As a decades long staple to the listening audience, Morning Edition combines a host program in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, bringing news from overnight and information throughout the state and world. Programming includes reports and interviews.
November 1, 1993 - A reading from an anthology of poems, Mouth to Mouth: Poems by Twelve Contemporary Mexican Women, published in by Milkweed Editions. Excerpt is from an introductory narrative and poem written by poet Isabel Fraire.
November 10, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews local author Ron Handberg about his second thriller, Cry Vengeance: A Novel. Handberg also discusses his life after WCCO and new job at KTCA with NewsNight Minnesota.
December 23, 1993 - Robert Warde, professor in the Macalester University English department, presents a historical lens into British author Charles Dickens and the book character Ebenezer Scrooge. Segment includes cuts from A Christmas Carol.
December 24, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews screenwriter and Minnesota native Mark Steven Johnson about writing the screenplay for Grumpy Old Men. The film is set in Wabasha, Minnesota.
January 4, 1994 - MPR’s Tom Fudge tales a look at inauguration of Sharon Sayles Belton, the new Minneapolis mayor; and Jackie Cherryhomes, the new Minneapolis city council president.
February 4, 1994 - MPR’s Bob Potter completes a phone interview with Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad about his public announcement of interest to sell the team. Pohlad states the struggle of making money on a small market Major League Baseball team.
February 7, 1994 - Morning Edition’s Bob Potter interviews Minnesota writer Audrey Talkington, co-author of To Save a Child: Things You Can Do to Protect, Nurture and Teach Our Children.
February 24, 1994 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly interviews Kentuckian author Chris Offutt about The Same River Twice: A Memoir. Offutt’s book recounts his journey from Kentucky Appalachians through various odd jobs across America and becoming a father. Offutt spent time in Minneapolis.
March 8, 1994 - Morning Edition’s Bob Potter talks with John Lick, producer of KTCA Public Television’s Lost Twin Cities documentary.
March 23, 1994 - Morning Edition’s Bob Potter talks with Edina author Sandra Benitez, won the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers award for A Place Where the Sea Remembers. Benitez also reads from book.