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.
September 18, 1996 - MPR’s Chris Roberts presents a story about the birth of a poet. 10-year-old Josh Tane, of St. Paul, would probably be the last to tell you that he deserves the title of "poet." But last year, to the amazement of his teacher and parents, Josh discovered his muse and wrote some remarkable poems.
September 19, 1996 - This election season Minnesota Public Radio is analyzing some of the television spots the U-S Senate candidates and their surrogates are using to influence voters. More than a dozen have aired since May...but only a few of those have come from the candidates themselves. Today Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Wareham looks at ads produced by the Boschwitz and Wellstone campaigns: Astute television viewers who read the "paid for" announcements at the end of political ads will notice ads produced by a candidate's own campaign have a softer tone than those coming from the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Minnesota DFL. Unlike the NRSC ads that call Paul Wellstone an 'ult
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September 20, 1996 - Voices from the Heartland presents poet Diane Glancy reading "Voices in Wind," a work about the land.
September 20, 1996 - This is a story, let's say it up front, about coonhounds. Now, any story about coonhounds is going to sound more like Mississippi than Minnesota; but the fact is, coonhound culture is thriving here.
September 23, 1996 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Garrison Keillor about famed St. Paul author F. Scott Fitzgeald. Keillor discusses Fitzgerald’s work and connection to the Midwest.
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September 23, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe speaks with Rochester resident Yascin Mohamed, an 18 year old who came to the city in 1994. Mohamed speaks about the discrimination and racism he has experienced in the city and his high school.
September 24, 1996 - All this week on Minnesota Public Radio, as part of our effort to help you get informed before you draw the curtain to the voting booth in November, we're looking at immigration and U-S foreign policy. Every day this week on All Things Considered, we're talking with a different immigrant who bring their point of view on U-S life and policies. Last night, we met a young Somali who lives in Rochester, and tomorrow night, we'll talk with a Hmong immigrant who just graduated from Carleton. Tonite, we meet a longtime legal alien -- 45-year old Ed Boyle, a native of Glasgow, Scotland. Boyle lives in the Twin Cities, and has been familiar with American culture since he came as a tourist in 1975. Boyle told me his biggest surprise was the racial makeup of the United States.
September 25, 1996 - MPR’s Todd Moe interviews Swedish folk fiddler Paul Dahlin, who was honored with a 1995 Heritage Fellowship Award. Dahlin, a Minneapolis native, discusses the efforts of the American Swedish Institute to preserve folk music.