March 9, 1992 - Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser comments on news that Tom Harkin has quit presidential race. Fraser expresses his view that the 1992 Democratic candidates all sound alike and that voters are less engaged.
March 9, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy presents a report on Healthright, a state health insurance plan being strategized at the State Capitol. The plan would assist the uninsured working poor.
March 10, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Paul Ogren, House representative for District 14A, about the health care bill running through the State Capitol. The bill would open up insurance options to the working poor through state dollars and caps on the health industry charges.
March 11, 1992 - Skip Humphrey answers listener questions about crime, consumer protection and other issues
March 12, 1992 - Toni McNaron, professor of English and Women's Studies at University of Minnesota, discusses her book, I Dwell in Possibility: A Memoir. McNaron recalls early life with her mother and racist/lesbophobic atmosphere in the South.
March 13, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland episode, MPR’s Marlana Benzie-Lourey talks with central Minnesota poet Nancy Paddock about the growing popularity of poetry, teaching workshops at nursing home, and the different types of poems. Paddock also reads numerous poems.
March 13, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with Nancy Ziegenmeyer about her book, Taking Back My Life. The book, and a subsequent TV movie, addresses Ziegenmeyer’s experience of being a rape victim and it’s aftermath. Ziegenmeyer now acts as an advocate for others that have gone through ordeal.
March 14, 1992 - Weekend Edition’s Jim Wishner interviews Scott Morgan, co-author of an annual book published that provides state rankings. Various detailed rankings, including voting percentage, married couples percentage of households, and AIDS rate are highlighted.
March 16, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries…Education: Learning to Fix Our World, about how Native Americans are taking control of their own educational systems through curriculum design to preservation of language; and A Visit to the Chief Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, Dan Olson's documentary on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation school in Northern Minnesota.
March 17, 1992 - Sports commentator Howard Sinker looks at the Detroit Tigers trading pitcher John Smiley to the Minnesota Twins.