July 24, 1993 - On this segment from Weekend Edition, historian and pop culture expert Karal Ann Marling discusses traveling northern Minnesota with Europeans.
July 26, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on the challenging year of rice harvesting, due to a season of flooding. The impact on the wild rice crops greatly affect some in the northern Minnesota communities, such as those of the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa, that use harvesting as a source of income and food.
July 26, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews American lawyer, political figure, and writer Roger MacBride about is continuation of the “Little House” story via Wilder materials and a Rose Years spin‑off. Little House on Rocky Ridge is the first in series.
July 26, 1993 - MPR’s Karen Boothe interviews Kevin Kling about Grandma's Way Out Party, a KTCA-TV show Kling has completed with Lynda Barry. The program has Barry and Kling heading out west to her Grandma's birthday celebration, recording their adventures along the way.
July 26, 1993 - MPR’s Robin Gehl comments on the upswing of the Minnesota Twins coming out of the Major League Baseball All-Star break. Segment includes an interview with Twin designated hitter Dave Winfield.
July 26, 1993 - Bioethics researcher Arthur Caplan shares his insights into the imbalance of drug testing being done with focus on male subjects and diseases.
July 28, 1993 - Jeffrey Archer, novelist and former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, talks about his writing career. He also details his book, Honour Among Thieves. Honour Among Thieves is a thriller novel about Saddam Hussein's plot to steal and destroy the Declaration of Independence to embarrass the U.S. on July 4th.
July 28, 1993 - MPR’s Hanna Gutmann reports on Walter Mondale nomination to become next U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
July 29, 1993 - MPR’s Tom Fudge reports on "Both Sides Now," a sexual harassment play collaboration between Illusion Theater and Robins Kaplan LLP Law Firm.
July 30, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, northern Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads as essay on his takeaways from traveling to Wyoming, Colorado, and Duluth.