January 27, 1993 - Theater critic Erin Hart reviews the local production of Woody Guthrie’s This Land playing at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre.
January 27, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews documentarian Kristian Berg about his film, The Dakota Conflict. The film, aired on KTCA-TV, focuses on the events before and after the Lakota War against colonizers in 1862.
January 29, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews archaeologist Scott Anfinson about shipwrecks in Lake Superior and the efforts to both explore and protect shipwrecks along the North Shore. Anfinson is from the Minnesota Historical Society.
January 29, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Laurie Allmann reads a version of her essay on the sub-boreal forest of Minnesota.
January 29, 1993 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on health concerns for workers at strand board plant in Deerwood, Minnesota. The apparent culprit…methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, or MDI.
January 30, 1993 - Local pop-culture expert Karal Ann Marling comments on paint by number. It’s a multifaceted history.
February 1, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with local Black journalists Robin Robinson, co-anchor at KTSP; Al McFarland, publisher of Insight News; and Suzanne Kelly, newsroom recruiter at the Star Tribune. The group discuss how Twin Cities media portray the Black community and state of work environment for Black professionals in the field.
February 2, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Norman Crampton, author of the book, The 100 Best Small Towns in America. Crampton details various towns across the country, including a few in Minnesota.
February 4, 1993 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews Penumbra’s production of Michael Henry Brown’s King of Coons. Abdul Salaam El Razzac plays Cotton Pickit, a portrayal of Black film comedian Stepin Fetchit.
February 4, 1993 - An interview with Dr. Marianne Legato and Dr. Kevin Graham on women's hearts and the increased efforts regarding the study and research of women’s health.