December 31, 1993 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews Don Powell’s play, Cole Porter: No Regrets.
December 31, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, English translator and author Kevin Crossley-Holland reads an essay on visiting graves and cemeteries.
December 31, 1993 - Peter Rodosovich, Minnesota state representative from District 25B and chair of the House Higher Education Finance Division, comments on investigation into University of Minnesota’s Anti-Lympocyte Globulin Program.
January 1, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with a “tired” Karal Ann Marling, local author and scholar of American popular culture and art, about her MANY dislikes from the previous year and her hopes that 1994 may hold something different.
January 3, 1994 - MPR’s Karen Boothe reports on the struggles Southeast Asian elders and research from University of Minnesota Family Studies Professor Dan Detzner. His study looks at the changes in family type and where successes may lie in a bi-cultural environment.
January 3, 1994 - MPR’s Tom Fudge provides a summary report on the inauguration of Sharon Sayles Belton as mayor of Minneapolis. Sayles Belton becomes the first African American and first woman to hold that position.
January 3, 1994 - On this Midday program, coverage from the Minneapolis and St. Paul mayoral inaugurations. Program includes interviews, music clips, and speeches.
January 4, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten talks with Jack Tunheim, an attorney in the Office of the State Attorney General of Minnesota, about Minnesota Supreme Court’s differing view with state legislature over use of DNA evidence in court proceedings.
January 4, 1994 - MPR’s Tom Fudge tales a look at inauguration of Sharon Sayles Belton, the new Minneapolis mayor; and Jackie Cherryhomes, the new Minneapolis city council president.
January 5, 1994 - Mark Seeley, meteorologist at the University of Minnesota, discusses various terms and conditions of winter. Seeley also answers listener questions.