July 17, 2009 - Midday’s Gary Eichten talks with sports commentator Howard Sinker about the Minnesota Twins season thus far, as the second half of 2009 Major League Baseball season begins. Sinker sees a team with much more potential than their American League standing.
September 1, 2009 - Commentator Peter Smith shares his view that he can do without going to the State Fair….from the smells, the people, and the sounds; it’s all an overload of sensations.
September 7, 2009 - MPR’s Ambar Espinoza reports on a GOP State Fair Forum. The Republican gubernatorial candidates discussed various topics, including healthcare, taxes, and education.
September 11, 2009 - When you think of a Coen brothers movie you might think of murder or dark humor. Religion columnist Cathleen Falsani thinks there are deep moral truths embedded in most of Joel and Ethan Coen's work, including the films "Blood Simple", "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski."
September 15, 2009 - The students have returned to liberal arts college campuses across the region. And commentator Peter Smith says that means across the region, thousands of alumni are secretly wishing they could return too.
September 21, 2009 - The inaugural formal meeting of The Kerri Miller Book Club presents an interview with Louise Erdrich, twenty-five years after Erdrich's novel "Love Medicine" was published and became a bestseller. Program recorded before an audience in Minneapolis.
September 22, 2009 - And no one's denying the tough months ahead. In all, the district estimates as many as 58-hundred students in Minneapolis will need to find a new school to attend next year, once this plan is in place.
October 2, 2009 - While many baseball fans are happy to leave the sterile Dome behind...it was the site of many memorable moments. MPR asked folks to share what they'll remember most about baseball in the Metrodome, and those memories weren't always about what happened on the field. Some of the best stories actually took place up in the stands.
October 2, 2009 - If they don't advance to the 2009 playoffs, it will be the last time the Minnesota Twins play baseball under the inflatable roof of the Metrodome. Next season they get to play under the sky in their fancy new outdoor ballpark...It's progress, perhaps, but but the still dome holds a lot of nostalgia for Twins fans, including Minnesota playwright Kevin Kling.
October 9, 2009 - On this Midmorning program, host Kerri Miller gets reaction from various individuals on the announcement of President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.