The Weekly Monologue
Dominic Papatola is thinking about H1N1.

Health Care Debate Takes Over Airwaves
More than one hundred million dollars in health care ads have flooded American airwaves. We talk to leaders of state chapters of two of the leading spenders. Michele Kimball with AARP Minnesota and Bill Blazar with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce join Cathy and Eric on the couch.

Meet Sarah Hicks
She's the new pops conductor at the Minnesota Orchestra.

Kevin Diaz from Washington DC
Kevin is the capitol-based political correspondent for the Star Tribune. Each month he joins us by webcam to give us his take on what Minnesota's members of Congress are up to.

Candidates for Guv Square Off
This week the group Hunger Solutions sponsored the first bipartisan debate in the race for governor. Our Mary Lahammer was the moderator and has this report.

Blue Zones in Albert Lea
Can a town create habits of living and eating better and increase the life expectancy of its residents? That was the challenge that Albert Lea accepted this year. We hear how things went from Albert Lea Community Development head Bob Graham.

A Political Scientist Panel
We chat up the week's big political stories with a group of card-carrying political scientist PHDs. Larry Jacobs is with the U of M's Humphrey Institute. Steven Schier teaches politics at Carleton College. Stacy Hunter Hecht heads up the Political Science department at Bethel University.

The Wrapup
What Vike was on the cover of Sports Illustrated back in 1964? And what is the answer of this week's question about a famed player turned coach? Plus we hear your thoughts about our Viking Stadium discussion last week and hear a show-ending tune courtesy of John Gorka.