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• The thrill of the grill
  Barbecue guru Steven Raichlen discusses the art of cooking food over a fire. The award-winning author shares tips and tales about barbecuing.March 2, 2005
• The meaning of mentoring
  Mentors are hard to find in our busy world. Author Eric Liu talks about what mentoring offers the teacher and what it means to the one being taught.March 1, 2005
• Food, glorious food (Hour 2)
  Cooking questions and answers with the host of public radio's The Splendid Table.February 25, 2005
• Food, glorious food
  Cooking questions and answers with the host of public radio's The Splendid Table.February 25, 2005
• Remembering the "Founding Mothers"
  Most Americans have at least a passing familiarity with the so-called founding fathers: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and the like. But National Public Radio Senior News Analyst Cokie Roberts says it's high time that people took notice of the women who influenced the birth of America.February 24, 2005
• African-American set up Minnesota's first governor's office
  One-hundred years ago, when newly-elected Gov. John A. Johnson became Minnesota's first chief executive to have an office in the new state Capitol, he hired a black man to set up that office for him.February 24, 2005
• The Titanic today
  Titanic explorer Robert Ballard makes the case for limiting visits to the historic wreck. He talks about how the submerged ocean liner is degrading.February 24, 2005
• Miracle on ice
  Twenty-five years ago today, a group of American college players won the gold medal for hockey at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid. But the most dramatic game happened two days earlier when the team coached by Minnesotan Herb Brooks defeated the Soviets. A new book revisits the game and includes the insight of both American and Russian players.February 24, 2005
• Teddy Roosevelt's place in history
  Americans seem to enjoy ranking their presidents: best to worst, smartest to dumbest and even tallest to shortest. In this speech at the Minnesota Historical Society in January, historian Kathleen Dalton makes the case that the distinction of "most interesting president" should go to Theodore Roosevelt.February 21, 2005
• What makes a great president?
  What qualities make a great American president? Intelligence? Leadership? Principle? Pragmatism? Personality? Do historians agree on who the greats were and what made them so?February 21, 2005
• Black tradesmen helped build Minnesota's State Capitol
  All this year Minnesota is celebrating the centennial of the state Capitol building. Some of the people who helped build it were black -- and are just beginning to be recognized for their contributions.February 17, 2005
• Photo exhibit captures immigrant stories
  A Fargo artist captures images and stories of immigrants and refugees.February 17, 2005
• The Zooks Society barters in Duluth
  How would you like to come home to a dinner of homemade pasta with a spinach and pesto sauce, with homemade squash soup and homemade applesauce? Without making any of it yourself, of course. A Duluth group makes this possible through bartering.February 15, 2005
• Gordon Parks' many artistic faces
  African American photographer, composer, writer and Hollywood filmmaker Gordon Parks didn't buy his first camera and roll of film in Minnesota, but he had his first photographic show here. And the Twin Cities is where Parks got his first job playing piano and where his first musical compositions were performed. Parks is a Kansas native who spent several tumultuous teenage years in Minnesota. Now in his 90's Parks lives in New York City. His remarkable life story is told Sunday afternoon at the Ordway Theater as part of the VocalEssence Witness series.February 11, 2005
• Arthur Miller dead at 89
  Arthur Miller, one of the America's best known and most prolific playwrights, has taken his final bow. Miller, who wrote "Death of a Salesman," "The Crucible" and "All My Sons," died Thursday at his home in Connecticut. He was 89 years old. Miller came to Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater in 2002 for the premiere of his play "Resurrection Blues" and had this conversation with Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling.February 11, 2005

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