Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Global warming -- from cars to hurricanes
  2007 was the year that climate change became an urgent social and political issue. Midmorning revisits two conversations about how society and our environment are responding to global warming.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Vijay Vaitheeswaran: Co-author of "Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future." He is also former correspondent for The Economist, and an MIT-trained engineer.
  Kerry Emanuel: Professor of atmospheric science at MIT. He's the author of the new book, "What We Know About Climate Change" and "Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes."
  More from MPR
  Oil and the new machine (11/19/2007)
  Hurricanes and global warming (10/18/2007)
• Homonyms, homographs, and the confusing world of words
  Midmorning's word expert Anatoly Liberman returns to discuss words that look alike and sound alike, but may have different meanings. He'll also try to tackle the origins of Merriam-Webster's word of the year, w00t.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Anatoly Liberman: Professor in the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of "Word Origins and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone."
  Resources
  About Anatoly Liberman
  The Oxford Etymologist
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2007

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Of Note

• Talking Volumes
  The new season of Talking Volumes welcomes Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
• Reporter forum
  Join Kerri Miller and intelligence reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal for a discussion about national security.
• What Kerri's Reading
  Check out what Kerri's reading, see her upcoming conversations or listen to past episodes.
• Recommended Reading
  Looking for a good book? See the books in Midmorning's Recommended Reading list.
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• Midmorning's Leadership Series
  Conversations with leaders of organizations, nonprofit and for-profit companies, who reflect on how they work and what they've learned.

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• About Kerri Miller
• Talking Volumes

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