Tag: discussion
group name: mnlife
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October 31, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
MPR Reporter Tim Post just published this feature: Newspapers struggle with online comments . What jumped out at me:
But when the site carries a story that has anything to do with race, the comments . . . more
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November 28, 2007 09:45 AM EST --
Leonard Sax, MD, joined us for a Q&A about Boys Adrift: What's Really Behind the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys .
MPR's Midmorning Are boys adrift? program description: . . . more
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November 21, 2007 01:53 PM EST --
Don't be caught this holiday weekend without a topic! My notes in italics.
Safe topics for all ages:
The Weather. Especially if the forecast is good. (Updraft)
Train travel . . . . more
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December 03, 2007 10:56 AM EST --
So far I've found a couple on my own:
Bob Collins wonders What's China got? (see capture)
Midmorning talks about the Best books of the year (11:06 ET / 10:06 CT on the . . . more
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December 12, 2007 09:52 AM EST --
Now, Cardboard Boxes Among Many Indicators for Fed (NPR) but what are our indicators? Yesterday Bob Collins took a look at the pocket economy , in which the economic "truth is best uncovered . . . more
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December 12, 2007 10:43 AM EST --
Do we all look for our houses first?
Bob Collins filed Google Streets under Timewasters , but also promptly demonstrated it as a useful capture of media activity after the Minneapolis Bridge . . . more
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January 04, 2008 03:51 PM EST --
Don't be caught without a topic this weekend!
Voices, Not Opposites, Attract (NPR) We all know someone with a voice that makes us quiver. So, spill.
A DNA portrait reveals more . . . more
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December 28, 2007 12:42 PM EST --
Don't becaught this weekend without a topic!
DNR: Ice conditions good, but anglers still need to use caution (MPR) Some conversation options include discovering if your friends or family . . . more
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November 16, 2007 02:43 PM EST --
Don't be caught without a topic!
Tightwads and Spendthrifts We all know a total tightwad or a reckless spendthrift. You might even be one. Things to debate: What kind of marketing makes . . . more
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December 07, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
Don't be caught this weekend without a topic! My notes in italics .
For the first time sex offenders may get life sentences (MPR)
As in life, with no chance for parole. Honestly, if . . . more
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November 09, 2007 11:29 AM EST --
Don't be caught without a topic!
Leave no factoid unturned Some angles: Is Hillary a bad tipper? Would you vote for a candidate who was rude to waitstaff? How do candidates control their . . . more
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July 02, 2008 09:38 AM EDT --
Share your Vietnam stories – from the war zone or from the home front – with Minnesota Public Radio as part of The Vietnam Tapes. From the program description:
The Vietnam Tapes is . . . more
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December 14, 2007 03:23 PM EST --
Don't be caught this weekend without a topic! Grammar Grater: Temptations of the Flush (Grammar Grater, MPR) Who doesn't love to grapple over grammar? Take a straw poll of how . . . more
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December 26, 2007 11:33 AM EST --
From the Most memorable stories from 2007 collection page:
Some stories are big stories, some are memorable, some are both. Over the course of a year, Minnesota Public Radio's reporters, . . . more
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December 21, 2007 04:10 PM EST --
Don't be caught this weekend without a topic! I was tempted to go with heartwarming holiday tales, but really, someone else is bound to serve that dish. If you're at a party or hosting relatives, . . . more
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November 02, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
Don't be caught without a topic!
On the radio, whoaa-oohh:
Don Imus will be back on the air (NPR)
Indian leaders win concessions from KQRS (MPR)
According to The Splendid Table . . . more
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October 25, 2006 05:20 PM EDT --
A short snippet from a work in process:
An August sun rose reluctantly through a blue haze well to the north of east above Nina Street. Sleep clung heavily to all living things as un-living . . . more
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October 31, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
While the title The Holocaust by podcast has a certain shock value, it is also very descriptive. MPR's Bob Collins spent some time looking into what happens when a Holocaust survivor, interested . . . more
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November 30, 2007 04:27 PM EST --
Don't be caught this weekend without a topic! I mean one that isn't the weather! My notes in italics.
Roadside Attractions Fading from Landscape Road trip photo albums are incomplete . . . more
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October 22, 2006 11:35 AM EDT --
Morning is feeding time for traffic in Australia. With the fresh light of a rising sun behind them, vehicles in downtown Sydney prowl for pedestrians. One rarely sees the old, the young or the weak . . . more
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