What's on the radio today? Oct. 28, 2019

Here’s the radio lineup for Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.

9 a.m. — MPR News with Kerri Miller

Journalist and author Paul Tough spent six years researching whether or not colleges are still an effective launching pad for social mobility. He shares his findings in a new book called “The Years that Matter Most.”

10 a.m. — 1A with Joshua Johnson

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General Motors and the United Auto Workers signed a labor contract in 1950 known as the "Treaty of Detroit". It helped America's middle class grow significantly. But what does their latest deal tell us about the future of the American workforce? How to prepare and protect our labor market for new tech, more automation and global trade, next time on 1A.

11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis

Winter is on the way and the cold and dark can be hard on our mental and physical health. A therapist, a family doctor and a director from the DNR will join host Angela Davis to work on a strategy to get through it and even enjoy it.

Noon — MPR News Presents

University of Tennessee historian Ernest Freeberg, who spoke at the Minnesota Historical Society's "History Forum" about his book, "The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America." A new movie, "The Current War" opened over the weekend. The movie tells the dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

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What's on the radio today? Oct. 28, 2019

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