September 9, 1989 - Dr. Robert Anderson, from the University of Minnesota Behavior Clinic at the Veterinary Hospital, answers listener questions about dog and cat behavior.
September 10, 1989 - MPR producers Mark Heistad and Dan Olson guide a historical program of examining Minnesota's timber industry. The program is called "Logging of Minnesota's Great White Pinery." Recorded on location at the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
September 14, 1989 - David Kearns, chair and CEO of Xerox, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Kearns’ address was on the topic "Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competitive." He talks about education restructuring and a future world-class workforce. Following speech, Kearns answers listener questions. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
September 18, 1989 - Pulitzer Prize-winning St. Paul playwright August Wilson visits the Midday studio. Wilson discusses his various work and answers listener questions.
September 18, 1989 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on thriving Minnesota presses publishing poetry, essays, and other literature. Meersman interviews members of Milkweed Editions and Graywolf Press, who state that strong audiences are behind the positive literary business climate.
September 18, 1989 - MPR’s Dan Olson presents an interview with August Wilson about his favorite play, The Coldest Day of the Year, and on his attempt to complete works for various decades of the African American experience.
September 20, 1989 - MPR’s Chris Tetlin reports on the increasing amount of employer monitoring of the forty-million people that use computers in their work. Tetlin talks with employees, management, and academics on their views regarding computer monitoring.
September 21, 1989 - MPR’s Joe Kelly presents a Radio Town Meeting program from the Twin Ports studios. The topic is the problems and challenges of small schools. Program begins with a report, followed by interviews with Meridel Kahl, professor in the education department at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth; and Troy Mattson, a freshman at Hamline University in St. Paul. Kahl and Mattson also answer listener questions.
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