June 3, 1990 - Reporter Mike Mulcahy records tracks on Gorbachev's visit to Minnesota for NPR, with pauses for actuality inserts, which are at end of audio.
June 4, 1990 - Theodore Sizer, professor of education at Brown University and chair of the Coalition of Essential Schools, speaking to an audience of educators at the University of Minnesota. Sizer’s address was on the topic of school reform.
June 4, 1990 - Joyce Epstein, of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, speaking at Parental Involvement in Public Schools Conference held at the University of Minnesota. Epstein spoke about her research on parental involvement in the schools.
June 5, 1990 - Gail Fosler, chief economist of the Conference Board, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Fosler’s address was on the budget deficit and defense spending. Fosler also speaks on the peace dividend and Gorbachev visit to Minnesota. Following speech, Fosler answers listener 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.
June 8, 1990 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Bob Meek, DFL political commentator; and Liz Quam, I-R political commentator, at the DFL convention. Topics include the battle between Paul Wellstone, Jim Nichols, and Tom Berg, for the endorsement as Minnesota U.S. Senate DFL candidate; Governor’s race; and I-R convention. Meek and Quam also answer listener questions.
June 12, 1990 - MPR’s Karen Boros interviews Arne Carlson, Minnesota’s state auditor, about his gubernatorial candidacy. The IR gubernatorial candidate says he is not seeking party endorsement to avoid being tied down by what he sees as far right policies and platforms that will alienate the greater electorate.
June 18, 1990 - A speech given by one of the nation's preeminent civil rights leaders, James Farmer. He is considered one of the "Big Four" of the civil rights movement along with Roy Wilkins, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Whitney Young. This is the 1990 Putnam Lecture in Social Ethics at Hamline University in St. Paul.
June 19, 1990 - Douglas Wilder, governor of Virginia, speaking at the Carlson Lecture Series at held Northrop Auditorium. Wilder's address was on the topic " The National Political Terrain: Focusing on 1992."
June 20, 1990 - A presentation of the MPR documentary "Season of Discontent: Migrants in the Red River Valley," which highlights Hispanic migrant farm workers who work the sugar beet fields.
June 26, 1990 - MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on St. Paul City Council passage of ordinance banning discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing, education, and public services. Wareham interviews advocates and opponents of the measure.