September 30, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Dr. Cornel West, director of Afro-American studies at Princeton University and a professor of religion. West discusses racism in American culture and his book of collected essays, Race Matters.
September 30, 1993 - Jonelle Dyrstad, Minnesota's first female lieutenant governor, comments on the current atmosphere for women in politics.
October 4, 1993 - Cornel West, philosopher and Princeton University religion professor, delivers a lecture at St. Paul’s Hamline University on race and American race issues.
October 4, 1993 - MPR’s Euan Kerr reports on Sharon Sayles Belton, president of the Minneapolis City Council, comments on reduction of crime in the city and push for gun control in Minneapolis.
October 6, 1993 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews former Minnesota Gophers basketball star Clyde Turner about announcement of Michael Jordan’s retirement. Turner comments on Jordan’s career, and his positive impact on children. He also shares his concerns on professional athletes becoming salesmen.
October 7, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Michael Fedo about his research on the history behind the lynching of three Black men by a Duluth mob on June 15th, 1920.
October 8, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews American writer and activist Betty Frieden, who talks about the changing aging dynamics of men and women and her book, The Fountain of Age.
October 8, 1993 - A Worldview interview with Pakistani author Bapsi Sidhwa about her coming-of-age novel, An American Brat. Sidhwa comments on Indian society in regards to women.
October 9, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with author James Woods, author of The Corporate Closet: The Professional Lives of Gay Men in America. Woods details putting together the book and interviewing various people within the corporate world to gain insights.
October 11, 1993 - Local playwright Syl Jones discusses creating Sticks and Stones, a play about racial harassment within public school landscape.