July 8, 1994 - U.S. Representative Rod Grams visits the Midday studios to answer listener questions. Grams is the 1994 Independent-Republic party's endorsed U.S. Senate candidate.
July 9, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Kathleen Stauffer on her book, Womansport: The Women's Sports Bible. She discusses how women belong in sports, the inequity in the field, and the changes to come.
July 9, 1994 - Michigan nature writer Jerry Dennis reads an essay on a thunderstorm and the both comforting and humbling aspects of Earth’s weather.
July 9, 1994 - Local writer and commentator Lawrence Sutin hails the “gifts” from the season of summer. It is a perspective of a hardened Minnesota winter survivor.
July 11, 1994 - Dan Quayle, former vice -president, at Minnesota Meeting in downtown Minneapolis. Quayle’s address was on the topic of his book, politics, and reform. Following address, Quayle answered audience questions. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
July 12, 1994 - MPR’s Euan Kerr interviews Minnesota mystery author Robert Dingwall (R.D.) Zimmerman about his book, Red Trance. The book is the third Russian-centric thriller following Dingwall’s characters Maddy Phillips, a blind and paraplegic forensic psychologist, and her brother Alex.
July 13, 1994 - Midday presents Peter G. Peterson, president of the Concord Coalition and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Peterson’s address was on U.S. economy and federal deficit. Following speech, Peterson answered audience questions.
July 13, 1994 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham interviews artist and author Howard Siverston about his book, The Illustrated Voyageur: Paintings and Companion Stories. Siverston details the use of birch bark canoes, historical diaries, and the eventual decline of fur trading in the Great Lakes and Boundary Waters region.
July 13, 1994 - Minnesota visual artist Howard Sivertson reads a short excerpt from his book, The Illustrated Voyageur: Paintings and Companion Stories.
July 14, 1994 - MPR’s Mindy Ratner interviews Alice Kaplan on her culture, growing up in Minnesota in a Jewish family, and her book French Lessons: A Memoir.