MPR Documentary: The Deep Roots of the Marriage Debate

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October 25, 2012
Sara Meyer - Producer, Paul Wellstone - Speaker, Neal Conan - Host, Dale Carpenter - Interviewee, Michele Bachmann - Speaker, Roberta Brown - Interviewee, Laura McCallum - Editor and Reporter, Brandt Williams - Reporter, Tom Trisko - Speaker, John Nienstedt - Speaker, Michelle Fischbach - Speaker, Bob Potter - Reporter, John Kriesel - Interviewee, Steve Gottwalt - Speaker, Marilyn Carlson Nelson - Speaker, Ed Flahavan - Interviewee, Chris Kluwe - Speaker, Frank Schubert - Interviewee, Debbie Gage - Reporter, Wheelock Whitney - Speaker, Maria Doty - Speaker, Matt Birk - Speaker, Tom Prichard - Interviewee, Alison Froehle - Speaker, Mike Menning - Speaker, Pat Kessler - Reporter, Richard Angwin - Interviewee, Dulcie Lawrence - Reporter, Steven John - Host, Sasha Aslanian - Producer and Reporter, Will Lager - Associate Web Producer, Mike Edgerly - Editor, John Markert - Speaker, Gary Eichten - Editor, Jack Baker - Interviewee, Allan Spears - Speaker, Wayne Olhoft - Interviewee, Unknown - Speaker, Karen Clark - Interviewee, Mike Mulcahy - Reporter, Linda Runbeck - Speaker, Dean Johnson - Speaker, Bill Catlin - Reporter, Steve Sviggum - Interviewee
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Minnesotans are involved in a passionate debate about marriage during 2012 election season. The two sides began squaring off more than 40 years ago. This project draws from MPR's extensive audio archive to explore the origins of this election day showdown over same-sex marriage.

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2013 MNSPJ Page One Award, second place in Radio - Feature-length Documentary category

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