Friday In Depth: March 9, 2012
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Friday Roundtable: Kony video, Sviggum resignation
This week on the Friday Roundtable, the panel looks at unlikely and controversial viral video Kony 2012, and former Republican House Speaker Steve Sviggum's resignation from the University's Board of Regents.
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Protecting mental strengths through middle age
There are plenty of studies looking at early and late stages of life, but little is known about the middle phase. A unique study, Midlife in the United States, is broadly looking at health in middle age.
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Edward Luce on the 'reality of American decline'
Edward Luce will respond to Robert Kagan's 'myth of American decline.' He urges President Obama to scan the economic facts more closely when it comes to the reality of American decline.
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Other features
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10:40 a.m.
In conversation with dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones
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10:52 a.m.
After son's suicide, Honeydogs' Adam Levy exploring what comes after
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11:06 a.m.
On Iran, signs of bipartisanship among MN's delegation
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The Daily Circuit Blog
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Three perspectives on bridging the marriage opinion gap
May 17, 2013, 09:05 AM in Politics & Government Now that Gov. Mark Dayton has signed the same-sex marriage bill into law, we asked the participants on this week's Roundtable for advice on how to bridge gaps between Minnesotans who support same-sex marriage and those who oppose it. Jim Wallis, author of "On God's Side," thinks we are on the cusp of a nationwide Read more → -
Temple Grandin helps explain the autistic brain and inspire those who have one
May 9, 2013, 12:05 PM in Arts & Culture Kerri Miller offers a look inside the thoughts of an autism pioneer. Read more → -
Op-ed pick: Is 'The Great Gatsby' all that great?
May 7, 2013, 09:05 AM in Arts & Culture "Gatsby as a literary creation leaves me cold. Like one of those manicured European parks patrolled on all sides by officious gendarmes, it is pleasant to look at, but you will not find any people inside." Read more → -
Five great thinkers about race
May 3, 2013, 09:05 AM in Arts & Culture James Baldwin is "still ahead of us by 10 years in terms of understanding and thinking about and talking about race." Read more →
Spotlight topics on The Daily Circuit
News & Trends
- A few closing arguments from Justice Paul Anderson
- Minn. vets developing wear-and-tear injuries from equipment that protected them in war
- Government seizure of AP phone records sparks criticism
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Politics & Government
- The clock counts down to the Legislature's close
- Cluster of scandals cited as threat to president's credibility
- Minnesota Senate takes up same-sex marriage question
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Science
- Monkeys or humans, it's the young who go first
- BBC: Discovery: A Trip Around Mars
- U professor appointed to National Academy of Sciences
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Arts & Culture
- Did you see 'Saw'? Horror films and why we like them
- Open a book, and hit the road
- Luhrmann's 'Gatsby': Much hype, mixed reviews
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Health & Medicine
- Listeners, readers tell the breast cancer story
- U of M set to enact smoking ban for Twin Cities campus
- Accessing new health exchanges in Minnesota's tribal nations
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Education
- More and more, faculty work for less pay and no security
- What if everyone went to the best schools?
- Dooher, Specht vie for Education Minnesota presidency
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Economy, Business & Jobs
- NY attorney general threatens to sue Wells Fargo, Bank of America
- US auto industry is no longer all about the Big 3
- In North Dakota, oil boom brings growing pains
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By the way
The on-air team
Kerri Miller, Host
Kerri Miller joined MPR News in June 2004 as host of MPR's News' Midmorning and Talking Volumes. Before that she was an award-winning television reporter for KARE 11. She has been a radio and television news reporter since 1981.
Tom Weber, Co-Host
Tom Weber has reported on K12 education and served as a general assignment reporter since joining MPR News in 2008. He was a news anchor and reporter for KWMU in St. Louis for more than five years. His reporting has aired on national radio programs, including "Morning Edition" and "Marketplace."
Stephanie Curtis, Social media host
Stephanie Curtis has produced events, daily news shows, documentaries, conferences and call-ins for MPR News. She also was among the pioneering producers who launched The Current. You can hear her discuss movies every Thursday on The Cube Critics.
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