April 21, 1988 - Bob Meek, DFL commentator; and Tom Horner, Republican commentator, provide political analysis on the open issues at end of Minnesota legislative session, upcoming state party conventions, and national campaigns. Meek and Horner also answer listener questions.
April 22, 1988 - Attorney Thomas Furber, chairman of an upcoming "State of Entrepreneurship" conference, answers listener questions about starting and running a small business.
April 23, 1988 - Joe Alexander, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner (DNR), discusses the land, water, timber, mineral, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources under the agency's jurisdiction. Alexander also talks about environmental trust fund, and answers listener questions
April 26, 1988 - University of Minnesota plant pathologist Dr. David French, a nationally recognized expert on Dutch Elm disease and Oak Wilt disease, and Don Willeke, chairman of the Minnesota Shade Tree Advisory Committee, and a director of the American Forestry Association, answer listener questions about tree planting, care, diseases, etc.
April 29, 1988 - A special Mainstreet Radio call-in program from KSJR, in central Minnesota. Program highlights the concern over problems of rural school districts. Rachel Reabe interviews Irvin Bjerga of Motley, Minnesota; Kathy Berger of Mountain Iron-Buhl School District; and Congressman Glen Anderson of Bellingham, Minnesota.
April 30, 1988 - On this Weekend program, Mike Zerby, staff photographer for the Star Tribune, who also teaches at area colleges, discusses photographic equipment and how to get good results from it. Topics include still video, labs, and changes in newspaper photography. Zerby also answers listener questions.
May 6, 1988 - Congressman Bill Frenzel, a member of the National Economic Commission, charged with developing a bi-partisan solution to balance the budget., answers listening questions on that issue
May 14, 1988 - Dr. Betty Jerome, director of the Teenage Medical Center at Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, answers listener questions on the practical, psychological and physical considerations of approaching retirement.
May 16, 1988 - On this Midday call-in program, MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Jim Nichols, Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture, about the drought and current farm issues in Minnesota. Nichols also answers listener questions.
May 28, 1988 - On this Weekend program, Cynthia MacArthur, project coordinator of the Minnesota Community Bicycle Safety Project, discusses bicycling. Topics include safe riding, types of riders, and bike repair. MacArthur also answers listener questions about bicycling.