Voices of Minnesota, a long-running MPR series, highlights the many interesting voices that make up the people and history of Minnesota. It has appeared on Mid-Morning, MPR, Midday, and News Feature broadcasts in short form, and part of Midday hour programming in long form. Over the years, MPR’s Dan Olson, Gary Eichten, and numerous others, produced hundreds of fascinating interviews from the land of 10,000 Lakes.
August 14, 1995 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, Voices of Minnesota featuring Al Quie, former governor and congressman and Freya Manfred, daughter of author Frederick Manfred on editing final book Black Earth.
August 21, 1995 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota; Matt Little, author Susan Taylor Chehak on her new novel Smithereens, and NPR's Patricia Neighmond on ehrlichiosis.
October 2, 1995 - Ann Bancroft talks with MPR’s Stephen Smith about her life as an adventurer. She has accomplished much in her career including that she was the first woman to go to the North Pole and was the first woman to go across the ice to the South Pole.
October 2, 1995 - Ann Bancroft talks with MPR’s Stephen Smith about her life as an adventurer. She has accomplished much in her career including that she was the first woman to go to the North Pole and was the first woman to go across the ice to the South Pole.
October 2, 1995 - Ann Bancroft talks with MPR’s Stephen Smith about her life as an adventurer. She has accomplished much in her career including that she was the first woman to go to the North Pole and was the first woman to go across the ice to the South Pole.
October 2, 1995 - Ann Bancroft talks with MPR’s Stephen Smith about her life as an adventurer. She has accomplished much in her career including that she was the first woman to go to the North Pole and was the first woman to go across the ice to the South Pole.
October 9, 1995 - Part 1 of 2 of Garland Wright's interview for Voices of Minnesota. Wright was an actor and the long-time artistic director at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and spoke about his theatrical career.
October 9, 1995 - Part 2 of 2 of Garland Wright's interview for Voices of Minnesota. Wright was an actor and the long-time artistic director at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and spoke about his theatrical career.
October 13, 1995 - "Falcon, Eagle, Snake" by Barton Sutter. Essay later collected in "Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map" by Barton Sutter, published October 1998 by University of Minnesota Press.
October 16, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with Earl Bakken on his career and the creation of the pacemaker. Part 2 of 2.