All Things Considered is a comprehensive source for afternoon news and information provided by various MPR hosts in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington over the decades. The program contains interviews, reports, speeches and breaking coverage.
October 21, 1992 - Curt Johnson, senior advisor to Governor Arne Carlson, talks about planned meeting with Governor and city mayors. With a struggling state economy, crime, safety, and funds to support cities are topics of discussion.
October 27, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews member of Heart of the Beast, a performing arts theater in Minneapolis, about receiving money from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support non-traditional projects and audiences.
November 17, 1992 - Kerry Spicer vice-chair of Minnesota Independence Party, discusses future of organization and candidates. Spicer is in D.C. for meetings on a national party.
November 23, 1992 - An All Things Considered interview with Saturday Night Live star Al Franken about I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!, his self-Help spoof book. The comedian also comments on finding satire in political figures.
November 30, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Paula Schroeder interviews a local school board member about an appeal on whether or not to remove Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline from public school curriculum.
December 4, 1992 - MPR’s Donna Nicholson reports on “The Way Life Is, Street Views from Downtown Saint Paul,” a newspaper created by homeless individuals in St. Paul. The paper provides a glimpse of who the homeless are and offers insights into their life experiences.
December 16, 1992 - Bob Terry shares his takeaway of Leadership Jazz: The Essential Elements of a Great Leader, a business book by American businessman Max De Pree. The title has been touted by President-elect Bill Clinton.
January 13, 1993 - A conversation with poet and literary critic Dana Gioia, author of Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture. Gioia describes the slowing interest on poetry in popular culture.
January 27, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews documentarian Kristian Berg about his film, The Dakota Conflict. The film, aired on KTCA-TV, focuses on the events before and after the Lakota War against colonizers in 1862.
February 9, 1993 - All Things Considered’s Paula Schroeder interviews Charlotte Nekola, author of Dream House: A Memoir. Sement includes a reading by Nekola.