November 3, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten talks with Walter Mondale, former vice president and U.S. senator, about what it feels like to be a candidate on Election Day.
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November 6, 1992 - John Frohnmayer, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Frohnmayer’s address was on the topic “Art and the First Amendment.” Following speech, Frohnmayer answered audience questions. Frohnmayer resigned under pressure, in response to a series of political advertisements launched by Pat Buchanan, which criticized some of the artwork funded by the NEA. 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.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Bill Wareham presents a profile on Minneapolis band Soul Asylum. Wareham interviewed band members on their break into the national scene with album “Grave Dancers Union” on Columbia Records.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks to the playwright and cast behind "We are Hmong," an original play collaboratively produced in St. Paul. The play explores the generational and cultural tug-of-war that characterizes Hmong family life in America.
November 6, 1992 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Duluth writer Barton Sutter reads an essay on autumn and death.
November 6, 1992 - African American writer Paule Marshall reads from her book, Daughters.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly interviews veteran writers Tim O'Brien and Donna Marie from The Loft Literary Center, where they will hold a discussion on the experience and aftermath of Vietnam veterans.
November 7, 1992 - Gary Branson, editor of "Family Handyman," discusses various maintenance projects of the home. Branson also answers listener questions.
November 8, 1992 - Mary Frances Berry, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner, giving inaugural lecture in a new series of Hamline University Lectures on "Creating Community Through Diversity". Berry’s speech was titled "Achieving the American Dream". Berry gained national attention in 1983, when she and several other commissioners on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were fired by President Reagan for criticizing the President's civil rights policies. Berry successfully sued the government and was reinstated by a Federal District Court. She is a former Assistant Secretary for Education in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is now a Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania.