August 17, 1989 - On this Midday, local author Howard Mohr answers listener questions and reads from his book, A Minnesota Book of Days (And a Few Nights). The book is a humorous almanac that chronicles Minnesota life through 366 daily entries.
August 26, 1989 - Bill Shafer and Peter Tallas, University of Minnesota Extension Food Specialists, answer listener questions about food safety and nutrition.
September 2, 1989 - Hyman Berman, history professor at University of Minnesota, discusses Minnesota's colorful labor history and the context that provides for current labor issues. Berman also answers listener questions.
September 7, 1989 - A report by MPR's Kate Smith on the teacher surplus in Minnesota. Joe Nathan, senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute, answers listeners questions.
September 8, 1989 - Mainstreet Radio’s John Biewen presents the documentary “Dancing on Beat: Portrait of a Reservation Family,” which follows the daily life of an Ojibwe family on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Following documentary, Midday’s Bob Potter interviews Mike Bongo, director of American Indian OIC in Minneapolis, about his thoughts about documentary.
September 9, 1989 - Dr. Robert Anderson, from the University of Minnesota Behavior Clinic at the Veterinary Hospital, answers listener questions about dog and cat behavior.
September 18, 1989 - Pulitzer Prize-winning St. Paul playwright August Wilson visits the Midday studio. Wilson discusses his various work and answers listener questions.
September 21, 1989 - MPR’s Joe Kelly presents a Radio Town Meeting program from the Twin Ports studios. The topic is the problems and challenges of small schools. Program begins with a report, followed by interviews with Meridel Kahl, professor in the education department at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth; and Troy Mattson, a freshman at Hamline University in St. Paul. Kahl and Mattson also answer listener questions.
September 25, 1989 - Richard King and Bonnie LeRoy from the University of Minnesota Institute of Human Genetics, answer listener questions about genetic research, testing and engineering.
October 10, 1989 - Barry Morrow, a St. Paul native who won an Academy Award for the screenplay Rain Man, speaks to the Screenwriters Workshop in Minneapolis about his craft and career.