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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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Listen: Is the media biased?

What's the difference between bias in the news and fake news? What causes bias and, if the media is biased, how can they become more objective?
by Kerri Miller and Elizabeth Shockman

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Driving attention to women's rights in Saudi Arabia

Technically speaking, it's not illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia. However, Manal al-Sharif was still arrested for doing just that.
by Marcheta Fornoff

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Listen: the making of a great chef

This week's Friday roundtable is a podcast in which three chefs talk about their transition from making food to mastering recipes.
by Kerri Miller

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Listen: What's happening in Syria right now?

The civil war in Syria started in 2011. Six years later, it's still ongoing. MPR News host Tom Weber talked to three experts about the complexities of the conflict in Syria.
by Tom Weber, Marcheta Fornoff and Elizabeth Shockman

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What's happening with President Trump's travel ban?

What's happening with President Trump's travel ban?

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments later this year on whether President Trump's travel ban should stand. They also have allowed parts of the ban to take effect. What is the current status of the ban?
by MPR News Staff

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Listen: The Political Junkie on health care

Senate Republicans are expected to call for a vote on their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act this week. What's in it?
by Kerri Miller

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Why don't more women run for political office?

Women are politically motivated and they win elections as often as men. But in the U.S. they are far less likely to run for political office. Why is that? And what will it take to get more women to run?
by Kerri Miller and Elizabeth Shockman

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Listen: Why are job and wage growth so slow?

Within the first month of his presidency, Donald Trump said he was prioritizing "getting Americans back to work." But what is it actually like to work in the U.S. right now?
by MPR News Staff

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