A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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May 3, 1991 - Minnesota Public Radio forum on "Mandatory AIDS Testing: The Issues Facing Health Care Workers and their Patients", held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, at the University of Minnesota.
May 8, 1991 - Kathy Keeley and Sue Davis on starting and running a business.
May 9, 1991 - Dr. Riffat Hassan, theologian and author, speaking at day-long seminar entitled, "The American Influence on Worship" held at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. Hassan’s address was on the topic "Muslims in America." After speech, Hasan answered audience questions. Dr. Hassan is chair of the Religious Studies Program at the University of Louisville. For the past 15 years, she has been an active participant in inter-faith dialogue. As a Muslim woman, Dr. Hassan's primary interest has been the common problems that Muslim women share with women across the world in all faiths.
May 13, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe visits the newly opened Grand Casino in Mille Lacs. The casino, built on reservation land by Twin Cities investors, guarantees over 50% of profits to the Mill Lacs Band and has dramatically improved the unemployment problem in area. The reservation has plans to expand with a much larger facility.
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May 20, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s John Biewen visits La Paysanne, a sheep milk production company outside of Hinkley, Minnesota. The cheeses made from sheep milk include feta and ricotta. The sheep dairy industry in the U.S. is a small market and a tough business to succeed at.
May 24, 1991 - Guthrie Theater actress Sally Wingert reads the Meridel Le Sueur essay, "I Was Marching.”
May 24, 1991 - MPR’s Marlana Benzie presents a report from Hibbing on the 50th birthday of former hometown resident Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as the legendary Bob Dylan.
June 10, 1991 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone about New York parade celebration of returning military from the Persian Gulf War. Wellstone says he hopes that it is a respect for military serviceman, and not also an attempt by Bush administration on glorification of militarism.
June 11, 1991 - Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. Caplan’s address was titled, "Ethics and Moral Issues Around Human Transplants." Dr. Caplan is a nationally recognized authority on ethical issues related to biotechnology, medical ethics, and health policy. He has written extensively on a wide range of topics pertaining to medical ethics.