July 17, 1993 - On this Saturday Midday, Catherine Watson, travel writer for the Star Tribune, discusses travel and vacations. Topics include safety, bed & breakfasts, and budget travel. Watson also answer listener questions.
July 19, 1993 - Midday’s Gary Eichten talks baseball with Mike Veeck, owner of the new Northern League baseball team, St. Paul Saints. The two discuss the Northern League, promoting, and players.
July 24, 1993 - Gary Branson, author and editor of Workbench Magazine, discusses his book publications, dealing with flooding issues, and various home repair/maintenance topics. Branson also answers listener questions.
July 31, 1993 - On this Saturday Midday, Joan Nassauer, head of the Landscape Architecture department at the University of Minnesota, discusses ecologically sustainable landscaping for businesses and homes. She defines the term “landscape architecture.” Nassauer also answers listener questions.
August 5, 1993 - On this Midday program, Walt Dziedzic and Judith Martin discuss the city of Minneapolis…it's past, present, and future. Topics include changes over the decades, including downtown business, diversity, transportation system, safety, schools, municipal finances, police, and tourism.
August 14, 1993 - Sharon Slettehaugh, president of the Midlife Women's Network, and June La Valleur
August 17, 1993 - Minnesota's first district Democratic Congressman Tim Penny will be answering listener questions about the budget process, taxes and the deficit, flood relief and more. Congressman Penny is back in Minnesota for the August congressional recess, and announced recently he will not be running for re-election.
August 21, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with Deb Brown, horticulturist with the University of Minnesota, about the perennial gardening and lawn ideas.
August 24, 1993 - Generation X author Michael Lee Cohen, stops by the MPR studios to discuss his book, The Twentysomething American Dream. Cohen discusses what he learned from his cross country tour interviewing members of the much maligned post-baby boom generation.
August 25, 1993 - Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser visits the MPR studios to answer questions about his welfare reform proposal. Fraser says unmarried women should not automatically be eligible for welfare just because they have a child. The suggestion has touched off a spirited debate over welfare reform and the family.