December 16, 1993 - Paul Wellstone, Minnesota U.S. senator, discusses his fact-finding trip to the former Yugoslavia. Wellstone also answers listeners.
December 17, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota author Barton Sutter shares his essay, The History of Snow, which recounts a weather battles with snow…and a daughter.
December 22, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Minnesota first lady Susan Carlson about the Governor’s Mansion and cookbook she co-created, Minnesota Times and Tastes: Recipes and Menus Seasoned with History from the Minnesota Governor's Residence.
December 22, 1993 - Minnesota poet and author Bill Holm comments on a number of winter topics, from the sense of poverty on the farm, to the meaning behind lutefisk.
December 23, 1993 - MPR’s Euan Kerr profiles local Celtic band The Flash Girls. The duo, Emma Bull and Lorraine Garland, discuss their unique “semi-Celtic polite folk Riot grrrls” style, Neil Gaiman, and doughnuts.
December 23, 1993 - MPR’s Joe Follansbee reports from Rochester’s Federal Medical Center, where prisoners are preparing an annual production of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Follansbee interviews a few of the participants.
December 23, 1993 - Robert Warde, professor in the Macalester University English department, presents a historical lens into British author Charles Dickens and the book character Ebenezer Scrooge. Segment includes cuts from A Christmas Carol.
December 23, 1993 - Minnesota poet and author Bill Holm reflects on singing Christmas songs in his Lutheran childhood, with memories of the cold, tin ears, and a favorite carol.
December 24, 1993 - On this Christmas Eve Midday, listeners share Christmas stories and describe what the holiday means to them. Program also contains a reading and closes with holiday music.
December 24, 1993 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki profiles Jim Cummings, a local bookseller who has a passion for collecting diaries. Segment includes an interview with Cummings and select readings.