July 17, 1993 - On this Saturday Midday, Catherine Watson, travel writer for the Star Tribune, discusses travel and vacations. Topics include safety, bed & breakfasts, and budget travel. Watson also answer listener questions.
July 17, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the poetry scene in the Twin Cities by visiting local performance venues. Roberts interviews organizers and poets and gets their take on Minnesota’s poetry revival.
July 17, 1993 - Local commentor and writer Lawrence Sutin reconsiders the garbage man.
July 19, 1993 - Midday’s Gary Eichten talks baseball with Mike Veeck, owner of the new Northern League baseball team, St. Paul Saints. The two discuss the Northern League, promoting, and players.
July 21, 1993 - On this Midday broadcast, American writer and historian William Least Heat-Moon speaks at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
July 21, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews former St. Paul Pioneer Press journalist John Camp about his new work under the pseudonym John Sandford and his “Prey” mystery crime series.
July 23, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, educator and local journalist Ann Daly Goodwin expresses her disdain of interactions with phone salesman.
July 23, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly talks with Alice Vachss, former American prosecutor and author of the book, Sex Crimes. Vachss shares her concern on cultural misunderstanding of sexual violence.
July 23, 1993 - Local theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews Girish Karnad’s play Nagamandala, a Guthrie Theater production that weaves together two Kannada folk tales, exploring themes of marriage, fidelity, and female agency.
July 24, 1993 - Gary Branson, author and editor of Workbench Magazine, discusses his book publications, dealing with flooding issues, and various home repair/maintenance topics. Branson also answers listener questions.