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The process behind negotiating a plea
Plea deal negotiations led to the discovery of Jacob Wetterling's remains last week. MPR News host Kerri Miller asked CBS legal editor Andrew Cohen how interrogations and plea deals come together to lead to these sorts of revelations and convictions.
Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis spoke to Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Director, Deirdre Haj about the documentaries that define the genre. Then, they aired an interview with Fredrick Wiseman about how the James Sewell Ballet in Minneapolis is adapting his classic 1967 documentary, "Titicut Follies" into a classical ballet.
Dr. Jon Hallberg live at the Minnesota State Fair
Dr. Jon Hallberg is a regular contributor to All Things Considered on Tuesdays. This week he joined All Things Considered host Tom Crann for a special, hour-long segment live at the Minnesota State Fair.
If you lose everything you've written, start a new novel
Nathan Hill's novel "The Nix" is a mother-son story at heart, but it spins through everything from video games to Norwegian folklore, and the 1968 Chicago riots to the Occupy Wall Street movement.