June 25, 1993 - A Worldview interview with Mehrdad Izady, author of Kurds: A Concise Handbook, a book to identify and delineate the heritage of the Kurds.
June 30, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Susanna Kaysen about Girl, Interrupted, a memoir on Kaysen’s experiences as a young woman in an American psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
June 30, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer hosts a roundtable discussion on the state of National Organization of Women with local women's rights activists Kim Hines, Sue Stebbins, and Kay Castonguay.
July 5, 1993 - Midday broadcasts an MPR documentary called The Voice of Meridel Le Sueur, which includes various interviews and readings of Le Sueur’s work.
July 6, 1993 - Dave Nimmer, former reporter for the Minneapolis Star and WCCO-TV and a journalism teacher at the University of St. Thomas, answers listener questions about print and broadcast media. The topic of negative public perceptions of media and the growing competition is the focus of program.
July 23, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly talks with Alice Vachss, former American prosecutor and author of the book, Sex Crimes. Vachss shares her concern on cultural misunderstanding of sexual violence.
July 26, 1993 - Bioethics researcher Arthur Caplan shares his insights into the imbalance of drug testing being done with focus on male subjects and diseases.
August 2, 1993 - Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser shares his view on welfare reform. While he supports welfare program to protect children and their health, he questions the logic of of providing welfare to single mothers as well. Fraser fears that it just fosters a cycle of poverty.
August 5, 1993 - On this Midday program, Walt Dziedzic and Judith Martin discuss the city of Minneapolis…it's past, present, and future. Topics include changes over the decades, including downtown business, diversity, transportation system, safety, schools, municipal finances, police, and tourism.
August 19, 1993 - Daniel Popeo, a former federal trial attorney and staff assistant to President Richard Nixon; and Ronald Meshbesher, Minneapolis defense attorney, participated in the Charles Lindbergh Memorial Lectures, held at St. Cloud State University. The two debated on the criminal justice system. Debate was titled “Resolved: That the Criminal Justice System in America Favors a Criminal Over the Victim.“ Daniel Popeo argued that the criminal justice system is weighted in favor of those accused of crimes; Ron Meshbesher argued against that view. Following debate, Popeo and Meshbesher answered audience questions.