June 20, 1994 - A Midday broadcast of O Freedom Over Me, an MPR documentary that takes a look at Freedom Summer, 1964. American RadioWorks correspondent John Biewen interviews Freedom Summer veterans. Though their stories, he revisits the dramatic events of the Mississippi Summer and explores how the Summer helped shaped racial politics in America for years to come.
June 21, 1994 - MPR’s John Biewen and Kate Cavett, both producers of the documentary O Freedom Over Me, discuss excerpts, interviews, and outtakes that did not make it into final production. The documentary focused on the 30-year anniversary of Freedom Summer.
July 5, 1994 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Ray Jones, co-author of Great Lakes Lighthouses. Jones discusses his various books on the tower-like structures and highlights Minnesota’s Split Rock Lighthouse.
July 6, 1994 - 80-year-old Minnesotan Edith Mucke talks about publishing her first book, Beginning in Triumph. Mucke shares memories from the former unincorporated village in Martin County, Minnesota.
July 6, 1994 - On the 140th anniversary of Republican Party, Midday’s Gary Eichten chats with professor George H. Miller about the formation of the party in Ripon, Wisconsin.
July 7, 1994 - MPR’s Joe Follansbee profiles student Lauren Gilchrist as she prepares A Woman in the Holocaust, a play that focuses on the experience of a 19-year-old Czechoslovakian woman named Elizabeth Mermelstein who survived the Holocaust and came to the United States.
July 13, 1994 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham interviews artist and author Howard Siverston about his book, The Illustrated Voyageur: Paintings and Companion Stories. Siverston details the use of birch bark canoes, historical diaries, and the eventual decline of fur trading in the Great Lakes and Boundary Waters region.
July 13, 1994 - Minnesota visual artist Howard Sivertson reads a short excerpt from his book, The Illustrated Voyageur: Paintings and Companion Stories.
July 20, 1994 - On this Midday program, a WFME-FM documentary, “One Small Step: 25 Years Since Apollo,” which looks back at U.S. space exploration. WFME’s Pat Duggins narrates, presenting various interviews and sound recordings.
August 5, 1994 - On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents story and interview collection that includes: discussion with rape activists; interviews with authors Jeff Torrington and Nina Vida about their books, a look back at the history of American movie theatres, and the magic of Monarch butterflies, amongst other segments.