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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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Where readers meet writers, Fridays at 11 a.m. Listen live or stream later on your favorite podcast app.

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Banned from the dinner table? Here's advice for talking politics during the holidays

Were you banned from the Thanksgiving table because you were talking politics? Univ. of Minn. family therapist Prof. Bill Doherty joins Kerri Miller with some concrete advice for making conversations about divisive topics productive during the holidays.
by Jeff Jones

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The future of Medicaid

A look at how the proposed Republican tax bill could change funding for Medicaid.
by Kerri Miller, Suzanne Pekow and Marcheta Fornoff

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Why are African-Americans and Latinos underrepresented in elite U.S. colleges?

African-American and Latino students are more underrepresented at elite U.S. institutions today than they were more than three decades ago. Is it time to rethink Affirmative Action?
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Sexual harassment: How do we move forward from here?

As the list of powerful men accused of sexual misconduct continues to grow, so too do debates about the place this reckoning might hold in history.
by Kerri Miller

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Friday Roundtable: What does the city of the future look like?

Should we all start packing for the suburbs? On today's Friday Roundtable, MPR News Host Kerri Miller spoke to guests about the future of American cities.

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What's happening to the American wolf?

Award-winning author Nate Blakeslee joined Kerri Miller to discuss "American Wolf," a story about a beloved Yellowstone wolf named O-Six.

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Mental health and Minnesota's criminal justice system

Most Minnesotans think that mental health care is on the right track in the state, but how about mental health care in the criminal justice system?

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Why does Russian meddling matter?

Why does Russian meddling matter?

A foreign policy consultant and computer science lecturer weigh in on why this latest kerfuffle is bigger than partisanship.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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