Kerri Miller
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- Why are women athletes still paid less than men?
Why do women continue to get paid less? And does the lack of investment translate into fewer opportunities for development and sponsorship? MPR’s Kerri Miller interviews Gigi Marvin, three-time Olympic forward for the U.S. Women's National hockey team; and Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota about the gender pay gap within sports.
- DFL gubernatorial candidate Tim Walz shares his views
On this program of MPR News at 11, host Kerri Miller talks with DFL candidate Tim Walz. As governor, DFL candidate Tim Walz said he would support legalizing recreational marijuana, raising the gas tax to pay for transportation projects, and would help bridge the urban and rural divide in the state. Other topics in conversation include gun control, Polymet and Twin Metals copper nickel mining, refugees, and pipeline.
- Louise Erdrich’s novel ''LaRose” wins the National Book Critics Circle Prize for Fiction
Upon the announcement that Louise Erdrich’s novel, LaRose, won the National Book Critics Circle Prize for Fiction, MPR’s Tom Crann presents an audio clip of Erdrich discussing book during a Thread live event.
- Joy Harjo discusses literature, music and activism
MPR’s Kerri Miller interviews Native American poet Joy Harjo, who discusses literature, music and activism. Harjo also talks about working on a play titled “We Were There When Jazz Was Invented.”
- Louise Erdrich on writing: 'Getting older makes you cut to the chase'
An MPR News Presents broadcast of Thread Live event where MPR’s Kerri Miller talks with Minnesota author Louise Erdrich about her novel, LaRose. The event too place at a Fitzgerald Theater event.
- Author Elizabeth Gilbert on creativity
MPR’s Kerri Miller interviews author Elizabeth Gilbert, who discusses the concept of creativity. Gilbert also answers listener questions.
- Friday Rountable: The first generation Asian American experience
On this Friday Roundtable program, MPR’s Kerru Miller holds a discussion on perceptions on immigration and being first generation American with Randy Reyes, artistic director at Mu Performing Arts; Kao Kalia Yang, author The Late Homecomer; and Javier Morillo, union president SEIU 26 and contributor to the “Wrong About Everything” podcast.
- Anton Treuer discusses the nexus of race, language, and community
As part of the Minnesota Writers Week series, a conversation with Anton Treuer, who grew up on the Leech Lake reservation with a deep interest in history and language. He writes in the introduction to one of his books on Native history - "The borderland I grew up in was more than an awkward physical nexus of races and communities." Treuer talks about how that "nexus" still influences his work and writing.
- The Daily Circuit: Louise Erdrich on "The Round House"
With the announcement of author Louise Erdrich winning National Book Award for book The Round House, The Daily Circuit presents a rebroadcast of a 2012 interview with Erdrich about her book. The novel tells the story of a crime on a North Dakota reservation in 1988.
- Talking Volumes: Elizabeth Gilbert
On this The Daily Circuit program, a broadcast of Kerri Miller's conversation with novelist Elizabeth Gilbert at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul as part of the 15th season of Talking Volumes series. The two talk about Gilbert's book, The Signature of All Things, a sprawling tale of 19th century botanical exploration.
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