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April 8, 2015 1:08 PM

Protesters gather against policy brutality, racism after SC police shooting death

Listen to two guests give us the latest on the developing story.

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April 8, 2015 1:00 PM

Screen Time: Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

Listen to this week's Screen Time to hear a preview of this year's festival.

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April 8, 2015 12:44 PM

Can new streaming service Tidal benefit musicians, consumers?

Listen to a discussion about how consumers could benefit from this new design, and if musicians can make money in streaming audio.

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April 8, 2015 12:31 PM

Roaming and Reading: Shanghai

For this week's Roaming and Reading, travel to Shanghai with Adam Minter, an Asia-based columnist for Bloomberg View.

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April 7, 2015 1:20 PM

Literary mysteries: Who is writing the next book in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' series?

This week, we parsed through the complicated story behind the story of the Millennium Series' upcoming Book Four.

by Tracy Mumford

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April 7, 2015 11:32 AM

Activating the immune system to fight cancer

Listen to three researchers discuss which cancers are most susceptible to these new efforts to boost the power of patients' immune systems.

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April 7, 2015 10:24 AM

Why politicians must know their science

Listen to Michael Shermer discuss his recent Politco piece about why politicians need science.

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April 6, 2015 1:57 PM

A glimpse of the afterlife through near-death experiences

MPR News' Kerri Miller talks to two guests about what happens to our brains when we experience these phenomena. Will verifiable research ever be able to back up the claims?

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April 6, 2015 1:43 PM

Author Kevin Carey on why college as we know it must end

Author Kevin Carey argues that the days of four-year degrees, all-things-to-all-people hybrid universities and ineffective instruction must end.

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April 6, 2015 1:33 PM

Political Junkie on preliminary Iran nuclear deal

Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins MPR News to give his perspective on the national political scene.

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