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- Ask a Bookseller: "Dear Mothman"
In this episode of Ask a Bookseller, Emily Bright talks with Anna Hersh, of Wild Rumpus Books, on her book suggestion, Dear Mothman, by Robin Gow.
- MPR Special Coverage: The inauguration of Governor Walz and the constitutional officers
MPR Special Coverage presents live broadcast of Governor Tim Walz inauguration, along with other constitutional officers, in an event held at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul.
- Chu Xiong shares his fishing tradition
As part of Water Month at MPR, Chu Xiong of St. Paul shares his love for fishing and how it connects to Hmong culture. Xiong also expresses the importance of respecting nature as resource.
- Bill Holm shares memories, music from Minnesota Christmas past
When Minnesota poet, author, and musician Bill Holm sat down to write a Christmas letter, he sorted through a lifetime of memories and put some of these memories in his 2009 book titled Faces of Christmas Past, published by the Afton Historical Society Press. That same year, Minnesota Public Radio produced this "Voices of Minnesota" special, with Bill Holm reading from his own book.
- Paul Huttner discusses flash floods
After a thunderstorm rolled through the Twin Cities that created severe flash floods, MPR’s Tom Crann asks meteorologist Paul Huttner about the moisture conditions and urban landscape environment that made for the ingredients for flash flooding.
- Penumbra Theatre hosts 'On The Front Lines' - A discussion about race
Penumbra Theatre co-artistic director Sarah Bellamy moderated a discussion "On The Front Lines," featuring Nekima Levy-Pounds, University of St. Thomas professor and the president of the Minneapolis Chapter of the NAACP; John Harrington, Metro Transit Police chief and former State Senator; Signe Harriday, local artist and activist; and Dave Ellis, a consultant. The panelists talk about the racial tensions between police and community.
- MPR State Fair booth broadcast of TPT's 'Almanac'
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer and TPT's Eric Eskola co-host "Almanac" live at the MPR State Fair booth. Tom Scheck talks politics, Mark Seeley talks weather, Kevin Kling tells a Minnesota State Fair story, and Duluth musician Charlie Parr performs. There's presidential politics with professors Larry Jacobs, David Schultz and Kathryn Pearson; plus music and a baby lamb.
- Pai Yang commentary and interview on being Hmong
MPR News with Tom Weber presents a commentary and interview with Pai Yang, a Hmong woman who used to live in St. Paul. Yang shares her thoughts of Hmong family and perceptions of Hmong in society.
- Lee Pao Xiong & Chia Youyee Vang look back at 40 years of Hmong migration to U.S.
On this The Daily Circuit program, MPR’s Tom Weber talks with Lee Pao Xiong and Chia Youyee Vang about the history of the Hmong migration to the U.S…a history that some are unaware of 40 years after the first arrivals.
- Howard Sinker comments on a fourth consecutive dismal Twins season
Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer gets sports commentator Howard Sinker’s take on yet another disappointing Minnesota Twins season, losing 90 or more games for the fourth season in a row. Sinker says there is blame to go around and sees personal changes on the horizon.