July 12, 1986 -
July 12, 1986 -
July 14, 1986 -
July 17, 1986 - MPR’s Mark Steil looks back to the month of July in 1936, when Minnesota suffered through an oppressive heat wave. Steil interviews residents in southern Minnesota that endured the extreme temperatures.
July 21, 1986 - On this Christine Sweet Reads episode, Patricia Hampl’s book A Romantic Education is highlighted.
July 26, 1986 -
July 26, 1986 -
July 30, 1986 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on staging of John Olive's Short Stories and Tall Tales. The performers, Kevin Kling and James Lawless discuss the work.
August 1, 1986 - Ed Wahlberg, a striking steelworker leader at U.S. Steel taconite plant in the Mesabi Iron Range, talks about the misleading public perception regarding wages at plant.
August 2, 1986 - Joseph Nicollet biographer Martha Bray details the life of explorer and his important impact in Minnesota history and mapping. In developing her book, Bray utilized Nicollet's journals, survey documents, correspondence, and published writings.