June 3, 1992 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the 'Earth Summit', is being held.
June 4, 1992 - Republican Bill Schreiber, an outgoing Minnesota State representative, reflects on his time at the State Capitol and what the future may hold for legislature in the 1990s.
June 11, 1992 - A conversation with an educator on the historical background of tribal government and the how that pertains to controversy of White Earth elections.
June 26, 1992 - U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone comments on the congressional battle over what to do with nuclear waste in the United States.
July 1, 1992 - MPR’s Dan Olson talks with Gleason Glover, retiring president of Minneapolis Urban League, about his tenure and decades long efforts in civil rights movement. Other topics include housing, cultural impacts, mentoring, education, and a developing diversity of population.
July 6, 1992 - Former Vice President Walter Mondale details what he sees as the importance of selecting a VP candidate in a presidential contest.
July 9, 1992 - Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Clinton announces his selection of Tennessee Senator Al Gore for his vice-presidential running mate at noon today, in front of the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas. NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Brian Naylor provided analysis, NPR’s Nina Totenberg prepared a background profile of Senator Gore. Following Clinton announcement, program presents an extended excerpt of the late Eric Sevareid's "farewell address" to the National Press Club, recorded back in 1977. The CBS newsman died on this day at the age of 79. Sevareid was born in North Dakota, and during the 1920's his family moved to Minneapolis, where he graduated from the University of Minnesota. His first job as a reporter was at the old "Minneapolis Journal" when he was only 18 years old. He also worked for the Paris Herald and the United Press. On his first assignment for CBS News in 1940, he got the scoop that France was about to surrender to the Germans. Sevareid worked with legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and served as the network's chief correspondent. He retired from CBS in 1977.
July 14, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy interviews Walter Mondale, former U.S. vice president, who discusses the upcoming 1992 National Democratic Convention and the Clinton/Gore ticket.
July 15, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly interviews Steven Gillon, author of "The Democrats' Dilemma." Book presents the Democratic party through the lens of Walter Mondale's political career. Interview was held at the National Democratic Convention, held in New York City.
August 3, 1992 - Daniel Farber, University of Minnesota law professor, talks with MPR’s Gary Eichten about his concerns on the process of electing judges.