August 27, 2001 - MPR’s Kaomi Goetz reports on how some Hmong face cultural hurdles to mental health care. A murder case of a Hmong immigrant that stabbed to death two of her children illustrates a larger problem confronting the Hmong community…how to recognize and effectively treat mental illness.
August 31, 2001 - In a broadcast from the MPR booth at Minnesota State Fair, Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe revisits the farmers of Chanarambie Township in Southwestern Minnesota.
September 3, 2001 - Gary Eichten broadcasts live from the Minnesota State Fair. Two of Minnesota's top crime-fighters: Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar and Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner.
September 3, 2001 - MPR’s Mary Losure reports on a union survey being highlighted at Minnesota State Fair that show issues in affordable housing for members.
September 25, 2001 - Twin cities executive Vance Opperman said in Sunday's Star Tribune, "it is time for patriotism to take a more active and permanent form". He says nobody is too old to guard the homeland, so the US should draft the people.
September 26, 2001 - Martin Sampson, University of Minnesota political science professor, talks about the Middle East and the history of US policy toward Israel and its neighbors.
September 28, 2001 - U.S. Senator Mark Dayton answers listener questions about the terrorist attacks against the United States.
September 28, 2001 - MPR's Elizabeth Stawicki reports that The National Center for State Courts (CHIPS), a non-profit organization which conducts research and educates courts on how to improve the administration of justice, has found opening child protection hearings and records to the public has had virtually no major effects in Minnesota…negative or positive. CHIPS studied the effects in the 12 Minnesota counties that took part in the three-year pilot project.
October 5, 2001 - Harry Hull, Minnesota's state epidemiologist, on if Minnesota's public health system prepared for a biological or chemical attack.
October 12, 2001 - On Word of Mouth, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a radio guide to the local arts. This episode includes "Hush, Hush", John O'Donohue, Bakken Ensemble, “The Rink,” Jazz and Italian modern art, Lea Thomas, and an arts round-up..