January 7, 1994 - Pai Yang wrote a commentary for MPR about what happened when she left Minnesota and went to college at Harvard. Yang reflects on what it means to be Hmong.
January 10, 1994 - Chris Georgacas, party chair of the state Independent Republican party, talks of the IR’s strength and endorsements. Early primaries and Governor Carlson are also discussed.
January 11, 1994 - Curt Johnson, senior aide in Governor Carlson’s office, discusses a plan in front of State Board of Education on implementing school desegregation in metropolitan suburbs.
January 13, 1994 - U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone discusses his support for The Partnership for Peace, a program by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that aims to increase stability and security in the Euro-Atlantic region.
January 14, 1994 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, northern Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads his essay on recycling Christmas trees.
January 14, 1994 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews writer Connee Chivers about publishing the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Chivers also talks about her father Curtis Chivers and paper founder Cecil E. Newman.
January 15, 1994 - Playwright, director, actor, and storyteller Jim Stowell shares a Rio Grande story. He is a co-founder of The Minnesota Ensemble Theater and The Palace Theater.
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January 19, 1994 - MPR’s Euan Kerr profiles Twin Cities jazz singer Debbie Duncan. Segment includes interview with Duncan about her song repertoire and CD release.
January 22, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with American composer Dominick Argento about his opera The Dream of Valentino, a chronicle of the life of silent movie star Rudolph Valentino.