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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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How a pastor's faith survived 'Beautiful and Terrible Things'

How a pastor's faith survived 'Beautiful and Terrible Things'

Pastor Amy Butler was the first woman pastor to lead New York’s historic Riverside Church. But despite that — and partly because of it — her faith had to learn to survive the brutal realities of this world. Her new book, “Beautiful and Terrible Things,” is her journey of learning to live without fear in the messy middle.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Can a 5,000-mile journey help a mother and son survive their differences?

Can a 5,000-mile journey help a mother and son survive their differences?

Jedidiah Jenkins and his mom diverge wildly on their ideological views. She is a Trump-supporting conservative evangelical from Tennessee. He is a gay, progressive man who lives in California. But they love each other. Can they find common ground on a cross-country road trip? That’s the story of his new memoir, “Mother, Nature.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Poet Major Jackson on writing poetry that connects

Poet Major Jackson on writing poetry that connects

At an event for MPR members earlier this fall, poet Major Jackson, host of APM’s daily poetry podcast The Slowdown, told host Kerri Miller that writing poetry is a physical, sometimes even violent, experience. Listen to their whole conversation.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Rethinking roads

Rethinking roads

In his new book “Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet,” environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb illustrates how roads that are helpful for humans can be disastrous for wildlife. How can we design transportation that’s good for all?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Decoding the 'familect'

Decoding the 'familect'

What words or phrases does your family — and only your family — use and understand? MPR News host Kerri Miller talked ‘familect’ with University of Minnesota linguist Anatoly Liberman on Thursday’s 9 a.m. show.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Safiya Sinclair liberates herself in 'How to Say Babylon'

Safiya Sinclair liberates herself in 'How to Say Babylon'

In her new, haunting memoir, poet Safiya Sinclair recounts her childhood in Jamaica, where her father’s strict Rastafari religion kept her controlled and quiet. She is quiet no more.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Tour the galaxy with the 'Bad Astronomer'

Tour the galaxy with the 'Bad Astronomer'

In his new book, Philip Plait — aka the Bad Astronomer — takes space fans on a vivid tour of the cosmos, with stops on planets, moons, stars and even black holes. (Spoiler: That last one doesn’t end well.)
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Talking Volumes: Margaret Renkl on 'The Comfort of Crows'

Talking Volumes: Margaret Renkl on 'The Comfort of Crows'

New York Times columnist and nature writer Margaret Renkl closed out the 2023 Talking Volumes season with meditations on the joys of a backyard oasis, the inevitable losses of a warming climate and how to live while holding both of those truths in tandem.
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