To hear the most recent speakers from the Telling River Stories public lecture series select from the menu below and click on the sound clip.

Telling River Stories public lecture series:

Oct. 2: "City Bridges--Imagined and Real," Judith Martin, U of M Urban Studies Program and "Dakota Speak of Rivers," Mona Smith, media artist, Minneapolis
Listen to sound clip, We Take Our Bridges for Granted  WAV | 1.3 MB
Listen to sound clip, Bridges and Development  WAV | 3.1 MB

Oct. 9: "Rebuilding Common Ground," R.T. Rybak, Mayor, City of Minneapolis
Listen to sound clip, Pay it Now or Pay it Later  MP3 | 1.7 MB
Listen to sound clip, Perspective MP3 | 2.6 MB
Listen to sound clip, Political Will MP3 | 2.1 MB

Oct. 16: "The Mississippi River As A National Park", Paul Labovitz, Superintendent, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minneapolis
Listen to sound clip, Three Forms of One Great River MP3 | 2.5 MB

Oct. 23: "Where Does The Water Actually Go? The Mississippi River Is A Connected Bio-Physical System," Christopher Paola, U of M, Earth Science Geology/Geophysics
Listen to sound clip, River Dynamics Not Part of Collapse WAV | 1.8 MB

Oct. 30: "Between Prairie and Sea: The Mississippi River As A Continental Transportation System," Hokan Miller, Upper River Services
Listen to sound clip, Improving the River for Transportation WAV | 2.4 MB
Listen to sound clip, Why Engineer the River? WAV | 1.2 MB

Nov. 6: "Rebuilding Common Ground," John Adams, Associate Dean, U of M Humphrey Institute
Listen to sound clip, Culture and Land Use WAV | 3.4 MB
Listen to sound clip, The Original Landscape WAV | 3.2 MB
Listen to sound clip, Connecting Rails and River WAV | 5.7 MB

Nov. 14--Wednesday: "The Design Of A New Bridge," Thomas Fisher, Dean, U of M College of Design
Listen to sound clip, Structural Forces in Bridge Design WAV | 3.4 MB
Listen to sound clip, Art in Bridge Design WAV | 8.3 MB
Listen to sound clip, Redundancy in Bridge Design WAV | 4.1 MB

Nov. 20: "Integrated Design: Sustainable Community," Lance Neckar, U of M Landscape Architecture
Listen to sound clip, Bridge Design as Process WAV | 3.1 MB