The Week's Monologue
Jim Ragsdale offers serious thoughts about the shootings at Fort Hood.
High Enough High Speed Internet?
A new task force report released Friday challenges Minnesota to improve statewide high speed broadband access. Rick King heads up the group that created the report and is our guest.
Sports with Fitzy
Larry Fitzgerald Sr. stops by to talk about the Vikes, the T-Wolves and the troubles facing Tubby Smith's hoopsters. Larry is an Almanac regular.
Joe Dowling on the Guthrie Stage
Mary Lahammer interviews Guthrie Director Joe Dowling about his return to acting. And where did Joe and Mary chat? On stage at the Guthrie.
Rethinking Family Violence
Leslie Metzen was a Minnesota judge for more than twenty years. Now she's working with a group trying to reduce family violence in our state. Find out why she thinks her new job is so important.
"Jewel of Como"
That's the name of a new book about St. Paul's Como Park Conservatory. Author Bonnie Blodgett talks about the grand tradition of public greenhouses.
Going to Church in Iraq
It's the latest of our series of reports about the Red Bull Unit of the Minnesota National Guard. Producer Luke Heikkila recently returned from Iraq. One of the soldiers he met up with there was Chaplain's Assistant Jonathan Groeneweg. This is his story.
Our Dynamic Poli Sci Duo
David Schultz of Hamline University and Dan Hofrenning of St. Olaf each teaches political science. We pick their brains about the the big political news of this election week.
The Wrapup
Who said those racy words about Hubert Humphrey? And who is the inventor subject of this week's Index File question? In addition to history we bring you a nice vintage musical clip by the Red Clay Ramblers.
