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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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’The temperature has been turned up so high:’ The psychology of political rhetoric during this chaotic moment

’The temperature has been turned up so high:’ The psychology of political rhetoric during this chaotic moment

As the director of the Social and Political Psychology Lab at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Professor John Blanchar looks at the psychology behind fraught political moments.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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‘Let’s turn the page and let’s make it normal’: Marney Gellner on her milestone play-by-play for the Twins

‘Let’s turn the page and let’s make it normal’: Marney Gellner on her milestone play-by-play for the Twins

Marney Gellner called the three-series game against the White Sox, making her the first woman to serve as the Twins’ play-by-play announcer in a regular season game.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Summer of rain paving the way for a mosquito boom, but not until next summer

Summer of rain paving the way for a mosquito boom, but not until next summer

Mosquitos thrive in puddles of standing water, the huge amount of rain we saw in June is paving the way for their population to boom. The growth won’t be this summer, because current populations were impacted by drought. But the wet weather could help them thrive next summer.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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Inside the investigation that led Minneapolis police to stop reselling duty firearms

Inside the investigation that led Minneapolis police to stop reselling duty firearms

An investigation by The Trace, Reveal and CBS News found that since 2006, more than 52,000 police guns that were resold ended up being used in crimes.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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