September 24, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio presents broadcast from the Meadowland Farmer's Co Op in Lamberton, Minnesota. The program focuses on how local area is dealing with the effects of flooding from the previous spring and summer, and the impact it is having on farms and the economy.
September 25, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Mario Diaz, a Cuban shoe cobbler in downtown St. Paul. The entrepreneur shares his thoughts on Minnesota culture, politics, and business.
September 25, 1993 - A Weekend Edition interview with about the demise of Artpaper, a monthly Twin Cities arts magazine. The publication came into existence in the early 1980s because local artists perceived a need for some vehicle of communication in the community.
September 30, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy talks with an author of book on ideas. The two discuss the creative concept and how it has to touch the consumer.
October 4, 1993 - MPR’s Leif Enger profiles the dire state of affairs for small town theatres in rural Minnesota. Enger visits the Rialto Theatre in Grand Rapids and The Chief Theatre in Bemidji to find two very different outcomes.
October 5, 1993 - General John M. Loh, commander of the Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Loh’s address was titled "A Government Office More Efficient Than Your Business... No Kidding." Following speech, Loh answered audience questions. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
October 9, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with author James Woods, author of The Corporate Closet: The Professional Lives of Gay Men in America. Woods details putting together the book and interviewing various people within the corporate world to gain insights.
October 11, 1993 - All Things Considered’s Mike Mulcahy interviews journalist and writer John A. Byrne about the book he co-authored, The Whiz Kids: The Founding Fathers of American Business - and the Legacy They Left Us. The book details 10 former U.S. Army Air Forces officers who revolutionized post-World War II American business, particularly at Ford Motor Company.
October 14, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Minnesota author Earl Pike about his book, We Are All Living With AIDS: How You Can Set Politics and Guidelines for the Workplace. Pike details a pathway for employees and employers to address the disease in a work environment.
October 18, 1993 - Bob Jobbins, editor of the BBC World Service News, answers questions from a University of Minnesota audience and from MPR listeners about developments in the Middle East, the process of gathering news from all over the world, and the influence of world news organizations like the BBC.