December 11, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles General Vang Pao, a major general in the Royal Lao Army and a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. Segment includes interviews academics, supporters, critics, and General Vang Pao himself.
December 17, 1992 - Roger Knutson, professor of Biology at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, urges us to take a kinder, gentler view of the bugs that live on us with his book, Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You. It’s a hard sell.
December 17, 1992 - Minnesota author Deborah Stein talks about her book, Colors: Multicultural Inspirations for Growth and Recovery. The work is designed to support people in recovery through a lens of cultural diversity.
December 18, 1992 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota writer Douglas Wood reads from Paddle Whispers. Wood’s book is an inner journey to joy and meaning in nature…and in oneself.
December 18, 1992 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports on Dave Winfield signing to the Minnesota Twins. Winfield speaks at press conference about his desire to come back to Minnesota.
December 19, 1992 - Weekend Edition’s Jim Wishner talks with pop-culture expert Karal Ann Marling about the complicated concept of gift-giving during Christmas. Marling provides some advice on gift ideas.
December 19, 1992 - Thorunn Bjarnadottir shares her fondest Christmas memory from Minnesota. Back in 1989, Bjarnadottir and her friend Remy, both foreign students, hunted the cold northern landscape for a Christmas tree.
December 19, 1992 - Minnesota writer Lawrence Sutin reflects on the winter solstice and on humanity in the darkest days of year.
December 19, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Keith Antar Mason and the Los Angeles based Black theatrical company Mason founded, Hittite Empire. Mason speaks on Rodney King and LA riots.
December 23, 1992 - Nothando Zulu, a renowned master storyteller and local educator, tells a story about the cat and the dog. This particular story talks about the principle of Imani, which is faith and the principle of cooperative economics.