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Archive for January 30 - February 3, 2006
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Monday, Jan. 30, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio Life at the bottom of the world
Antarctica is a forbidding place that nevertheless attracts and holds people who feel more comfortable there than anywhere else. A writer who lived and worked at McMurdo Station talks about the surprising community there.

Guests:
Gretchen Legler, author of "On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica". She teaches writing at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Gretchen Legler
Document Web Resource: LitSite Alaska
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Talking Volumes: Kaye Gibbons
In a conversation recorded at the Fitzgerald Theater on January 26th, Kerri Miller talks with novelist Kaye Gibbons. Her latest book, "The Life All Around Me" is a sequel to her acclaimed novel, "Ellen Foster".

Related Links:
Document MPR News: Talking Volumes
Document Kaye Gibbons' Web site
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Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio DNA and the courts
The use of DNA evidence has revolutionized the way crimes are solved and prosecuted, but the growing use of DNA databases could have broad implications for personal privacy.

Guests:
David Kaye, professor of law and faculty fellow at the Center for the Study of Law, Science & Technology at Arizona State University. He is also the editor of Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About David Kaye
Document Web Resource: Deinard Memorial Lectures on Law and Medicine
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio On the trail of Iraq's stolen antiquities
A U.S. Marine recounts his efforts to recover treasure looted from the Iraqi National Museum after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Guests:
Matthew Bogdanos, author of "Thieves of Baghdad." He is an assistant district attorney in Manhattan and a Colonel in the Marine Reserves.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: NPR: Chasing down history and the 'Thieves of Baghdad'
Document Web Resource: "Thieves of Baghdad"
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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio State of the Union followup
President Bush delivered his State of the Union address last night. Midmorning examines the President's speech, and what affect it might have on his sagging approval ratings.

Guests:
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman professor of government at Hamilton College. Jason Roberts, assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: About Jason Roberts
Document Web Resource: About Philip Klinkner
Document Web Resource: Polysigh blog
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Coretta Scott King's legacy
Midmorning discusses the contributions of one of the most important figures of the civil rights movement and examines the struggle she leaves behind.

Guests:
Ralph Luker, co-author of the Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights movement. His work on Volumes I and II of The Papers of Martin Luther King was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Randal Jelks, associate professor of history at Calvin College and the former Director of Academic Multicultural Affairs.

Related Links:
Document Teaching the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Document NAACP president celebrates MLK in Minneapolis
Document Web Resource: The King Center
Document Web Resource: Luker's Bio
Document Web Resource: Jelks' Bio
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio "Black Hawk Down" author talks about Iran's hostage crisis
His chronicle of a mission gone awry in Somalia told everything many people knew about U.S. involvement there. Now former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Mark Bowden looks back at the Iranian hostage crisis, which ended 25 years ago.

Guests:
Mark Bowden is the author of "Black Hawk Down". His new book, due in May, is "Guests of the Ayatollah".

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: "Black Hawk Down"
Document Web Resource: WSJ.com: The Lesson of Mogadishu
Document Web Resource: Mark Bowden: "The Dark Art of Interrogation"
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio The business of buying food
One local supermarket chain is set to become the second largest in the nation. What's the secret to large grocery retail success? And is everyone really after the lowest price?

Guests:
Ben Senauer, professor in the department of applied economics and co-director of The Retail Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota. Jon Hauptman, vice president of Willard Bishop Consulting, a Chicago firm focusing on the grocery industry. He specializes in grocery retail trends.

Related Links:
Document Web Resource: The Food Industry Center
Document Web Resource: Food Marketing Institute
Document Web Resource: Willard-Bishop Consulting
Document Web Resource: Progressive Grocer
Document Share your views in the News Forum.
Friday, Feb. 3, 2006
Hour 1 (9 a.m.)
Audio The business of consumer electronics
Midmorning talks with the head of one of the largest electronics companies in the country. His career began with a wish to work around music.

Guests:
Brad Anderson, CEO and vice chairman of Best Buy.

Related Links:
Document MPR News: Can the big box capture the indie record market?
Document MPR News: Best Buy introduces "eq-life"
Document Web Resource: Best Buy
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Hour 2 (10 a.m.)
Audio Legislative session preview
Eminent domain, transportation spending and a surplus are expected to dominate the coming legislative session, with elections hovering over all. House leaders debate the issues before a live audience at Best Buy headquarters in Richfield.

Guests:
Steve Sviggum, House majority leader and a Republican representative from Kenyon. Matt Entenza, House minority leader and a DFL representative from St. Paul

Related Links:
Document MPR News: Politics & Government
Document Web Resource: Steve Sviggum's Web site
Document Web Resource: Matt Entenza's Web site
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