December 15, 1994 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Minneosta poets Diane Glancy and C. W. Truesdale about the book “Two Worlds Walking: Short Stories, Essays, and Poetry by Writers of Mixed Heritages" that they edited. Segment includes Glancy doing short readings.
December 16, 1994 - Midday presents a Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Sauk Center. The program highlights various aspects of juvenile justice. MPR’s Rachel Reabe interviews three teenagers incarcerated at Sauk Center. Following interviews, MPR’s Catherine Winter hosts a discussion with Larry Smith, program director at Sauk Center; Tom Van Engen, I-R legislator from Spicer; and Freddie Davis, chair of state female offender task force.
December 16, 1994 - MPR’s Euan Kerr reports on "My Friend Teng," an Asian Media Access cable TV program where a brother and friends remember the death of Bruce Teng Thao, who was shot and killed while attempting to rob Hampden Food Cooperative in St. Paul.
December 19, 1994 - A special Midday broadcast on the privatization of public schools, with group of guests that share their viewpoints and answer listener questions. The focus of conversation is the use of private companies by public school districts.
December 28, 1994 - MPR’s Joelle Audette profiles Native American enivironmentalist activist Winona LaDuke, who is involved in a land recovery project for the White Earth Indian Reservation. Report includes interview with LaDuke on her various activities.
January 3, 1995 - A Midday discussion on welfare reform with KJ Jacobson from Women for Change; Susan Rowe from the welfare rights group Women, Work and Welfare; and John Petraborg, deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
January 6, 1995 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with Bill Davis, the new NAACP Minneapolis executive director. Davis discusses his top priorities, including upcoming national convention being held in the Twin Cities, increasing membership, and a youth focus.
January 9, 1995 - Sheila Corbett, University of Minnesota student body president, shares her thoughts on student apathy at the school and across the nation. Corbett is critical of the media and lack of government accomplishments.
January 12, 1995 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Jack Reuler, founder of Mixed Blood Theatre in 1976, on receiving the Martin Luther King, Jr. award, as Reuler reflects on his vision for his theater.
January 16, 1995 - MPR presents a special program in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Program presents a collection of various MLK Day speeches including Paul Wellstone, Sharon Sayles Belton, and Joe Kingman on behalf of Arne Carlson, at Concordia College.