"Mary Hanson is one of the best interviewers in the business." (Michael Osterholm, University of MN epidemiologist)

"The interview with Mary was easily, by any standard, the best interview I have had apropos the book." (The late Jim Shannon, former President of St. Thomas University)

"Mary Hanson is an extraordinary interviewer. She helped me shine!" (James Bryer, Ph.D., psychologist)

SCHEDULES

• tpt - MN Channel - For schedule click here or see below
• Channel 6 - For schedule click here or see below
• Other channels - For information click here or see below

Public Television - tpt 2.2 The Minnesota Channel

The MN Channel of tpt is found on Channel 2-2 (digital/over the air); 202 for Comcast subscribers in Minneapolis, Bloomington, St. Louis Park, Shakopee, Southwest; 243 for Comcast in St. Paul, Anoka, Centerville, Columbia Heights, Eagan, Burnsville, Fridley, Hastings, Northwest, Roseville, Washington Co., White Bear Lake; 102 for Mediacom; 396 for Charter; 17-2 for DIRECTV. Dish - NA. For out-state viewers: the MN Channel is available on your local PBS station. Call tpt at 651-229-1330 for more specific information or assistance.

• April 21 Servant Leadership
  Guest: James Sipe, PhD, LP, consultant and author of Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership
• April 28 Roger Hale on Leadership
  Guest: Chair of the Board of Directors of Ploughshares Fund and former CEO of the Tennant Company
• May 5 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
  Guests: Coralie Pederson, MSN, RN, WHNP, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and Alissa Light, Executive Director, Family Tree Clinic
• May 12 MS: A Syndrome with Many Faces
  Guest: Gary Birnbaum, MD, Director, Multiple Sclerosis Research and Treatment Center, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology
• May 19 Bullying: A Community Health Issue
  Guests: Julie Hertzog, Director of PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center and Alec Fischer, anti bullying youth advocate
• May 26 Sleep, Mysterious Sleep
  Guest: Michael Cramer Bornemann, MD, D-ABSM, Co-Director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center

Special thanks to Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, to individual supporters for their generosity, to Novo Nordisk, and to the MS Association of America for making these winter/spring programs possible. (Please see last month's schedule for listing of underwriters for the "Understanding Depression" series.) Thanks also to our wonderful crew for working as a team to produce this show.

The Metro Cable Network, Channel 6 (MCN) - Mondays @ 9 PM

(Channel 6 reaches the entire seven county area)

• April 16 MN Teacher of the Year (2010)
  Guest: Ryan Vernosh, 6th grade teacher at Maxfield Elementary in St. Paul
• April 23 The US Dakota War of 1862
  Guest: Candace Simar, MN author of Pomme de Terre describing the largest Indian war in US History
• April 30 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  Guests: Coralie Pederson, MSN, RN, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and Alissa Light, Executive Director, both from Family Tree Clinic in St. Paul
• May 7 Servant Leadership
  Guest: James W. Sipe, PhD, LP, consultant and author of The Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership
• May 14 MS: A Syndrome with Many Faces
  Guest: Gary Birnbaum, MD, Director, The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Treatment Center, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology
• May 21 Bullying: A Community Health Issue
  Guest: Julie Hertzog, Director of PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center and Alec Fischer, youth advocate against bullying
• May 28 The Challenge of Intimacy
  Guest: James Bryer, therapist in private practice in St. Cloud, MN
• June 4 Roger Hale on Leadership
  Guest: Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ploughshares Fund and former CEO of the Tennant Company