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Tuesday In Depth: November 6, 2012

  • 9:06 a.m.

    Is early voting killing 'Election Day?'

    It's Election Day! Or is it? Due to early voting, also called convenience voting, voters in 34 states and Washington D.C. could have already voted. That means up to 40 percent of voters could have cast their votes prior to today.

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  • 10:20 a.m.

    Hugh Howard on the 'Houses of the Presidents'

    In architecture writer Hugh Howard's latest book, he takes us into the places presidents lived. 'Houses of Presidents' offers a tour of the homes and explains the daily lives of America's chief executives.

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  • 11:20 a.m.

    Music that captures the American spirit

    During a recent show about texts that typify the American experience, many listeners wanted to apply this lens to music. We continue the discussion looking at songs and artists that exemplify the American spirit.

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  • Science Night Minnesota

    May 23, 2013, 15:05 PM in Science Tens of thousands of people around the world have said they want to go to Mars, even if it means they will never return to Earth. Dozens of them were in the crowd Tuesday night at the Fitzgerald Theater for Science Night Minnesota — Mission to Mars. Read about Science Night.

  • Field notes: How a school bus became a house

    May 23, 2013, 12:05 PM in Field Notes   When Adam Marcus told his graduate students to do something “full-scale” for their final project, he didn’t think the semester would end with a school bus-house hybrid parked behind Rapson Hall. “I said, ‘We’re going to do full scale,’” said Marcus, a University of Minnesota Architecture School design fellow. “And Hank said, ‘I’m gonna Read more →

  • 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 →

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