This Week's Monologue
Sheletta Brundidge talks about marriage... and the Vikings.
Tough Times
MPR Economic Reporter Chris Farrell and Augsburg U prof Jeanne Boeh give us their take on Friday's weak employment figures.
A BIG Sports Weekend
We have the two big football border battles... and the Twins' final regular season game at the Metrodome. Larry Fitzgerald Sr. stops by to fill us in.
Pipestone National Monument
We show a clip from the upcoming tpt special "Minnesota's National Park Legacy" that demonstrates the federally-protected sacred quarry in the Southwest section of our state.
Truancy
If you believe it's an old-fashioned issue for law enforcement to care about, think again. The Hennepin County Attorney's office is aggressively going after kids who skip school. County Attorney Mike Freeman tells us why.
A Red Bull Story
All year tpt has been working with the Minnesota National Guard to tell the stories of troops based in Iraq. In this series of reports we focus on the soldiers overseas and the families they leave behind. This week we bring you the story of Suzie and David Mayo.
GOP Straw Poll This Weekend
The governor's election is more than a year away but this weekend at the State Republican Convention delegates will conduct a straw poll on the race. Mary Lahammer talks about it with state party chair Tony Sutton.
The Political Panel
We'll pick up the political conversation with this week's version of our political panel. Democrats Mike Hatch and Ember Reichgott Junge mix it up with Republicans Sarah Janecek and Fritz Knaak.
The Wrapup
Some football history... a symphony mystery... and a music clip of Richard Thompson from 1999. What do they have in common? Each is featured in this week's show-ending segment.
