December 4, 1995 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Joe Dowling, the Artistic Director for the Guthrie Theate, and Dr. Maxine Harris studies how a parent's death affects a child in "The Loss That Is Forever".
December 9, 1995 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger profiles mincemeat, and the lack of love for it in contemporay American appetite. Enger looks at the history of this unique pie.
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December 14, 1995 - An interview with Minneosta poet Robert Bly about his book “Soul Poems.” Bly reads various poets from book collection.
December 18, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with Lou Bellamy, director of the Penumbra Theatre. MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Bellamy about family and growing up in St. Paul.
December 18, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with Lou Bellamy, director of the Penumbra Theatre. MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Bellamy about race and the arts.
December 22, 1995 - Author Michelle Edwards reads a Chanukah story about a young Jewish boy in wartime occupied France.
December 22, 1995 - MPR’s Euan Kerr reports on news of a record deal for Aaron Jay Kernis, a composer in residence at The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Kernis has signed an exclusive 5-year recording contract with the British label, Argo Records. He sees the contract as a commitment by the label to contemporary classical music.
December 26, 1995 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger profiles Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud, and highlights the North Dakota author’s last incomplete book, “Close the Door Gently.” Enger visits his wife, Beverly, who reminisces about their life and work.
January 1, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning features Voices of Minnesota with Oscar Howard, founder of Meals on Wheels, and Lt. Colonel Donald Arnold, Salvation Army Commander for Minnesota and North Dakota on the season's donations. It also includes NPR's Susan Stamberg on New York City's 21 Club, and Odd Jobs: Dick Heibel, snow globe repair.