February 19, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Black journalist, novelist, and poet Thulani Davis. Davis details the autobiographical premise involved in book, 1959: A Novel.
February 22, 1992 - American sociologist Kathleen Blee discusses her book, Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s, with Weekend Edition host Jim Wishner.
February 25, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Rochester poet Rose Harmon-Davis. They discuss poetry, race, and identity in the business world. Segment also includes reading of poem.
February 27, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Patti Abbott, a crime/victim advocate for the Minnesota Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (GLCAC), about organization’s part in assisting Minneapolis police find suspect of recent murders of gay men in Minneapolis.
February 27, 1992 - Midmonring’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Tia Henry-Minus about cutbacks to Minnesota Literacy Council and the negative effects to local community feared.
March 6, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten talks with Dr. Betty Jerome about teen moms. Dr. Jerome is director of the Teenage Medical Center at Minneapolis Children's Hospital.
March 12, 1992 - Toni McNaron, professor of English and Women's Studies at University of Minnesota, discusses her book, I Dwell in Possibility: A Memoir. McNaron recalls early life with her mother and racist/lesbophobic atmosphere in the South.
March 13, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with Nancy Ziegenmeyer about her book, Taking Back My Life. The book, and a subsequent TV movie, addresses Ziegenmeyer’s experience of being a rape victim and it’s aftermath. Ziegenmeyer now acts as an advocate for others that have gone through ordeal.
March 16, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries…Education: Learning to Fix Our World, about how Native Americans are taking control of their own educational systems through curriculum design to preservation of language; and A Visit to the Chief Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, Dan Olson's documentary on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation school in Northern Minnesota.
March 19, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the uptick in reported bias crime against members of the gay community. Roberts interviews Patti Abbott, a crime/victim advocate for the Minnesota Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (GLCAC), who details multiple reasons behind the dramatic percentage increase in reported incidents.