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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

How to make insurance affordable under climate change
Climate change could make insurance coverage unaffordable for ordinary people. However, it doesn't have to be that way, one expert says.
Art Hounds: The game is afoot in Lanesboro, Minn.
Plus, Art Hounds recommend a performance of Hmong-American artists and SOS Theater's "Pop Goes the Noggin."
Two Minnesota police shooting trials, two very different verdicts
Minnesota has seen two police officers face trial for fatal shootings while on duty. Each case had a different set of facts and resulted in opposite verdicts. And prosecutors at each trial took a different tack.
Walz backs scrapping MNLARS, starting over with new software
Gov. Tim Walz is endorsing the findings of a blue-ribbon panel that advises buying off-the-shelf software for $20 million to fix the troubled licensing system.
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.