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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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What the gender pay gap looks like today

Women in America earn only 78 percent of that what their male counterparts make, according to government data. The pay divide is even deeper for women of color. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two guests about why the wage gap persists and what is being done to reduce it.

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Dog-gone good reads: 10 books for dog lovers

Dog-gone good reads: 10 books for dog lovers

These books about loyal canines and loveable pups will charm, delight and have you reaching for the tissues.
by Tracy Mumford

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Clinton and Sanders before the campaigns

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are in a heated contest for votes ahead of the Nevada caucuses and South Carolina Primary. MPR News Senior Producer Steph Curtis spoke with two writers about the road that led both presidential hopefuls to the campaign trail.

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Listen: David Brooks on defining moral character

Listen: David Brooks on defining moral character

New York Times columnist David Brooks talked with MPR News' Kerri Miller about his new book "The Road to Character."

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Friday Roundtable: Food connects these Twin Cities change-makers

Three people profiled in City Pages' recent "People Issue" make up this week's Friday Roundtable panel. They all work with food and they all have big ideas about making connections and making change in their communities.

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On 'a terrorist, a president and the rise of the drone'

On 'a terrorist, a president and the rise of the drone'

Scott Shane's book "Objective Troy" provides an in-depth biography of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American citizen and al-Qaida propagandist who was killed in a drone strike in 2011.

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Trump, Sanders win New Hampshire primaries

Trump, Sanders win New Hampshire primaries

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders added crucial credibility to their upstart candidacies and underscored voters' insistence on shaking up American politics.
by The Associated Press

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Opinion: Cancel Olympics due to Zika outbreak

Opinion: Cancel Olympics due to Zika outbreak

Bioethicist Arthur Caplan, of New York University, says it would be irresponsible to hold the Olympic Games in Rio due to the Zika virus outbreak.
by MPR News Staff

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What a 'critically wounded' Voting Rights Act means in 2016

What a 'critically wounded' Voting Rights Act means in 2016

Ari Berman's book, "Give Us the Ballot," tracks the history of the struggle for voting rights, from 1965 through to modern debates on voter ID laws.
by MPR News Staff

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Water crisis: What can be learned from California

Recent rains have not washed away the effects of a severe drought in California. Listen to a conversation about what the nation can learn about water crises and conservation from California.

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