A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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February 18, 1993 - MPR’s Bill Catlin provides a summary on controversy over forced resignation of Dr. John Najarian at University of Minnesota and reactions of others at UMN Medical School.
February 19, 1993 - Howard Sinker, a local sports commenter, provides insight on the Twins pitching staff going into 1993 spring training.
February 22, 1993 - Dr. Beverly Coleman-Miller, president of a public health consulting firm called BCM Group, speaks at the Itasca Seminar, which was sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation. Coleman-Miller’s speech was on the topic and “epidemic” of violence in the United States. Topics include street crime, education, and guns.
February 23, 1993 - Kathryn Sullivan, NASA astronaut, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Sullivan’s address was titled "Looking at Earth: A Personal View from Orbit." Following speech, Sullivan answered audience questions. Sullivan is a veteran of three space flights and is the first U.S. woman to walk in space.
February 27, 1993 - On this Saturday Midday, Catherine Watson, travel editor for the Star Tribune, discusses travel and upcoming summer vacations. Topics include travel style, traveling with others, food, and accommodations. Watson also answer listener questions.
March 3, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil profiles the Zytec Corporation in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Steil interviews members of business about it’s non-traditional approach of worker self-management, an idea fostered by American business theorist W. Edwards Deming.
March 4, 1993 - Patricia Aburdene, author and public policy fellow at Radcliffe College, speaks to the Forum on Women in Leadership held at the College of St. Catherine.
March 4, 1993 - MPR’s Mary Losure visits an “urban” farm on the outskirts of Cottage Grove as it and other farms try to figure out how to survive as development sprawl and assessments loom.
March 5, 1993 - Pulitzer prize winner Oscar Hijuelos, a Minnesota murder, a cub reporter from the Daily Planet and other things are presented.
March 8, 1993 - Jacques Andreani, French ambassador, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Andreani’s address was on the topic of French, European and global economy. Following speech, Andreani answered audience questions. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.