November 4, 2004 - J.D Lundgren is a hunter -- like hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans. And fall means hunting season. But it's also a time to remember his father, and the last time they hunted together.
December 8, 2004 - LaVelle Neal, who follows the Twins year-round for the Star Tribune, discusses the Minnesota Twins signing of ace pitcher Brad Radke to a two-year $18 million contract. The 32-year-old right hander has been a fixture in the Twins rotation since 1995. He recorded the best earned run average of his career last season.
December 10, 2004 - A commentary from American poet Mark Nowak, who is creating a country-wide buzz by applying hip-hop sensibilities to politics and breaking news. His book of poems "Shut Up Shut Down," published by Coffeehouse Press, is drawing national attention and praise.
December 23, 2004 - Earlier in the program we talked with a Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesperson about the Christmas travel weekend. We'll end the program tonight with a holiday travel story of a different sort. Earlier this month, Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson and Tom Keith teamed up for a dramatic reading of the classic christmas story "The Polar Express". Tom Keith provided sound effects and Dan Olson read the book in front of a live audience at the Fitzgerald Theater.
February 18, 2005 - Gordon Wittenmyer, baseball writer for the Pioneer Press, gives his assessment of the big pitching staff signings and where the team stands with position players going into 2005 Major League Baseball season.
March 17, 2005 - The boy's state high school basketball tournament is underway, and another tournament storm seems likely in 2005. "Tournament storms" are legendary in Minnesota -- but, it turns out, they aren't much more than that…legends.
April 8, 2005 - Nobel and Pulitzer prize wining novelist Saul Bellow died this week. Bellow lived and worked in Minnesota for a few years in the late forties and mid-fifties. He spent a lot of time with the poet John Berryman, who was his colleague at the University of Minnesota. This is Bellow writing about that time.
May 17, 2005 - Minnesota poet Robert Bly reads the poem "Driving toward the Lac Qui Parle River."
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July 29, 2005 - All Things Considered’s Tom Crann talks with baseball analyst Gordon Wittenmyer about what is, and IS NOT, working for the Twins when they take the field. The team finds themselves far back in pennant race, now hoping for a chance at wild card.