
Vicki Arroyo, director of policy analysis at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Rob Bradley, senior associate in the climate and energy program at the World Resources Institute.

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Document Web Resource: Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Document Web Resource: The World Resources Institute
Document Web Resource: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Document Web Resource: RealClimate
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Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Eminent domain critics prepare for a fight
If some Minnesota property owners have their way, cities will have to follow stricter rules before seizing property. Midmorning looks at the debate over eminent domain.
Guests:
Sen. Thomas Bakk, DFL-Cook, vice chair of the Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee. Judith Younger, Joseph E. Wargo Anoka County Bar Association Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. Laura Harris, intergovernmental relations representative for the League of Minnesota Cities.

Related Links:
Document MPR: Supreme Court ruling prompts eminent domain reform push in Minnesota
Document Web Resource: League of Minnesota Cities
Document Web Resource: About Judith Younger
Document Web Resource: About Sen. Thomas Bakk
Document Web Resource: Community Rights Council
Document Web Resource: Minnesotans for Eminent Domain Reform
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio New year...new career?
Everyone's career could use a good New Year's examination, says career consultant Amy Lindgren.
Guests:
Amy Lindgren, president of Prototype Career Services and a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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Document Web Resource: Prototype Career Services
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Friday, Jan. 20, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Oh Canada!
Canadians go to the polls soon to select a new prime minister in a very close race between the Conservative and Liberal parties. Midmorning examines the Canadian federal election campaigns and the electoral system.

Guests:
Harold Clarke, political science professor at the University of Texas, Dallas. Eric Margolis, contributing foreign editor for Sun media chain and a regular commentator on foreign affairs for CNN.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: Elections Canada
Document Web Resource: About Eric Margolis
Document Web Resource: About Harold Clarke
Document Web Resource: CBC Canada Votes 2006
Document Web Resource: Past Canadian elections
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Memoir: truth, fiction or both?
James Frey is accused of mixing fact with fiction in his memoir "A Million Little Pieces," but how sacred should the truth be for memoir writers?
Guests:
Peter Manseau, author of a memoir called Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son.

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Document Web Resource: About Peter Manseau
Document Web Resource: The Smoking Gun article on James Frey
Document Web Resource: A Million Little Pieces
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