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The Daily Circuit Blog

MPR News Quirks, quips and questions off the air

Archives for September 2013

Arts & Culture

7 sad songs

Stephanie Curtis September 27, 2013, 2:50 PM Sep 27, 2013
7

What’s your favorite melancholy tune? Read more →

Book Lists

4 book picks from the Roundtable guests

Stephanie Curtis September 27, 2013, 10:17 AM Sep 27, 2013
0

What Tanya Bransford, John Tunheim, and George Stephenson are reading. Read more →

Education

Poll: Do kids get too much homework?

Stephanie Curtis September 25, 2013, 10:43 AM Sep 25, 2013
11

And are kids getting the right homework? Read more →

Book Lists

3 book recommendations from Amy Grace Loyd

Stephanie Curtis September 23, 2013, 1:06 PM Sep 23, 2013
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She recommends James Salter, Mavis Gallant, and William Maxwell. Read more →

Book Lists

3 book picks from the Roundtable guests

Stephanie Curtis September 20, 2013, 9:40 AM Sep 20, 2013
1

Jeff Nelson, Jill Johnson, and Nina Hale share what is on their bookshelf. Read more →

Book Lists

5 sites to go to when you’re looking for something to read

Stephanie Curtis September 19, 2013, 12:00 PM Sep 19, 2013
1

Got 20 minutes? Looking for something to read? You’ll find lots of interesting long form journalism on these sites. Read more →

Economy, Business & Jobs

Op-ed of the day: Get control of your email

Stephanie Curtis September 19, 2013, 11:59 AM Sep 19, 2013
0

“…it is all too easy to allow other people’s priorities to run your day. But most incoming email can be processed very quickly without interrupting what really matters.” Read more →

As the State Fair is to milk, so Oktoberfest is to beer

Maddy Mahon September 18, 2013, 11:31 AM Sep 18, 2013
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MUNICH, GERMANY — Call it “The Great German Get-Together,” or perhaps “The Great Get-Together of People From Around the World Who Love Beer, Pretzels and Women in Dirndls.” As Minnesota recovers from its 12 days of State Fair debauchery, Munich is gearing up for 16 days of Oktoberfest, when the city revolves around the most Read more →

Politics & Government

Op-ed pick: American exceptionalism is real

Stephanie Curtis September 17, 2013, 1:56 PM Sep 17, 2013
2

“It took a lot of exceptional Americans to develop the atomic bomb.” Read more →

Book Lists

3 book picks from the Roundtable guests

Stephanie Curtis September 13, 2013, 10:14 AM Sep 13, 2013
0

For the first time, a Roundtable guest highly recommends “Captain Underpants.” Read more →

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