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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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'Stepdog': Dealing with a furry third wheel

'Stepdog': Dealing with a furry third wheel

In "Stepdog," Mireya Navarro writes about an early obstacle to her relationship with her husband: his dog.
by Tracy Mumford

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Roaming and Reading: Lofoten

Roaming and Reading: Lofoten

The Norwegian archipelago is one of the northernmost inhabited places in the world.
by Tracy Mumford

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Can programs successfully reintegrate sex offenders into community?

Can programs successfully reintegrate sex offenders into community?

Listen to three experts discuss a unique philosophy of welcoming -- not shunning -- newly-free sex offenders.

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Air travel: 6 things to watch this summer

Air travel: 6 things to watch this summer

If you're planning to travel by air this summer, you'll be one of more than 220 million U.S. airline passengers this season.

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Why doctors hesitate to talk obesity with pregnant women

Dr. Claire Putnam says physicians still consider the subject "taboo."

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Literary mysteries: Did Charlotte Bronte poison her sisters?

Literary mysteries: Did Charlotte Bronte poison her sisters?

True crime writer James Tully claims Charlotte plotted her siblings' demise, but the theory may be more fiction than fact.
by Tracy Mumford

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MN special session: What got done, what didn't

MN special session: What got done, what didn't

DFL Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk and GOP House Assistant Majority Leader Ron Kresha joined MPR News' Kerri Miller to review the session.

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'The Bronte Cabinet' explores the true lives of the famous literary sisters

'The Bronte Cabinet' explores the true lives of the famous literary sisters

A torn-up letter, a dog collar, a walking stick -- Deborah Lutz explores the lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte using everyday objects the literary sisters once owned.
by Tracy Mumford

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