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 installment of Voices from the Heartland, 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.
March 18, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries - Shared Visions: Art, Music and Literature, reflections on cultural continuity by Native American artists, writers, dancers, and musicians; and Traditional Caring: Non-traditional Health Issues, a look at how Native Americans confront contemporary health concerns such as diabetes, alcoholism and AIDS with traditional healing practices.
March 19, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews John Olive about his play, Evelyn and the Polka King. The play features live polka music.
March 19, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with local poet and author Susan Marie Swanson about the changes in cultural subject matter within children books, with trend towards a depiction of diversity.