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All Things Considered with Clay Masters is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

Appetites | Climate Cast

Appetites: The natural flavors to make life sweeter
Sweeter than sugar, maple syrup and honey can do the job for your next recipe. Minneapolis chef Beth Dooley says they're healthier and better for the natural world.
Calhoun or Bde Maka Ska? Lake name in limbo
What should the official name be for the lake? It's a question being hotly debated again by Minnesota residents and lawmakers this week, following a Minnesota appellate court ruling that a state agency's decision to change the lake's name from "Calhoun" to "Bde Maka Ska" was illegal.
'Parable of the Sower' blooms into an opera
The book by Octavia Butler at first frightened off the musician Toshi Reagon, and then drew her in.
This winter tested Minnesota's readiness and resilience. How'd we do?
We slipped on the ice, scrambled for child care and spent good money on snow and ice dam removal. We saw barns collapse and were forced to cancel, cancel, cancel. As Minnesotans, we expect winter disruptions, but this winter put those expectations -- and the systems designed to meet them -- to the test.
A Minneapolis school is immersing students in both Dakota and Ojibwe
There are several native groups that call Minnesota home, including Dakota and Ojibwe. But fewer and fewer people can speak the languages of those groups fluently. Bdote charter school in Minneapolis is trying to change that.
'Stop the threat': Noor testifies to fear, decision to fire
Speaking publicly for the first time about the night he shot 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk, ex-Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor described hearing a bang and reacting to his partner's fear as he moved to shoot the figure next to the squad.