November 15, 2012 - Pt.1: BBC reports: Gaza conflict and China leader change. Pt.2: Supreme Court wrestles with affirmative action, college admissions. Guests: Emily Bazelon, Richard Sander. Pt.3: Louise Erdrich wins national book prize and listener email and feedback.
November 21, 2012 - The National Book Awards were announced last week and today we'll hear Kerri Miller's conversations with two of the winners. Guests: Katherine Boo: Author and staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post. Louise Erdrich: Author of thirteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, short stories, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood.
November 30, 2012 - This week on the Friday Roundtable, our panelists will look at the controversy over Susan Rice, the ethics of drones and other foreign policy challenges facing President Obama as he prepares for his second term. Today, a special Roundtable on foreign policy: Egypt, Russia, Iran, and Israel. We'll also talk about drones and human rights. And I want to ask the Roundtablers about the countries that aren't, but should be, higher on the American foreign policy agenda.
December 7, 2012 - This week on the Friday Roundtable, our panelists will discuss the changing demographics of the country and what it will mean when the U.S. becomes a "majority-minority" nation in the coming decades. Guests: Brother Ali: Hip-hop artist. His most recent album is "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color". Pakou Hang: Executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association and consultant with the New American Leaders Project.
March 15, 2013 - MPR’s Tom Weber speaks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director of The Penumbra Theatre, about organization overcoming recent financial crisis.
May 1, 2013 - Highlights from a conversation with Asian American artists who talk about stereotypes that persist in popular culture, and the value of community role models.
May 2, 2013 - The two-time Tony winner Mark Rylance talks with Kerri Miller about acting and creativity.
July 2, 2013 - The Milwaukee Archdiocese released thousands of pages of documents Monday related to priest sex abuse. We speak with two reporters about what was in the documents, why they're significant, and what they may mean for Cardinal Dolan, former Archbisop of Milwaukee and current Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
July 18, 2013 - More than half a million refugees from the conflict in Syria are now living in Jordan, many in refugee camps and settlements along the border. We?ll speak with two Minnesotan aid workers who have been working with the Syrian refugees and learn about day to day life in these refugee camps - what don?t we know about the challenges and rewards of foreign aid work?
July 24, 2013 - Author Benjamin Percy breaks the trend of portraying werewolves as cuddly creatures in his newest novel “Red Moon”.