November 24, 2008 - MPR’s Kerri Miller interviews Arthur Levine, President of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and Vincent Tinto, Professor at Syracuse University, on the cost of high education.
September 26, 2008 - It's considered one of the greatest novels about politics ever written, but some would say it's not as much about politics as it is about the human condition. The Midmorning Book Club examines Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men."
August 28, 2008 - How to influence the political brain.Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/28/2008, 7:06 p.m.One author claims that political decisions are wrought from a battle between emotion and reason. Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver is the venue for the last night of the Democratic National Convention. Guest: Drew Westen: Author of "The Political Brain."
August 28, 2008 - What Obama's candidacy means to the movement.August 28, 2008. Barack Obama is preparing to accept the Democratic nomination in an evening sparked with history. Forty five years after Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the speech known as "I have a dream," we ask whether the civil rights movement has achieved most of its goals. Guests: Derrick Alridge: Director and associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Georgia. By phone from Athens. Jelani Cobb....an Associate Professor of History at Spellman College and a columnist for The Root. Also: Spotlighter Interview is with NBC's Tom Brokaw.
August 27, 2008 - What it takes to unite the Democratic Party.Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/27/2008, 7:06 p.m.St. Paul, Minn. ? Delegates to the Democratic National Convention began casting their votes for the party's presidential nominee today, in a process that remains a mystery. Staunch supporters of Hillary Clinton would like to see a roll call vote that polls every state. But some expect Clinton to ask her delegates to throw their support to presumptive nominee Barack Obama by acclamation. Political reporter Matt Bai says there's another issue that Democrats have to grapple with -- how race will figure into the general election. Guest: Matt Bai: Covers national politics for the New York Times Magazine. He's the author of "The Argument: Inside the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics."
August 27, 2008 - Young voters: Will they turn out? Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/27/2008, 9:06 a.m. The presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama is counting on a better turnout among young voters. Voters age 18-24 traditionally don't show up at the polls in as great numbers as their elders. Midmorning asks if the enthusiasm of today's youth will translate to their actual votes, live from the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Guests: Molly Andolina: Associate professor of political science at DePaul University. Robert Biko Baker: Executive director of the League of Young Voters. Justin Rockefeller: Political activist, and co-founder and National Program Director of Generation Engage. Bob Collins: Bob Collins writes the NewsCut blog for Minnesota Public Radio News. Susan Turnbull: Susan Turnbull is Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
August 26, 2008 - Women's political participation. Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/26/2008, 7:06 p.m. Just 88 years ago, women in the United States could not vote. Midmorning celebrates the anniversary of the women's suffrage movement at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, ahead of Sen. Hillary Clinton's much anticipated speech. Women voters today can thank suffragists of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. It was the first women's rights convention held in the United States. Guests: Dee Dee Myers: former press secretary for President Bill Clinton. She's the author of "Why Women Should Rule the World." Ellen DuBois: Professor of History at UCLA. She is co-author of "Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents." Ellen Moran: Executive Director of EMILY's List.
August 26, 2008 - Unity and the role of women. Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/26/2008, 9:06 a.m. St. Paul, Minn. ? House speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Democratic Party still has to work to unite voters divided by the primary battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Clinton, meanwhile, is expected to release her delegates to Barack Obama. Two political observers talk about the remaining divisions in the party, including Democratic voters who still want to cast their votes for Clinton. Midmorning broadcasts live from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo. Guests: Kathy Kiely: Washington correspondent for USA Today. Jennifer Duffy: Reporter with The Cook Political Report. Susan Rice: Barack Obama's foreign policy advisor. DNC spotlight segment: Nancy Pelosi Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/26/2008, 9:22 a.m. Today's spotlight segment from the Democratic National Convention is with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. MPR's Kerri Miller attended a gathering of women delegates in Denver yesterday, where Pelosi shared a story about what it was like when she first got to Capitol Hill decades ago.
August 25, 2008 - The big voices at tonight's DNC. Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/25/2008, 7:06 p.m. The Democratic National Convention gets underway tonight in Denver. Our convention coverage this evening features a preview of the major speeches, to be delivered by Michelle Obama, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, and perhaps Ted Kennedy, who may make a surprise appearance. Guests: David Sirota: Nationally syndicated political columnist and political strategist. He is the author of "The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington." Chris Cillizza: covers politics and writes "the Fix" column for the Washington Post. Tom Scheck: political reporter for Minnesota Public Radio.
August 25, 2008 - As a DNC spotlight interview, Midmorning host Kerri Miller speaks with former U.S. Vice President, U.S. Senator and Ambassador Walter Mondale about the civil rights struggle of Democratic national conventions past, and his experience as a Democratic presidential nominee.