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The Daily Circuit Blog

MPR News Quirks, quips and questions off the air

Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture · Health & Medicine

Op-ed pick: Could Ebola start to spread through the air?

Stephanie Curtis September 15, 2014, 1:42 PM Sep 15, 2014
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“The current Ebola virus’s hyper-evolution is unprecedented; there has been more human-to-human transmission in the past four months than most likely occurred in the last 500 to 1,000 years. ” Read more →

Arts & Culture · News & Trends

The great seat reclining debate of 2014

Stephanie Curtis September 2, 2014, 10:00 AM Sep 2, 2014
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“In effect, to increase the number of cabin seats, the space allotted to each passenger must be reduced. However, this reduced comfort remains tolerable for the passengers in as much as the flight lasts only one or a few hours.” Read more →

Arts & Culture

Op-ed pick: We don’t need any more Millennial trend pieces

Stephanie Curtis August 19, 2014, 12:09 PM Aug 19, 2014
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“I think we’ve reached peak Millennial trend piece output. I hope. I pray.” Read more →

Arts & Culture · News & Trends

Twin Cities men discuss modern masculinity

Zoë Peterson August 15, 2014, 9:18 AM Aug 15, 2014
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I reached out to several people, looking for an array of opinions on what it means to be a man in America today. Read more →

Arts & Culture

The best songs for summer 2014 in the Twin Cities

Zoë Peterson August 7, 2014, 5:08 PM Aug 7, 2014
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In anticipation for the Friday Roundtable, we asked a few prominent voices in the Twin Cities music scene what they’ve been listening to. Read more →

Arts & Culture

What the men of Minnesota are cooking

Stephanie Curtis June 17, 2014, 11:57 AM Jun 17, 2014
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“I am the master of all risotto recipes.” – @bigpieps Read more →

Arts & Culture · Politics & Government

Op-ed pick: Asian Americans want immigration reform too

Meggan Ellingboe May 14, 2014, 3:38 PM May 14, 2014
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The Asian Pacific American Caucus unveiled its recommendations last month regarding deportation and other immigration policy concerns. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Op-ed pick: TV shows do a poor job portraying mental illness

Stephanie Curtis April 25, 2014, 11:12 AM Apr 25, 2014
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“She’s fabulously empathetic and intuitive, somehow able to see what all the other doctors miss (though her cases should be familiar to anyone who reads Oliver Sacks’s essays). That’s because, the show keeps reminding us, mental illness goes along with greatness.” Read more →

Arts & Culture

Your winter haikus for this snowy April morning

Emily Kaiser April 4, 2014, 9:24 AM Apr 4, 2014
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Tom Weber asked for your winter haikus this morning to mark this snowy April morning. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Economy, Business & Jobs

Op-ed pick: A new way to look at March Madness

Stephanie Curtis March 21, 2014, 11:26 AM Mar 21, 2014
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“That kind of economic inequality would put even America’s striking income imbalance to shame. And it’s hard to imagine even the most ardent members of the Ayn Rand fan club touting it as a model for distributing wealth fairly. ” Read more →

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