A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
Click here for specific content for Midday, and All Things Considered.
May 13, 1992 -
May 14, 1992 - An All Things Considered interview about the complex nature of freeways in the Twin Cities. Interviewee states the benefits of faster transportation avenues to suburbs is countered with risk to the vitality of local neighborhoods within Minneapolis and St. Paul.
May 14, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele interviews director Julia Carey and actor Don T. Maseng about Little Theater production of Ron Hutchinson’s Rat in the Skull. The play explores the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland through a tense interrogation between a Protestant RUC officer and a Catholic IRA bomber.
May 14, 1992 -
May 14, 1992 - Rodney King Los Angeles riots
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May 14, 1992 -
May 15, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles the Playwrights' Center, as it celebrates 20 years fostering plays in Minneapolis. Segment includes numerous playwrights and artists reflecting on the importance of the organization to the arts community.
May 15, 1992 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, MPR’s Marlana Benzie-Lourey talks with central Minnesota poet Jerry Hansen about his time serving during the Vietnam War and his poetry about that experience. Hansen also reads numerous poems.
May 15, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews American travel writer Terry Pindell about aspects of Canada. Pindell also discusses his book, Last Train to Toronto: A Canadian Rail Odyssey.