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April 21, 2015 12:13 PM

Literary mysteries: Who is behind that pen name?

Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Stephen King, J.K. Rowling -- why have these authors picked up pen names? And who is behind the most mysterious pen name of the moment?

by Tracy Mumford

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April 21, 2015 10:58 AM

The intersection of faith and fact

Stanford anthropologist and author T.M. Luhrmann discussed new research that says we don't use the same cognitive approaches to faith as we do with facts.

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April 21, 2015 10:48 AM

How jihadis recruit in America

Listen to three experts discuss the men recruited from Minnesota and what kind of threat this recruitment poses in communities around the country.

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April 20, 2015 11:21 AM

Taming birds and grief in 'H is for Hawk'

Grief can drive people to do strange things -- like bring home a 10-week-old bird of prey. That's how Helen Macdonald's memoir begins.

by Tracy Mumford

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April 20, 2015 10:54 AM

How to raise children who are 'The Opposite of Spoiled'

Ron Lieber, a personal finance columnist for The New York Times, discusses how to raise kids who are smart about money.

by Tracy Mumford

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April 20, 2015 10:53 AM

Political Junkie on Walter Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro

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

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April 17, 2015 12:18 PM

Norway prison offers nature walks, volleyball for violent offenders

When you think of prison, you don't think of nature walks, communal kitchens and volleyball games, but that's the approach taken at Norway's Halden prison.

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April 17, 2015 10:46 AM

The importance of failure in science

Failure is essential to science, though it's not very well understood outside of the field. Listen to three people in the field talk about the role of mistakes, setbacks and failures in the scientific process.

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April 16, 2015 12:29 PM

What should we do about antibiotic resistance?

Listen to two experts discuss solutions to the over-use of antibiotics and how to fight superbugs.

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April 16, 2015 11:13 AM

Measuring climate change in 25 square inches

Christopher Field, director of Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology, works on a tiny scale in the field. Instead of describing vast land or seascapes, he focuses on a 5-inch-by-5-inch square of grassland.

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