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.
August 26, 1993 - Midday’s Gary Eichten hosts U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone live from the Minnesota State Fair. Wellstone answers audience and listener questions on health care, the economy, NAFTA, etc.
August 28, 1993 - U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger is Midday program’s guest at the Minnesota State Fair, answering audience and listener questions on health care, the economy, NAFTA, etc.
September 1, 1993 - A Midday program from the Minnesota State Fair, with political commentators Bob Meek and Tom Horner talking about the upcoming mayoral primaries, the new speaker designate of the Minnesota House, and pending debate on health care, and NAFTA.
September 2, 1993 - Irv Anderson, new speaker designate of the Minnesota House, discusses the future course of the DFL-controlled Minnesota legislature. Anderson also answers listener questions.
September 9, 1993 - Part of a monthly series on sexual violence. During this hour, our focus will be on the court system's response to sex crimes. Later, Minnesota Public Radio's Catherine Winter will be talking with Hennepin County Judge Phillip Bush and with Nancy Beale, the violence prevention planner for the state through the Department of Public Safety. First, MPR reporter Dan Olson gathered some background information about sexual violence and the reporting of rape to police.
September 13, 1993 - Martin Sampson, political science professor at University of Minnesota, discusses the prospects for peace in the Middle East and answers listener questions. Topics include the signed agreement between Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.
September 20, 1993 - As part of an MPR month-long examination of sexual violence against women, this Midday program presents MPR's William Wilcoxen report on kid's views of sex and their relationships with the opposite sex.
October 7, 1993 - On this Midday, a call-in program about baseball's golden age. Guests include author Roger Kahn, Minnesota State Representative Phyllis Kahn, and local U of M baseball star Paul Geil.
October 8, 1993 - Midday presents a special edition of Talk of Minnesota on United States policy in Somalia. Program includes various call-in commentary from listeners, including U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone.