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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Min...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:17
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Min...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:22
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
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Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
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Will Weaver grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota. He's attended St. Cloud State, the University of Minnesota, and Stanford. He was a Professor of E...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Guys Like That." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:10
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Joe Carraro describes how even from the start, the Department of Homeland Security was created with the intention of grabbing more power for the go...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:08
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Joe Carraro asks: If the Republicans are so sure of their ideas, why are they so afraid to debate them with President Obama and the Democrats?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
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Joe Carraro proposes that if Congress is really representative of the people, then its members will give up its overpaid salaries and benefits and ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 07:46
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Joe Carraro discusses how the rich and powerful got richer and more powerful under Bush and now Obama as they have colluded to enrich the elites in...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Joe Carraro discusses the fall of Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street firm he worked for as a stockbroker. He compares the greed and ineptitude of Thain...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:09
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NEPOTISM HAPPENS EVERYWHERE AT ALL LEVELS SO THAT EVENTUALLY EVERYONE BECOMES INVOLVED EITHER IN ITS PERPETUATION OR ITS COVER-UP. IT'S PREVALENT I...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:16
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
State Senator Joe Carraro meets State Senator Barack Obama. His impression back then plays true to today.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:32
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Obamacare was a program put together by and for special interests, without eliminating any of the inefficiencies and corruption that are already pr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 08:58
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The definition of a Recession has changed from many years ago. It started during George W. Bush's second term and will continue until all the reso...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 03:37
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there are limits beneath which public taste will not descend

  • Added: Nov 25, 2006
  • Length: 01:01
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a vote for Al Jazeera in English

  • Added: Nov 25, 2006
  • Length: 01:21