The Daily Circuit

How a TV show can inspire a life-long love of books.

It's a big fall season for books. What are you reading?

The rise of libertarians, Caleb Scharf and mental health in schools.

"Microbiological threats will increase as our traditional techniques of anti-microbial defense lead to greater and greater resistances, and to thwart these we must discover new approaches to medical treatment, which we can afford, and implement in ways that incite compliance and good health."

Roundtabler's choice, Mary Burke and 'House of Coates'

"While Emily St. John Mandel creates a world which is enduring horrible calamity in the form of a virulent flu which wipes out most of humanity, her literary creation is of the community of survivors living on in their new reality."

"I am a world-class complainer but find palpable joy arriving with my evening Dewar’s, from Robinson Cano between pitches, from the first pages once again of “Appointment in Samarra” or the last lines of the Elizabeth Bishop poem called 'Poem.'"

"It seems that the bacteria in our guts don't simply wait for whatever leftovers we have to offer. They actively seek out their preferred meals through tricky deception."

"The current Ebola virus’s hyper-evolution is unprecedented; there has been more human-to-human transmission in the past four months than most likely occurred in the last 500 to 1,000 years. "

Humorous academic novels, a thriller and a memoir of the Midwest.

"In effect, to increase the number of cabin seats, the space allotted to each passenger must be reduced. However, this reduced comfort remains tolerable for the passengers in as much as the flight lasts only one or a few hours."

Head to the library or bookstore to pick up one of these titles.

"I think we’ve reached peak Millennial trend piece output. I hope. I pray."

I reached out to several people, looking for an array of opinions on what it means to be a man in America today.

What our Roundtable guests this week are reading.

In anticipation for the Friday Roundtable, we asked a few prominent voices in the Twin Cities music scene what they’ve been listening to.

What our Roundtablers this week are reading.

I am bringing "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson, "How Fiction Works" by James Woods, and "An Officer and a Spy" by Robert Harris on my trip.

MPR News Reporter Tim Post is working on a special video project this summer and took some time today to install his GoPro cameras in the studio.