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Almanac - August 15, 2008

08/15/08


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Segments

The Monologue (08/15/08)

Tour guide Jim Ragsdale is ready for Republican National convention goers to arrive in St. Paul.

The Economy (08/15/08)

The unemployment rate in Minnesota has hit a 25-year high. Inflation is at a 17-year high. How bad are things really? State Economist Tom Stinson and Augsburg professor Jeanne Boeh help us sort it all out.

Olympic Ratings (08/15/08)

Minnesota leads the nation in watching the Olympics on television. John Rash from Campbell Mithun stops by to explain who is watching the 2008 Summer Olympics and why.

Republican National Convention Update (08/15/08)

The RNC will be here in just a few short weeks. What final prep is left to do? The folks in charge of some of the logistics give us an overview. Cyndi Lesher is president of the host committe, Matt Bostrom is in charge of convention security for the St. Paul Police and Jayne Khalifa is coordinating convention logistics for the city of Minneapolis.

Policy and a Pint (08/15/08)

The Citizens League has been gathering folks together to talk about some meaty issues in their "Policy and a Pint" series. TPT's Mary Lahammer and Mark Fischer followed along to see where the conversation led afterward. People got going on the topic "Do we only live and socialize with people we agree with politically?"

Olympic Wrestling (08/15/08)

Women wrestlers, competing in their second Olympics, toil away out of the media spotlight. Local filmmaker Lisa Blackstone is making a documentary highlighting the athletes and the sport. She had a chance to catch up with the four U. S. athletes training in Colorada Springs just before they headed off to China.

Campaign Notebook (08/15/08)

From the race for president to a state senate race, things heated up this week. Mary Lahammer sums it all up in this week's Campaign Notebook new media digest.

The Political Panel (08/15/08)

This week's group debates a new poll in the presidential race and U. S. Senate race ... a state Senate special election .. and of course there's always plenty of veep speculation to go around. Republicans Fritz Knaak and David Strom face off against DFLers Ember Reichgott Junge and Javier Morillo-Alicea.

The Wrapup (08/15/08)

What Mystery Minnesotan appeared on a Grenada postage stamp in Nov. 1988? What job did the MN Supreme Court ban women from holding in 1948? And we'll have some show-ending music from the archives for you. Cafe Accordian from this week back in 2001.