June 11, 1991 - Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota speaking at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. Caplan’s address was titled, "Ethics and Moral Issues Around Human Transplants." Dr. Caplan is a nationally recognized authority on ethical issues related to biotechnology, medical ethics, and health policy. He has written extensively on a wide range of topics pertaining to medical ethics.
August 15, 1991 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten talks with Arthur Caplan, University of Minnesota professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Surgery, about the ethics of suicide as it is seen in western culture.
October 16, 1991 - MPR’s Liz Hannon talks with David Bedford, member of University of Minnesota’s Horticultural Research Center, about creating new crosses of apples, which can take 30 years to develop. Bedford highlights Haralson, Regent, and the newest variety from the Minnesota Arboretum, the Honeycrisp.
October 27, 1991 - Richard Truly, former astronaut and administrator of NASA, speaks at the National Press Club. Following speech, MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Robert Pepin, professor of physics at University of Minnesota. Pepin talks about Truly’s address about the future of the U.S. space program.
January 11, 1992 - Elizabeth Bird, anthropology and popular culture specialist at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, gives her take on the potential for public with videophone hitting the consumer market.
February 7, 1992 - MPR’s Tom Meersman interviews Christopher Flavin, co-author of Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy." Flavin details the measures that humans will need to change in the coming years and decades to avoid global consequences.
March 3, 1992 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on DNR efforts on Clearwater Lake in ending the spread milfoil on the water with the use of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D).
April 2, 1992 - Roy Bauer, co-author of The Silverlake Project: Transformation at IBM, shares the inside story of one of the most successful computers in IBM history.
April 8, 1992 - Worldview’s Mike Maus completes a phone interview with Tennessee U.S. Senator Al Gore about global warming and earth’s environment. Gore has released the book on the subject, entitled Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit.
April 11, 1992 - On this Weekend Edition segment, historian Karal Ann Marling comments on Phil Patton’s book about American inventions, entitled Made in U.S.A.: The Secret Histories of the Things That Made America. Segment opens with Thomas Jefferson's inventions.