December 18, 1992 - Art Rolnick, director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis talks about new banking regulations that some claim could cause a saving and loan-type banking collapse. He also talks about the controversy over the Northwest Airlines financial problems.
December 18, 1992 - Jim Miller, deputy commissioner at Minnesota Commerce Department, explains the new regulations for banking industry on all federally insured banks, including rules on under-capitalization.
December 29, 1992 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Julie Englebrecht on women in sports journalism. They discuss the lack of women in the field, getting in to the locker room, and Englebrecht’s new position as a sports journalist at the Star Tribune.
January 2, 1993 - On this Midday program, MPR’s Jim Wishner chats with University of Minnesota futurist Arthur Harkins about discuss trends for the mid-to-late 1990s...and beyond. Harkins also answers listener questions.
January 6, 1993 - Bernard Brommer, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations), discusses issues of concern to organized labor…including contract concessions, apprenticeship programs, and state budget problems.
January 14, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen reports that Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (Corporation) has pulled MECC software program “Freedom!” video game after criticism from students and schools, finding it racially inappropriate. The program simulates the attempt by African slaves to escape from an 1830s southern plantation via the Underground Railroad.
February 1, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with local Black journalists Robin Robinson, co-anchor at KTSP; Al McFarland, publisher of Insight News; and Suzanne Kelly, newsroom recruiter at the Star Tribune. The group discuss how Twin Cities media portray the Black community and state of work environment for Black professionals in the field.
February 12, 1993 - An interview on President Clinton’s tax proposal and how corporate tax hike will affect economy.
February 27, 1993 - On this Saturday Midday, Catherine Watson, travel editor for the Star Tribune, discusses travel and upcoming summer vacations. Topics include travel style, traveling with others, food, and accommodations. Watson also answer listener questions.
March 3, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil profiles the Zytec Corporation in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Steil interviews members of business about it’s non-traditional approach of worker self-management, an idea fostered by American business theorist W. Edwards Deming.