May 1, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe visits the Cass Lake-Bena School District in northern Minnesota and has this report on alternative education programs. Reabe interviews students and educators about ALC’s benefits to some.
May 13, 1996 - Midday puts the focus on education as MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews David Berliner, professor at Arizona State University and author of the book The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools. Berliner also answers listener questions.
May 15, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter caught up with the Rolling Plains Gallery as it made a stop on Minnesota's Iron Range. The mobile art gallery has paintings bolted to the inside of a semi trailer. The Plains Art Museum in Fargo saw it as a unique solution to the problem of art galleries being few and far between in rural Minnesota, where residents don't often get to see works by professional artists.
May 17, 1996 - Pam Schomaker, survey manager of Minnesota Center for Survey Research at the University of Minnesota, discusses latest on research, data…and misinformation.
May 27, 1996 -
July 1, 1996 - Part 1 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Mary West, professor emeritus of the violin at the University of Minnesota and MacPhail Center for Music.
July 1, 1996 - Part 2 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Mary West, professor emeritus of the violin at the University of Minnesota and MacPhail Center for Music.
July 1, 1996 - Mark Rotenberg, University of Minnesota general counsel on Supreme Court affirmative action and how it could affect U of M admissions.
July 10, 1996 - Midday talks with University of Minnesota President Nils Hasselmo. Topics include talks on debate over closure of general college idea, tenure rules, and campus security. Hasselmo also answers listener questions.
August 6, 1996 -