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.
June 16, 1993 - MPR’s Karen Boothe interviews poet and editor Carolyn Forché, who shares insights into putting together Against Forgetting: Twentieth-century Poetry of Witness, an anthology of 140 poets writing on war, torture, exile, and repression.
July 9, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly profiles the Fine Printers Finely Bound Too exhibit at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. the event highlights the art and work involved in creating a fine bound volume.
August 3, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports from Garrison, Minnesota, where the finishing touches on the new Blue Goose Tavern are being completed. The tavern was a storied establishment for 70 years before an arsonist burned it down. The “new” Blue Goose hopes to restore its perch as a go-to for locals and Mille Lacs Lake visitors alike.
August 10, 1993 - Two All Things Considered cuts of American writer Joyce Carol Oates. The first is interview excerpt about her book, Foxfire. The second is a short reading from book.
August 20, 1993 - All Things Considered’s Paula Schroeder interviews C. John Egan, author of Drop Him Till He Dies: The Twisted Tragedy of Immigrant Homesteader Thomas Egan. Thomas Egan was hanged in South Dakota for the murder of his wife. Over a hundred years later, his great-grandson wrote this book to make a record of Thomas Egan's innocence.
August 26, 1993 - Author Steve Chapple shares his fascination with the land of Montana and writing Kayaking the Full Moon: A Journey Down the Yellowstone River to the Soul of Montana.
October 1, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy interviews a novelist about how her personal family experience with Alzheimer's Disease influenced writing her book.
October 11, 1993 - All Things Considered’s Mike Mulcahy interviews journalist and writer John A. Byrne about the book he co-authored, The Whiz Kids: The Founding Fathers of American Business - and the Legacy They Left Us. The book details 10 former U.S. Army Air Forces officers who revolutionized post-World War II American business, particularly at Ford Motor Company.
October 12, 1993 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele interviews Chilean writer Isabel Allende. The two discuss Allende’s novels and personal life experience.
October 29, 1993 - MPR’s Marianne Combs tours the Gibbs Farm Museum, where guide Ann Bruggeman tells a group of children about the Samhain and Celtic traditions behind items many know as Halloween related.