September 27, 1991 - Maurice Strong, the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Strong’s address was titled, “Sustainable Development: A Partnership of Environment and Economics.” Topics include global warming and ozone layer. Following speech, Strong 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 21, 1991 - David Elwood, a professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, speaking at the Earle Brown Center at the University of Minnesota. Elwood’s address was on problems of the poor and disadvantaged. After speech, Elwood answered audience questions. Elwood is author of the book, "Poor Support".
October 25, 1991 - Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, discusses the damaging developments of the soviet economy, and possibility of future loose confederation of the splintering Soviet republics as an economic power. Smith has been a New York Times journalist and foreign correspondent from the Soviet Union and around the world for 26 years. Hedrick Smith has updated his book, "The New Russians", to include several new chapters on the failed Soviet Coup and its aftermath. He is currently a fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
January 1, 1992 - On this New Year’s Day, Karal Ann Marling, Kiki Sonnen, and Vernon Bellecourt provide their thoughts on what they see for 1992.
January 1, 1992 - On this New Year’s Day, Randall Davidson, Rudy Boschwitz, and Carol Bly provide their thoughts on what they see for 1992.
January 1, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews former Minnesota U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy, who discusses his 1992 presidential campaign.
January 3, 1992 - Joe Follansbee provides his impressions of Jeffry Friedman’s Debt, Development, and Democracy, which analyzes the different paths Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela took to similar external financial conditions.
January 23, 1992 - Commentary on how a peace conversion to a new Minnesota economy will affect the state.
February 27, 1992 - Midmonring’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Tia Henry-Minus about cutbacks to Minnesota Literacy Council and the negative effects to local community feared.
March 9, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries…America's Heritage: Preserving Our History, about cultural centers and the new National Museum of the American Indian; and Rebuilding our Nations, a documentary about Native American economic development projects.