September 20, 1996 - Voices from the Heartland presents poet Diane Glancy reading "Voices in Wind," a work about the land.
September 23, 1996 - In the series, Voices of Minnesota D. J. Leary talks about life and politics. Author Pang-Mei Natasha Chang discusses on Bound Feet and Western Dress and Chinese tradition. Hour 2.
September 23, 1996 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Garrison Keillor about famed St. Paul author F. Scott Fitzgeald. Keillor discusses Fitzgerald’s work and connection to the Midwest.
September 23, 1996 - A Garrison Keillor documentary about F. Scott Fitzgerald entitled Fitzgerald in St. Paul, on the eve of his 100th birthday commemoration. Program includes interviews, music elements, and readings.
September 23, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe speaks with Rochester resident Yascin Mohamed, an 18 year old who came to the city in 1994. Mohamed speaks about the discrimination and racism he has experienced in the city and his high school.
September 24, 1996 - A Garrison Keillor documentary about F. Scott Fitzgerald entitled Fitzgerald in St. Paul, on the eve of his 100th birthday commemoration. Program includes interviews, music elements, and readings.
September 24, 1996 - All this week on Minnesota Public Radio, as part of our effort to help you get informed before you draw the curtain to the voting booth in November, we're looking at immigration and U-S foreign policy. Every day this week on All Things Considered, we're talking with a different immigrant who bring their point of view on U-S life and policies. Last night, we met a young Somali who lives in Rochester, and tomorrow night, we'll talk with a Hmong immigrant who just graduated from Carleton. Tonite, we meet a longtime legal alien -- 45-year old Ed Boyle, a native of Glasgow, Scotland. Boyle lives in the Twin Cities, and has been familiar with American culture since he came as a tourist in 1975. Boyle told me his biggest surprise was the racial makeup of the United States.
September 25, 1996 - MPR’s Todd Moe interviews Swedish folk fiddler Paul Dahlin, who was honored with a 1995 Heritage Fellowship Award. Dahlin, a Minneapolis native, discusses the efforts of the American Swedish Institute to preserve folk music.
September 25, 1996 - As part of a series on immigrant voices regarding immigration and foreign policy, MPR’s John Rabe interviews Tou Ger Xiong, a Hmong comedian and entertainer.
September 27, 1996 - Midday discusses foreign policy issues the U.S. President will face in the next term. Guests are Martin Sampson, political science professor at the University of Minnesota; Roy Grow, international relations instructor at Carleton College; Norma Noonan, political science instructor at Augsburg College; Nick Hayes, history professor at Hamline University; and Barbara Frey, executive director of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.