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.
November 3, 1993 - MPR’s Tom Fudge reports that supporters and new Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton celebrate her victory and are grateful for the City of Minneapolis. On the other side, supporters of John Derus say that there will be a lot of change now that Minneapolis is under Sayles Belton's leadership.
November 3, 1993 - MPR’s Tom Fudge looks at what kind of mayor Minneapolis has with incoming Sharon Sayles Belton taking on the leadership role. Segment includes commentary from Sayles Belton herself and others.
November 9, 1993 - An All Things Considered interview with English science fiction author Douglas Adams about his humorous Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book series. Adams shares anecdotes from his writing process.
December 29, 1993 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews local writer Joan Nyberg about her book, A Rustling of Wings: An Angelic Guide to the Twin Cities.
December 31, 1993 - Resident commentator Susan Berkson pitches New Year's Resolution Trust Corporation (aka RTC).
February 24, 1994 - MPR’s John Rabe profiles playwright and performer Kevin Kling and his play, The Ice Fishing Play. Segment includes interview with Kling and performance excerpts.
March 31, 1994 - MPR’s Eaun Kerr profiles the Illusion Theater production of Hard Times Come Again No More, a play based on the writings by Meridel Le Sueur. Segment includes interviews and performance clips.
April 4, 1994 - Baseball analyst and commentator Gary Gillette gives an assessment how the Minnesota Twins 1994 Major League Baseball season will play out. Gillette considers it a rebuilding year for the team.
April 5, 1994 - Twin Cities native and author Susan Carol Hauser shares an essay on the experience of growing older.
May 24, 1994 - All Things Considered’s John Rabe interviews educator Rosemary Christensen, a founder of the National Indian Education Association, about preserving and protecting Ojibwe culture and language. Christensen sees these efforts as key to strengthening the Ojibwe family structure.