The Weekly Monologue
Sheletta Brundidge has back-to-school shopping on her mind.
Obama in the Schools
What should teachers do about a Presidential Address on Education next week? We hear two perspectives from Tom Dooher with Education Minnesota and Charlie Kyte with the Minnesota Association of School Administrators.
Representative Keith Ellison
Our month-long visit with members of Congress continues when Keith Ellison joins us live in the studio.
Governor Candidates in Falcon Heights
Mary Lahammer meets up with the candidates for Governor who are spending the most time at the State Fair. And yes, we know the election isn't until a year from November.
Lucy Michelle and Velvet Lapelles
Not a lot of groups have lead singers who play ukulele. Lucy Michelle and her band play for us live. Find out more about the group and their Sept 5th CD release party at http://www.myspace.com/lucymichell
SPC Kerri Xiong's Red Bull Story
Our project profiling the work of Minnesota's Red Bull National Guard continues with the story of Specialist Kerri Xiong. Xiong tells us in her own words --using a video diary-- what it is like to serve in Iraq.
This Week's Political Panel
We talk health care and the other big ticket issues of the day with Republicans Fritz Knaak and John Berns and Democrats Ember Reichgott Junge and Andy Dawkins.
The Wrapup
What did Bud Grand do in that Miami game back in August of 1985? And what's this week's Index File question about a famed visitor to the Science Museum back in 1976? Find out here in the wrapup. Plus we give you another tune by the Minnesota band Lucy Michelle and Velvet Lapelles.
