Two Minnesota history questions, your thoughts about last week's show and another live tune by Detektivbyran.
They've returned! Poli sci profs Larry Jacobs, Stacey Hecht, Steve Schier and Dan Hofrenning preview Friday's Presidential Debate and weigh in on the testy Minnesota Senate race.
How about them Twins? Larry Fitzgerald Sr. is back for his monthly Minnesota sports chat.
The Swedish funky folk group Detektivbyran will be performing Saturday September 27 at 8pm at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis as part of the Nordic Roots festival. But first the group performs for us live.
Do Minnesotans with state insurance fare worse than those with private medical insurance? A ground-breaking study was released this week to find this out. Our guest is Jim Chase with Minnesota Community Measurement.
Mary Lahammer has created an election project called "The Big Three." She's asked each of the three main candidates for U.S. Senate to talk to her about the three most important moments in their lives. "The Big Three" will air October 22 on tpt2. In the next few weeks we'll show excerpts from this program. In this week's clip, Independence Party candidate Barkley talks frankly about his "big three."
Dan McElroy was named this week to the Governor's Economic Outlook Analysis Team. The team's job is to monitor how Wall Street's instability is affecting our state's economy. Commissioner McElroy is our guest.
Debates are on the mind of Dominic Papatola.
Debates are on the mind of Dominic Papatola.
Dan McElroy was named this week to the Governor's Economic Outlook Analysis Team. The team's job is to monitor how Wall Street's instability is affecting our state's economy. Commissioner McElroy is our guest.
Mary Lahammer has created an election project called "The Big Three." She's asked each of the three main candidates for U.S. Senate to talk to her about the three most important moments in their lives. "The Big Three" will air October 22 on tpt2. In the next few weeks we'll show excerpts from this program. In this week's clip, Independence Party candidate Barkley talks frankly about his "big three."
Do Minnesotans with state insurance fare worse than those with private medical insurance? A ground-breaking study was released this week to find this out. Our guest is Jim Chase with Minnesota Community Measurement.
The Swedish funky folk group Detektivbyran will be performing Saturday September 27 at 8pm at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis as part of the Nordic Roots festival. But first the group performs for us live.
How about them Twins? Larry Fitzgerald Sr. is back for his monthly Minnesota sports chat.
They've returned! Poli sci profs Larry Jacobs, Stacey Hecht, Steve Schier and Dan Hofrenning preview Friday's Presidential Debate and weigh in on the testy Minnesota Senate race.
Two Minnesota history questions, your thoughts about last week's show and another live tune by Detektivbyran.
Friday, September 26, 2008 - 3:53 pm
Tune in to Almanac tonight because we think we have some news to report. I’ve been working on the biographies of the Senate candidates in a show called "Senate Race MN: Big Three Moments" it’s the big three moments of the three candidates’ lives, the personal turning points for Dean Barkley, Norm Coleman and Al Franken. The whole program premieres Oct. 22 8:00 pm on TPT-2.
We got amazing access to all the candidates’ homes, wives, and children for emotional and candid interviews. One candidate revealed something that he told me he wanted to get out before his opponents got to it first. We will reveal that tonight on Almanac. Next week we’ll have more interesting news on another candidate. We’re talking about things that everyone has whispered about in Minnesota politics for years, but rarely if ever talked about on the record.
So, for all of those who wondered why my blog and I dropped off the radar screen recently, this is why. This project has been incredibly surprising, rewarding and draining. I see all the candidates in a different light and understand them on a deeply personal level and I think viewers will too. We've never seen them like this. I really have to thank the Barkleys, Colemans and Frankens for being so willing to open up about some of the most difficult times of their lives.
