August 5, 1993 - Irwin Jacobs, a producer of large private boats, describes the negative impact luxury tax had on boat market. Even with luxury tax repeal, Jacobs feels the damage to many in industry has been irreversible.
August 6, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger shares a story from Ken Amundson, a third-generation violin repairman in Alexandria, Minnesota. His shop has customers from near & far…and Amundson finds some classical friends along the way.
August 6, 1993 - Minnesota nature photographer Craig Blacklock talks about his book, The Lake Superior Images. Blacklock describes what he sees of the lake through his camera eye. He also shares his concerns regarding over-development and on protecting the North Shore.
August 6, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota writer Laurie Allmann reads an illustrative essay about her travels to Mexico.
August 6, 1993 - On this First Friday segment, a New Yorker’s essay on the joys of a summer ice cream.
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August 7, 1993 - A reading of Walt Whitman's poem "When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer."
August 7, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews authors Jerry and Glen about their book on shooting stars. The two detail the science behind the shiny sky objects.
August 10, 1993 - Two All Things Considered cuts of American writer Joyce Carol Oates. The first is interview excerpt about her book, Foxfire. The second is a short reading from book.
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