Weekend Edition (Regional Edition) is an MPR News segment series that runs as a companion to broadcasts of NPR’s Weekend Edition. As a regional version, the series highlights local news, commentary, profiles, and reports.
September 12, 1992 - Pop culture expert and historian Karal Ann Marling comments about political climate and debate of the American kitchen.
September 19, 1992 - A Weekend Edition interview about censorship in Minnesota schools with a member of People For the American Way. Banned books discussed are The Witches by Roald Dahl and Swan Lake by Margot Fonteyn.
September 19, 1992 - Weekend Edition’s Jim Wishner interviews Steven Gillon, author of The Democrats' Dilemma: Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy. Gillon discusses and reads from his book.
March 13, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on the difficulty to prosecute child abuse on Red Lake and other Indian reservations. On most reservations, state criminal laws don’t apply. The federal government is responsible for prosecuting serious cries under federal law. While child sex abuse is prohibited under federal law, child physical abuse is not.
April 24, 1993 - MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports on concerns over the catching and eating of contaminated fish in Minnesota waters. Many in the Southeast Asian communities continue a tradition of fishing for food, but are unaware of the dangers of contamination in the waters of Minnesota lakes and rivers.
April 24, 1993 - An unknown girl speaks on her thoughts on women having the opportunity to serve in the military, including combat positions.
June 17, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil visits Chandler on the anniversary of a major tornado that devastated the town and surrounding area. Steil details the recovery efforts in past year and remembrance on what was lost.
October 30, 1993 - Famed horror writer Clive Barker reads his short story The Departed, which concerns the tale of a dead woman who can visit the living on Halloween.
January 22, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with American composer Dominick Argento about his opera The Dream of Valentino, a chronicle of the life of silent movie star Rudolph Valentino.
February 5, 1994 - Jay Weiner, Weekend Edition’s sports commentator and sportswriter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, comments on what is behind the public announcement by Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad that he is interested in selling team.