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Every weekday host Kerri Miller welcomes guests and audience members for lively, in-depth discussions of news events, issues, the arts and more. Each hour addresses a different topic. To receive both hours every day, you need to subscribe to both hour one and hour two.

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Recent Episodes (Hour 1)

Intense debate over new mammogram guidelines
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New guidelines recommending against yearly mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49 are creating confusion and anxiety among women, and stirring anger in the medical community. (Broadcast 11/20/2009) (11/20/2009)

The Sarah Palin factor
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Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin brings out strong opinions, from people in her own party and from others across the political spectrum. Experts on conservatives and women in politics talk about what Palin's possible political career means. (Broadcast 11/19/2009) (11/19/2009)

How the Internet is changing reproductive medicine
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Couples struggling with infertility today have more options to find donors, thanks to the Internet. And the growth of social networking is helping many donor offspring find the truth about their genetic origins. Midmorning discusses what happens when participants in reproductive technology lose their anonymity via the Internet. (Broadcast 11/18/2009) (11/18/2009)

The future of news
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A new study says about half of Americans would be willing to pay for the news they get online. The Boston Consulting Group study also found that people in other countries are much more willing to pay. How to pay for content is just one of many questions that dogs the news media as some try to figure out what the future holds. (Broadcast 11/17/2009) (11/18/2009)

Health care debate moves to Senate
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The U.S. Senate is scheduled to begin debate on its version of the health care reform bill this week. But questions about cost, a public option, and language on abortion could derail Democratic leader Harry Reid's efforts to get the bill passed. (Broadcast 11/16/2009) (11/16/2009)

Recent Episodes (Hour 2)

Minnesota blues brought home
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Local singer Paul Metsa has performed and worked in music for nearly 30 years. He credits his upbringing in the Iron Range and his love of folk for inspiring his songwriting and his bluesman ethos. (Broadcast 11/20/2009) (11/20/2009)

The English Surgeon
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A renowned British neurosurgeon has traveled to Ukraine for 15 years to treat desperate patients who were given no hope of survival. Henry Marsh performs complicated brain surgery in archaic and hostile conditions in the Ukraine as the focus of a new PBS documentary. (Broadcast 11/19/2009) (11/19/2009)

The Kerri Miller Book Club: 'Moral Man and Immoral Society'
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Reinhold Niebuhr was one of the most influential, and controversial, theologians and political theorists of the 20th Century. President Obama has called him his favorite philosopher. Two scholars discuss the essence of Niebuhr's philosophy and the book, "Moral Man and Immoral Society." (Broadcast 11/18/2009) (11/18/2009)

The domestic scientific brain drain
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U.S. colleges are graduating as many scientists and engineers as ever, yet employers say they are facing a shortage. Midmorning looks into the motives behind their migration into other fields like finance and what incentives are necessary to keep scientists doing the work they were trained for. (Broadcast 11/17/2009) (11/18/2009)

Talking Volumes with Barbara Kingsolver
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Barbara Kingsolver's new novel, "The Lacuna," is the story of a man who spends his youth among legendary Mexican figures Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, then grows reclusive in older age. Kingsolver talked with Kerri Miller on Nov. 11 as part of the Talking Volumes regional book club series. (Broadcast 11/16/2009) (11/16/2009)