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December 2, 2015 1:40 PM

'Voices of Minnesota': Historian Hy Berman, in his own words

In this 1998 interview, Berman said public education and the GI bill allowed a child of New York immigrants to become one of Minnesota's most fondly remembered professors.

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December 1, 2015 1:40 PM

'Dying Words: The AIDS reporting of The New York Times' Jeff Schmalz'

Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. This hour, a documentary about New York Times reporter Jeff Schmalz, who covered AIDS while he was dying of the disease.

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November 30, 2015 1:40 PM

Heating Up: an NPR News Special on the Climate Summit in Paris

NPR's Ari Shapiro hosts a one-hour special examining the current science of climate change, how much time scientists say there is to address it, the political and economic challenges nations will face during the meeting in Paris, and what solutions might come from the United Nations summit on climate change.

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November 27, 2015 12:00 PM

Dan Olson's 'Minnesota Sounds and Voices' special

Highlights from Dan Olson's "Minnesota Sounds and Voices" series. Included in this special are: forest ecologist AmberBeth Van Ningen, dancer Nancy Raddatz, Kathy Dummer of Blue Mounds State Park, educator Jamal Abdur Salaam, Dakota educator Sisoka Duta, jazz man Butch Thompson, the Rev. Dr. Barbara Holmes and piper Dick Hensold with members of Messiah's Men.

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November 26, 2015 12:00 PM

Live: Lynnne Rossetto Kasper's 'Turkey Confidential'

Lynne Rossetto Kasper's traditional program. Two hours of guests, recipe talk and your calls. Live on Thanksgiving, 11 am to 1 p.m. CT

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November 25, 2015 1:36 PM

Rabbi Harold Kushner on things that matter

Rabbi Harold Kushner says "the longer you see yourself as a victim, the more you see other people as the enemy." He is a best-selling author and one of America's best-known religious leaders. Kushner told the audience at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis to "hold onto your integrity, no matter what it deprives you of."

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November 24, 2015 1:35 PM

America Abroad: Searching for religious common ground

As conflict intensifies throughout the Middle East and around the world, the search continues for ways to foster greater understanding among people of different religions. You'll hear about people who are building bridges in some of the most conflict-ridden places in the world.

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November 23, 2015 1:35 PM

Intelligence Squared debate: US prosecutors have too much power

Does the US criminal justice system secure equal justice for all? The latest debate motion from the Intelligence Squared series is: US prosecutors have too much power. YES: Paul Butler and Nancy Gertner. NO: David Hoffman and Reid Schar.

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November 20, 2015 1:45 PM

From Belgium, 'World Questions: Europe After Paris'

BBC special broadcast from Brussels, Belgium called "World Questions: Europe After Paris." The terrorist attacks in Paris have created a new crisis on top of the ongoing mass movement of migrants. Many Europeans -- and Americans-- are linking immigration to terrorism, and are debating how refugees should be handled.