Midmorning Weekend

Voyageurs National Park
Lakeside cliffs at Grassy Bay in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.
Photo by Ed Lombard, courtesy of National Park Service

Midmorning Weekend revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.

Segment 1: A new history and appreciation of national parks
The preservation of America's most majestic land into national parks happened in large part because of the vision of a handful of individuals. A new PBS documentary profiles the parks and the people who fought to keep natural treasures pristine for generations.

Guests Dayton Duncan: Writer and documentary filmmaker. He's producer/ writer of the "The National Parks: America's Best Idea." The 12-hour documentary series airs in the fall on PBS. (Original Program)


Segment 2: Diane Ackerman joins the Kerri Miller book club
Writer and naturalist Diane Ackerman closely observes nature, then folds in her research on art, history and the natural world. She talked with Kerri Miller and book club members in the UBS Forum on October 9.

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Guests Diane Ackerman: Author of "Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways To Greet the Day." She's also the author of "The Zookeeper's Wife."

(Original Program)


Segment 3: Ambassador of the seas
Since the time she was 13, Sylvia Earle has been fascinated by the sea. Now in her 70s, the woman known as "Her Deepness" remains one of the most vocal advocates for the health of the world's oceans.

Guests Sylvia Earle: Marine biologist and oceanographer, currently a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. In the 1990s she served as the Chief Scientist for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

(Original Program)