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RealVideo Archive - 2001 (October to December)

Entire Almanac for October 5, 2001	Watch the show
Lonely at the Zoo Now that the strike is on. And J.G. Preston has the tape to prove it.	View the clip
The State Workers Strike: Administration View Friday afternoon the state's two top officials handling the state strike held a news conference. We bring you extended sound.	View the clip
The State Workers Strike: Union Viewpoint We hear from the leaders of Minnesota's two state employee unions: Pete Benner with AFSCME and Jim Monroe with MAPE	View the clip
A Changed Relationship Governor Ventura once boasted about how close he was to state workers. Almanac political reporter Mary Lahammer examines how this relationship has changed since he took office nearly three years ago.	View the clip
Sports with Larry Fitzgerald A Vikings preview. Ditto for the Wild and Timberwolves. And Larry's view of a potential Korey Stringer wrongful death lawsuit.	View the clip
Weather with Bruce Watson	View the clip
The American Refugee Committee This Minneapolis-based group is very busy due to all the refugees streaming out of Afghanistan this past month. We talk to Tony Kozlowski the president of the ARC.	View the clip
Congress Reacts Hear the thoughts of three members of Minnesota's congressional delegation live. Betty McCollum, Mark Kennedy and Jim Oberstar are our guests.	View the clip
The Wrapup Some fun viewer comments... and no fewer than two Minnesota History questions. Plus the normal --is that the right word?-- show-ending Minnesota music history.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for October 12, 2001	Watch the show
Minneapolis Mayoral Debate Special!! This week's entire Almanac is devoted to a lively conversation with Minneapolis Mayoral hopefuls R.T. Ryback and Sharon Sayles Belton. Cathy and Eric sit down with the two candidates on the Almanac couch. It's the latest in a series of Citizen's Forum Debates cosponsored by the Star Tribune.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for October 19, 2001	Watch the show
A Little Jittery We're all a bit scared about anthrax. Mark DePaolis can understand that. He's a doctor.	View the clip
Maybe it's the Platformate Gas price have jumped in the past few days here in the Twin Cities. That despite wholesale prices dropping. What gives? Let's ask a guest from twincitiesgasprices.com	View the clip
J.G. talks bioterrorism online J.G. is joined by State Epidemiologist Harry Hull in an online chat.	View the clip
Somali Strib Disagreement A recent article in the Star Tribune has local muslims upset with the paper. Our guest is Abdisalam Adam, an official with the Minnesota Council of Muslims. We invited a representative of the Star Tribune to join our discussion. The paper declined.	View the clip
Former Senator David Durenberger He's now the head of the Citizens League. And he also has notions about what to do concerning the events of September 11.	View the clip
Tiger Jack's Shack A fixture in St. Paul's historic Rondo neighborhood finds a home at the Minnesota History Center. Curator Claudia Nicholson is our guest.	View the clip
Domestic Partner Benefits Quietly, the state and its top unions negotiated domestic partner benefit language in its new contracts. Almanac's political reporter Mary Lahammer gives us a glimpse into the lives of those who would benefit from the change... and a prominent state lawmaker who doesn't like it.	View the clip
Homeless Youth There are more of them in our state than many of us would care to admit. Greg Owen from the Wilder Foundation tells us about the people behind the numbers.	View the clip
Bioterrorism Two of our nation's most knowledgeable experts on biological terrorism sit down on the Almanac couch. U of M's Michael Osterholm and State Epidemiologist Harry Hull lend us their time and expertise.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for October 26, 2001	Watch the show
St. Paul Mayoral Debate Special!! This week's entire Almanac is devoted to a lively conversation with St. Paul Mayoral hopefuls Jay Benanav and Randy Kelly. Cathy and Eric sit down with the two candidates on the Almanac couch. It's the latest in a series of Citizen's Forum Debates cosponsored by the Star Tribune.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for November 2, 2001	Watch the show
Contraction Pains Will the Twins be contracted out of Minnesota? We hear from Jay Weiner, author of the book "Stadium Games" who writes for the Star Tribune.	View the clip
We Want Your Halloween Blizzard Stories J.G. Preston and Craig Edwards from the National Weather Service will chat about the Great Halloween Blizzard of ten years ago.	View the clip
Working on the School Levy Governor Ventura takes on school officials. Our Mary Lahammer reports on two of the record number of school bonding requests this fall.	View the clip
Green Revolution The Green Revolution was the brainchild of U of M plant geneticist Norman Borlaug. A generation later, how is the green revolution doing? TPT's Fred de Sam Lazaro recently went to India to find out. It's all part of our Small World population project.	View the clip
More Blizzard Memories With J.G. and Craig.	View the clip
Voiceless and Vulnerable It was a big series in the Star Tribune... now it's a big topic on Almanac. We gather a large group to react to the Strib's series of articles about troubles within Minnesota's group home industry caring for developmentally disabled adults.	View the clip
The Wrapup Fun history questions... lively viewer comments... cool Minnesota music. What else could you want?	View the clip

Entire Almanac for November 9, 2001	Watch the show
Contraction Pains Domnic Papatola is the guy feeling them.	View the clip
We're Talking Baseball Who isn't? We have a couch full of big league thinkers. Attorney General Mike Hatch. State Senator John Marty. Sports Facilities Commission member Dick Johnson. Super Fan activist Joe Marble.	View the clip
Meet the New Mayors R. T. Rybak and Randy Kelly are the subject of Mary Lahammer's report.	View the clip
Lunch with Casey Meet Roger Awsumb ("Casey Jones")is the newest member of the Minnesota Broadcasters Hall of Fame. If we're nice, Casey may even have a musical surprise.	View the clip
Kate DiCamillo This Minnesota writer is up for a National Book Award next week in New York. She's nominated for her second children's book: "The Tiger Rising."	View the clip
Politix There was a lot Tuesday and we'll cover it all with representatives of the DFL, Republican, Green and Independence Parties.	View the clip
The Wrapup History questions... viewer comments... Minnesota music. And a plug for our show next Tuesday night at 8:30 pm. "Minnesota Prepares: A Statewide Briefing" featuring addresses by Governor Ventura and state commissioners.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for November 16, 2001	Watch the show
That Big Twins Meeting Friday We'll hear from people who were there. Finance Commissioner Pam Wheelock and trial attorney Mike Ciresi join us on the couch.	View the clip
Holiday Cooking D'Amico's is source of our holiday recipes this year. And it's J. G. Preston's job to not stick his fingers in the food.	View the clip
Becky Lourey She's a DFLer and she wants to be your governor. Lourey is the lastest in a series of profiles by Mary Lahammer on candidates of all parties running for governor.	View the clip
Thanksgiving Weather Forecast The weather it is a changin' At least that's what WCCO TV weather guru Paul Douglas thinks.	View the clip
Global Population TPT's Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from India and Thailand about their very different approach to family planning. After Fred's report, U of M professor David Faust talks about these issues.	View the clip
More Holiday Cooking J.G. Preston is back with more D'Amico's cooking.	View the clip
An Old-Timer's Political Panel Don't tell them we called them old-timers. Former lawmakers grapple with the Twins issue... and the looming state budget shortfall.	View the clip
The Wrapup Yeah, we have the usual history questions. But the highlight of the wrapup this week is viewer testimonials to Casey Jones.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for November 30, 2001	Watch the show
Remembering George Harrison Especially that 1965 concert at Met Stadium. Local music writer Julian West is our guest.	View the clip
Truffle Treasures How's your chocolate dipping technique. We'll help you improve it through the help of Brian McElrath with B. T. Chocolatier.	View the clip
Twin Twin Plans City coucil leaders from Minneapolis and St. Paul join us to discuss their plans for a new Twins stadium. Paul Ostrow is a Minneapolis city council member. Chris Coleman is a St.Paul council member.	View the clip
Hardwood Heroes Do you want to know about the history of Basketball in our state? Ross Bernstein is the guy for you to meet. He's the author of the book "Hardwood Heroes" available at a bookstore near you.	View the clip
Shavetail Do you know what a shavetail is? Bill Devitt does. Bill was a lieutenant in World War II. The retired St. Paul resident has written a book about his wartime experiences on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Mary Lahammer brings us more.	View the clip
Teen Study The State Department of Health has new survey numbers about the health of junior and senior high students here. Commissioner Jan Malcolm joins us.	View the clip
Almanac's All Star Defense Attorney Panel Military tribunals... the Sara Jane Olson mess... not to mention privacy issues raised by having classmates grade your school papers. Lots of reasons for a return visit by our panel of legal eagles.	View the clip
The Wrapup Fun history... viewer comments... and show-ending music by Woody Herman and his orchestra.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 7, 2001	Watch the show
Nearly Two Billion in the Red Find out the latest about our state's really big budget shortfall. Mary Lahammer has a report of the week's big doings.	View the clip
What To Do?? Two citizen tax groups square off about what to do to make up the budget shortfall. David Strom is with the Taxpayers League of Minnesota. Wayne Cox toils for the group Minnsota Citizens for Tax Justice.	View the clip
Holiday Music with the Steeles!! Five, count them, five members of the musical Steeles family join us to bring holiday cheer. The Steeles will be performing their annual holiday concert on Friday December 14 at Minneapolis' State Theatre.	View the clip
Sports with Fitzy Larry Fitzgerald with the Minnesota Spokesman newspaper and the host of the Denny Green Radio Show comes back for one of his regular Almanac sports chats.	View the clip
More Music from the Steeles Live from Studio B.	View the clip
Prosecutors React to September 11 Last week we got a defense attorney perspective on the events of September 11. This week we hear from U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger and F.B.I. Special Agent Colleen Rowley.	View the clip
One Final Steeles Tune To take us all home.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 14, 2001	Watch the show
Gopher Woes Find out about the money troubles with the Men's and Women's Athletic Departments at the U of M. Tonya Moten Brown authored a report this week on the problem. She's a U of M VP.	View the clip
Hizz Honors The mayors elect in Minneapolis and St. Paul sit down on the Almanac couch together for the first time. R. T. Rybak and Randy Kelly are our guests.	View the clip
Ramadan The Osama Bin Laden tape was released this week. We'll talk about this and the end of Ramadan with Dr. Fatma Reda who teaches medicine at the U of M. She is also active in the Twin Cities Muslim community.	View the clip
Holiday Food Shelf Troubles How are food shelves doing this holiday season in the wake of September 11? We'll find out from R. Jane Brown with the Second Harvest Heartland foodbank network. Find out more at the group's website: www.2harvest.org	View the clip
Lookin' Ahead to the Session Mary Lahammer gives a preview of the legislative session. You'll get to hear the provocative comments made Thursday by Governor Ventura.	View the clip
The Panel Our political panel looks ahead too. D. J. Leary and Sarah Janecek are joined by first-timer Stan Donnelly.	View the clip
The Wrapup Fun history questions... your take on Randy Moss... and some show-ending groovy holiday music by Butch Thompson.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 21, 2001	Watch the show
The Funniest Christmas Pageant Ever... ... according to Dominic Papatola.	View the clip
A Mild Recession?? Sung Won Sohn from Wells Fargo gives us his economic forecast for 2002. And he's predicting a milder recession than some economists.	View the clip
State of the Arts Kevin McCollum, Head of the Ordway Center, talks about how arts organizations are faring.	View the clip
A Wild Year of Politics Mary Lahammer is your guide through the high and lowlights from this year in Minnesota politics. This is part one of two.	View the clip
Weather with Doug Winter started at 1:21 Friday afternoon. Paul Douglas joins us to talk about the warm fall just ended... and our prospects for a White Christmas.	View the clip
A Christmas Carol A chat and performance by Gerald Charles Dickens. Yeah, he's related to the famed author. Gerald is the great great grandson of Charles Dickens.	View the clip
Year of Politics in Review Part two of Mary's highlights from the past year.	View the clip
Former Lawmakers Panel Dee Long... Alan Spear... Fritz Knaak... and Linda Runbeck talk politics.	View the clip
The Wrapup The highlight of tonight's wrapup is J. G. Preston's rendition of Blue Xmas. It's an Almanac holiday tradition. Don't ask why.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 28, 2001	Watch the show
Almanac News Quiz!!
It's fun... it's wacky... heck, it's even informative!! Join Eric and Cathy and J.G. and Mary (and her dad) as two teams of contestants spar for the glory of their cities. Minneapolis is represented by R. T. Rybak, Paul Magers and Jan Smaby. Competing for the honor of St. Paul are William Finney, Harris Faulkner and Steve Sviggum. Get ready to ring your buzzers at home as you play along.