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.
May 30, 1994 - Professor and author Suzanne Bunkers talks about All Will Yet Be Well: The Diary of Sarah Gillespie Huftalen, 1873-1952, a book she edited about the Iowa farm girl who became an impactful educator. Huftalen was credited for bringing country school teachers into the Iowa State Teachers' Association.
June 3, 1994 - Local playwright Syl Jones provides commentary on the Buffalo Soldiers stamp controversy. As a person of both Black and Native ancestry, he shares a very personal perspective.
June 10, 1994 - MPR’s Martin Kaste reports on a press conference by the Army Corp of Engineers where they detail items recovered while searching for barrels dumped into Lake Superior decades ago.
June 27, 1994 - MPR’s John Rabe talks with Toni McNaron, author and University of Minnesota professor, about the next challenges in gay and lesbian community after recent successes. McNaron also shares her thoughts on overcoming prejudice, building inclusion, and creating change that allows for lesbian and gay people feeling that they can come out.
June 29, 1994 - Playwright and writer Syl Jones comments on media, O. J. Simpson, and summer.
July 7, 1994 - MPR’s Joe Follansbee profiles student Lauren Gilchrist as she prepares A Woman in the Holocaust, a play that focuses on the experience of a 19-year-old Czechoslovakian woman named Elizabeth Mermelstein who survived the Holocaust and came to the United States.
July 26, 1994 - An All Things Considered interview with Minnesota naturalist writers Mike Link and Kate Crowley, co-authors of Following the Pack: The World of Wolf Research. The book compiles views on the future of wolves from 20 renowned wolf researchers.
August 4, 1994 - MPR’s Lorna Benson profiles Kent Hrbek, the Minnesota Twins veteran star, who is retiring after 14 years with the team. In those years, he became a power hitter, a stellar defensive player, and a fan favorite. He retires with two Major League baseball World Series rings.
August 11, 1994 - An All Things Considered conversation with Sekou Sundiata, a poet and playwright; and Rhodessa Jones, a director, teacher, and writer about capturing culture in art and enlightening youth.
August 12, 1994 - MPR’s Tom Fudge reports on Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton’s first city budget presented to the Minneapolis City Council. Rather a detailed plan, Belton highlighted statements and goals, with a focus on spending cuts and no additional property taxes.