February 16, 1995 - Nadine Strossen, president of American Civil Liberties Union, discusses her book "Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights" and the subject of pornography in relation to law and community. Strossen also answers listener questions.
February 27, 1995 - Mitch Pearlstein, president of the Center of the American Experiment; and Steven Zachary, director of Minnesota Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, discuss the political and social debate regarding affirmative action. Pearlstein and Zachary also answer listener questions.
March 24, 1995 - On this Midday, Robert Olson, the new Minneapolis police chief, discusses the job and the department. Topics include violent crime, community, domestic abuse, and diversity in the force. Olson also answers listener questions.
April 24, 1995 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on a proposal to use parts of Camp Ripley as a prison site to assist in easing overcrowding issues in the state prison system. Local opinion seems open to the idea.
April 26, 1995 - Attorney General Skip Humphrey comments on U.S. Supreme Court ruling that threw out a federal law that bans a guns from 1,000 ft of school grounds. Humphrey notes that there is a state law in place that is still in effect.
May 31, 1995 - As part of the Voices of Minnesota series, MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews former Federal Judge Miles Lord, who talks about judicial temperament, politics, and his post judgeship as a personal injury attorney. Lord says he is in excellent health and having a very good time.
July 7, 1995 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki spends time with a police unit as they stake out and raid a suspected heroin house in North Minneapolis. Stawicki gives an audio description of the events.
August 19, 1995 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on Minnesota Department of Human Rights, and the concerns from former staff member that department is failing in it’s purpose. Roberts interviews numerous officials about state of department.
August 30, 1995 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews Mark Jarboe, attorney and head of Dorsey & Whitney’s Indian Law department, about American Indian law sovereignty.
September 20, 1995 - Matthew Little, former president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP; Curt Johnson, chair of the Metropolitan Council and Minneapolis State; and Larry Pogemiller, Minnesota state senator, discuss the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's lawsuit against the state of Minnesota involving school desegregation.