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    <title>Michigan Radio: Jack Lessenberry: Jack's Take Podcast</title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Daily interviews and essays about politics and current events with newspaper columnist Jack Lessenberry.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Getting It Done</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The legislature is still in session, and U of M's annual economic forecast indicates we've got more hard times ahead. Senior Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry has a suggestion as to how we might get beyond this.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:12 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The legislature is still in session, and U of M's annual economic forecast indicates we've got more hard times ahead. Senior Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry has a suggestion as to how we might get beyond this.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Rearranging the Deck Chairs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Governor Granholm is asking students to pressure state lawmakers to restore funding to the Michigan Promise Scholarship.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks we need to focus on the long-term problem of school funding...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Governor Granholm is asking students to pressure state lawmakers to restore funding to the Michigan Promise Scholarship.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks we need to focus on the long-term problem of school funding...]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>China Daze</title>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has just left China... and an increasing number of Michigan leaders have been making trips to that country in an aim to boost trade.   Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look behind the scenes...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:58 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[President Obama has just left China... and an increasing number of Michigan leaders have been making trips to that country in an aim to boost trade.   Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look behind the scenes...]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>Michigan,China,Governor Granholm,Tom Watkins,jobs,economy,trade,MR,Michigan Radio,Jack Lessenberry,Ann Arbor,</itunes:keywords>
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      <title>China Daze</title>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has just left China... and an increasing number of Michigan leaders have been making trips to that country in an aim to boost trade.   Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look behind the scenes...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:31:06 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[President Obama has just left China... and an increasing number of Michigan leaders have been making trips to that country in an aim to boost trade.   Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look behind the scenes...]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>3:16</itunes:duration>
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      <title>The Mayor and the Attorney General</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some Democrats think former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's legal problems may hurt Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry explains...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:36:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some Democrats think former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's legal problems may hurt Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry explains...]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>Michigan,Jack Lessenberry,Mike Cox,Kwame Kilpatrick,Party,Tamara Greene,MR,Michigan Radio,Jack Lessenberry,Ann Arbor,</itunes:keywords>
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      <title>Pay Back</title>
      <description><![CDATA[General Motors announced this morning that it intends to start paying its taxpayer loans back early. But Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks there's more to this deal than there seems...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:19:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[General Motors announced this morning that it intends to start paying its taxpayer loans back early. But Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks there's more to this deal than there seems...]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Past Forgetting</title>
      <description><![CDATA[They say that those who don't know the past are doomed to repeat it. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry worries that today's students know far less than they should.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:35:45 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.michiganradio.org/</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[They say that those who don't know the past are doomed to repeat it. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry worries that today's students know far less than they should.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Time for An Independent Governor?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent years, Maine and Minnesota have elected independent governors.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry wonders if it could happen here.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:04:18 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In recent years, Maine and Minnesota have elected independent governors.  Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry wonders if it could happen here.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Psychoceramics</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This year's budget was finally passed... but the governor has been urging a last-minute revenue increase to replace cuts to the public schools. Republicans, however, are refusing to consider it. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry looks at what's really going on.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:03:16 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This year's budget was finally passed... but the governor has been urging a last-minute revenue increase to replace cuts to the public schools. Republicans, however, are refusing to consider it. Michigan Radio's Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry looks at what's really going on.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Roads in Ruin</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A major new study shows that the state's roads are rapidly falling apart. Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at what's going on...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:32:17 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.michiganradio.org/</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A major new study shows that the state's roads are rapidly falling apart. Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at what's going on...]]></itunes:summary>
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