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MPR News with Kerri Miller

Conversations on news and culture with Kerri Miller. Weekdays from MPR News.

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Christian Cooper on what it means to be a Black man in the natural world

Christian Cooper on what it means to be a Black man in the natural world

Christian Cooper’s visibility as a lifelong birder exploded after a woman in Central Park refused to leash her dog and r... Read more

10 Aug 2023

56mins

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Minnesota's supper clubs set the table for a delicious family drama

Minnesota's supper clubs set the table for a delicious family drama

J. Ryan Stradal knows supper club culture. Growing up in Hastings, Minn., his family milestones were marked by dressing ... Read more

4 Aug 2023

51mins

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Luis Urrea's new novel is inspired by his mother's wartime experiences

Luis Urrea's new novel is inspired by his mother's wartime experiences

Until writer Luis Alberto Urrea inherited his mother’s journals, he knew very little about what she’d seen and done in W... Read more

28 Jul 2023

54mins

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In 'Shy,' a troubled teenage boy gets a last chance

In 'Shy,' a troubled teenage boy gets a last chance

Shy, the teenage boy at the heart of Max Porter’s latest novel, defies classification. He is moody and violent, traits w... Read more

21 Jul 2023

1hr 1min

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'Of White Ashes' brings the WWII Japanese-American experience to life

'Of White Ashes' brings the WWII Japanese-American experience to life

When Ruby Ishimaru and her family are sent away from Hawaii to a mainland internment camp in 1942, Ruby packs her treasu... Read more

14 Jul 2023

51mins

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Rachel Louise Snyder's memoir is as beautifully complex as her life.

Rachel Louise Snyder's memoir is as beautifully complex as her life.

“Cancer took my mother. But religion would take my life.”So writes journalist Rachel Louise Snyder in her new memoir, “W... Read more

7 Jul 2023

1hr 6mins

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A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann

A historical swashbuckler from author David Grann

The latest book from journalist and bestselling author David Grann details the true story of a 1741 shipwreck that he be... Read more

30 Jun 2023

53mins

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Women bootleggers in the time of Prohibition

Women bootleggers in the time of Prohibition

Editor’s note: This program was originally preempted by breaking news coverage. The post has been updated to reflect the... Read more

23 Jun 2023

51mins

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What it really means to be all-American

What it really means to be all-American

Joe Milan Jr.’s debut novel, “The All-American,” is about immigration — but it’s not a story about what it means to leav... Read more

9 Jun 2023

57mins

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Minnesota writer William Kent Krueger on the importance of place

Minnesota writer William Kent Krueger on the importance of place

Minnesota author William Kent Krueger has written 19 books that star his primary protagonist, private investigator Cork ... Read more

2 Jun 2023

1hr 26mins

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