July 29, 1994 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews sports columnist Jim Klobuchar about former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant induction into the National Football League’s Hall of Fame.
July 30, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Aaron Seymour and Doug Youland, members of Minneapolis band, The Delilahs. Seymour and Youland talk about writing songs, singing, and the music industry.
July 30, 1994 - Local horticulturist Deb Brown visits the Midday studio to answer listener questions about plants in the summer season.
August 1, 1994 - Ann Wynia, the DFL endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate seat, talks with Midday’s Gary Eichten about various topics of focus in her campaign. Wynia also answers listener questions.
August 2, 1994 - MPR’s Euan Kerr profiles Minneapolis "found object" band Savage Aural Hotbed. Kerr interviews members of group about their instrument creations and the sounds they make.
August 2, 1994 - Midday presents a community policing MPR documentary entitled A New Kind of Cop, followed by a discussion and call-in with Lucy Gerold, director of Community Services Bureau for the Minneapolis Police Department. Gerold comments on local efforts on community policing and National Night Out.
August 2, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman about the start of a city community initiative, called “SafeCity St. Paul.” Coleman details how communications, auditing, and creating an action agenda are being implemented in order to foster safer neighborhoods.
August 2, 1994 - Nils Hasselmo, president of the University of Minnesota, discusses the differences between Swedes and Norwegians. Hasselmo states that a once tense relationship is now a much more fun rivalry.
August 2, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews Mary Jo O'Brien, commissioner of the Minnesota Health Department, about MinnesotaCare and how efforts for a federal health care reform would impact the state’s health care program.
August 4, 1994 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews American musical comedian “Weird Al” Yankovic. They discuss his various parody songs, Frankie Yankovic NOT being his father, and Weird Al’s composition “The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota.”