November 8, 1999 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud for a pre-Veterans Day show. In this first hour of program, host Rachel Reabe and guests focus on the health care system and the increasing demands on the system as our vets grow older.
November 8, 1999 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud for a pre-Veterans Day show. In this second hour of program, host Rachel Reabe and guests discuss veterans organizations, such as American Legion or VFW posts. The group talk about the impact of these organizations on the community, and their evolution over time.
November 10, 1999 - A "Minnesota Century" broadcast featuring special reports from the turn of the century, 100 years ago. Program contains pledge drive segments.
November 15, 1999 - MPR's special week of programming "The Surveillance Society" begins on Midday, where we hear about the range of private information about people that is available, who can find it, and how. Guests Ari Schwartz, policy analyst at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington D.C.; and Don Ray, independent investigative journalist and author of Public Records Primer and Investigators Handbook give insights into the topic.
November 18, 1999 - MPR's "The Surveillance Society" series continues with a call-in program about workplace privacy. Studio guests are labor lawyers Greg Corwin of Corwin & Associates and Richard Ross of Frederickson & Byron.
November 19, 1999 - A compilation of the special reports from the MPR "The Surveillance Society" series.
November 19, 1999 - Part of MPR's "The Surveillance Society" series, a Live broadcast of the Minnesota Meeting, featuring a speech by Amitai Etzioni titled, "Privacy & The Internet Age: Why Less Privacy is Good for Us - and You." Etzioni is author the "The LImits of Privacy" and "The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of American Society"
November 29, 1999 - To close out the millennium, Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered presents a look back at Minnesota life in 1900 via a 12-part series, entitled “A Minnesota Century.” This segment is the story of Fredrick McGhee, a civil-rights advocate and Minnesota's first black lawyer, who left an important local and national legacy.
December 8, 1999 - Midday holds a conversation on homelessness in Minnesota with Sue Watlov Phillips of Elim Transitional Housing and legislative chair of the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless; and with Herb Frey, program director for the Alliance of the Streets.
December 22, 1999 - MPR’s Marisa Helms reports on Kinpride, a cable-access show in St. Cloud that takes a closer look at homosexuality. The show's creator and host says the program is designed to educate people and, hopefully, lead to a greater acceptance of a wider range of lifestyles in Minnesota.