MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
April 12, 1993 -
April 12, 1993 - Jerry Haaf
April 12, 1993 - Deborah Hedlund, Ed Harris, John Laux, Peter Erlinder, Robert Guevara, Corrine Erstad, Jordan Kushner
April 13, 1993 - American author and freelance journalist Russ Rymer talks about Genie: A Scientific Tragedy. His book is about the true story of Genie, a girl who suffered extreme abuse and isolation, leading to severe developmental and language deficits, and her subsequent exploitation by scientists studying language acquisition.
April 14, 1993 - W. Scott Olsen, Fargo-Moorhead author of the book, Meeting the Neighbors: Sketches of Life on the Northern Prairie, gives his impressions and insights of small-town America via research in rural western Minnesota.
April 14, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Larry Jacobs, assistant professor of political science at the University, about a Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press health survey that captured doctors views on American healthcare.
April 14, 1993 - American actor and author Gregory Alan Williams discusses directing his play adaptation of Evelyn Fairbanks’ The Days of Rondo book. The play is being staged at Great American History Theatre in St. Paul.
April 14, 1993 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal. The play is being staged at Frank Theatre in Minneapolis.
April 14, 1993 - Corporal Gary Blair was an officer killed on the streets of Oak Cliff in Dallas, Texas in a double shooting by Charles Tillis, Jr. Rodney Clark had written a three-page narrative recalling in minute detail the abusive manner in which Gary Blair dealt with the public. Mentions Rodney King and code of silence.
April 15, 1993 - St. Paul-based author, publisher, and advocate Monica O'Kane talks about her book, Hey Mom! I'm Home Again! Strategies for Parents and Grown Children Who Live Together.