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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini

Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini is journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s reporting that puts people first with live, down-to-earth, unscripted interviews that aim to inform and entertain. Tune in to Minnesota Now weekdays at noon on the radio or the live audio stream at mprnews.org.

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Minnesota music: One of the pillars of Minnesota Now is featuring great Minnesota-based music. Here’s this year’s playlist of songs heard on the show.

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From the archive: remembering Minnesotan Tom Burnett, 23 years after the 9/11 attacks

From the archive: remembering Minnesotan Tom Burnett, 23 years after the 9/11 attacks

On Sept. 11, 2001, Tom Burnett was aboard a hijacked airliner when it crashed in rural Pennsylvania. His wife Deena Burnett remembers that day in a 2001 interview.
by Nina Moini, Lorna Benson and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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UW-River Falls vice chancellor on lingering impact of 4 student deaths last year

UW-River Falls vice chancellor on lingering impact of 4 student deaths last year

Last fall, four students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls died by suicide within two months. The campus is working to make sure it never happens again.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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‘It’s a different sense of time and space’: New art exhibit aims to help process grief

‘It’s a different sense of time and space’: New art exhibit aims to help process grief

A new interactive art exhibition opening Thursday in Minneapolis dares us to begin to process what’s happening in our world. It’s called “Legacy Dream Space” and it includes video projection, theater, digital art and music.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Honoring a tuberculosis trailblazer: Dr. Kathleen Jordan’s legacy in focus at Granite Falls exhibit

Honoring a tuberculosis trailblazer: Dr. Kathleen Jordan’s legacy in focus at Granite Falls exhibit

Dr. Kathleen Jordan gave 1.5 million TB tests to students during the last half of the 20th century. An exhibit in Granite Falls will honor her work.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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As Trump and Harris prepare to square off Tuesday evening, UMN debate coach predicts tactics

As Trump and Harris prepare to square off Tuesday evening, UMN debate coach predicts tactics

According to a poll released Tuesday, about 70 percent of Americans are planning to tune in and 30 percent of registered voters are planning to use what happens Tuesday night to decide their vote.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Vikings kick off season with satisfying win, and other sports news

Vikings kick off season with satisfying win, and other sports news

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson about the win, plus other sports news. They are the hosts of the 10,000 Takes sports talk show.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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