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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

Conversations on books and ideas, Fridays at 11 a.m.

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The U.S. urban-rural divide is mostly a myth. Here's what's real.

The U.S. urban-rural divide is mostly a myth. Here's what's real.

If you live in a city or suburb, what you think you know about rural America is either outdated or wrong. On a special episode of Minnesota Now, host Kerri Miller talks with two academics who grew up and still live in rural areas to dispel the misunderstandings that feed the urban-rural divide.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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From the archives: Karen Armstrong on ‘The Lost Art of Scripture’

From the archives: Karen Armstrong on ‘The Lost Art of Scripture’

The 2022 season of Talking Volumes launches this week with Karen Armstrong and her new book, “Sacred Nature: Restoring our Ancient Bond with the Natural World.” So we thought it only appropriate to make this week’s dip into the archives the last time Armstrong was on the Talking Volumes stage. It was in 2019, when she joined host Kerri Miller to discuss “The Lost Art of Scripture.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Science journalist Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

Science journalist Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

Award-winning science journalist Ed Yong is out with a new book about the ways animals perceive their surroundings. In “An Immense World,” he shares fascinating stories that help us understand and appreciate the many creatures who share the planet with us but live in entirely different sensory spheres.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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From the archives: Animal behaviorist Clive Wynne on doggy love

From the archives: Animal behaviorist Clive Wynne on doggy love

We love dogs. But do they love us back? One canine researcher says yes. Let this 2020 conversation whet your appetite for a discussion with journalist Ed Yong coming this Friday, when he and host Kerri Miller will talk about his fascinating new book about animals, “An Immense World.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Scientist Morgan Levine on how to influence your true age

Scientist Morgan Levine on how to influence your true age

Aging researchers have learned that your chronological age — the number of years you’ve been alive — is not the same as your biological age. Your biological age is said to be closer to your true age, which foretells how long you’ll live a healthy life. Morgan Levine details the latest science in her new book, “True Age.”
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From the archives: Dan Buettner on how to live the longest, healthiest life

From the archives: Dan Buettner on how to live the longest, healthiest life

Dan Buettner's specialty is Blue Zones — communities where people live the longest, healthiest lives on the planet. It mirrors the conversation coming on Friday’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, which explores the latest science on aging detailed in Morgan Levine’s new book, “True Age: Cutting-Edge Research to Help Turn Back the Clock.”
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Debut novelist Oscar Hokeah highlights the pain and healing power of Indigenous communities

Debut novelist Oscar Hokeah highlights the pain and healing power of Indigenous communities

Oklahoma writer Oscar Hokeah draws on his own upbringing in the Kiowa and Cherokee communities to paint a kaleidoscope of Native American characters who fight to retain honor and gain healing amidst cultural trauma in his new book, “Calling for a Blanket Dance.”
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N. Scott Momaday reflects on how Native stories shaped his imagination

N. Scott Momaday reflects on how Native stories shaped his imagination

This week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas conversation is with debut novelist Oscar Hokeah about his book, “Calling for a Blanket Dance.” During his discussion with host Kerri Miller, they were both delighted to discover they share a love of Native American poet and writer N. Scott Momaday. Since Miller spoke with Momaday in 2021, we decided to pull this one from the archives for all to enjoy.
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