June 29, 1994 - Playwright and writer Syl Jones comments on media, O. J. Simpson, and summer.
July 2, 1994 - Local writer and commentator Lawrence Sutin reflects on the importance of lessons and provides an illustrative example in the form of bad gasoline.
July 6, 1994 - MPR’s Robin Gehl comments on the struggling bullpen and bats of Minnesota Twins, as the team falls nine games back from the leader in American League Central.
July 9, 1994 - Local writer and commentator Lawrence Sutin hails the “gifts” from the season of summer. It is a perspective of a hardened Minnesota winter survivor.
July 19, 1994 - Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton speaking before the Plenary Session of the National Governors Association Convention in Boston's Hynes Convention Center. Speeches highlighted differing views on proposals for federal health care coverage. The biggest debate is the issue of universal coverage. Following speeches, MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Dave Durenberger, Minnesota U.S. Senator (I-R), who provides commentary about legislative health care reform.
July 30, 1994 - Historian and pop culture expert Karal Ann Marling reflects on more leisure time being more present in our society’s past.
August 4, 1994 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with local sports commentator Howard Sinker about the retirement of Minnesota Twin first baseman Kent Hrbek. Sinker shares high praise of Hrbek, who played an integral part on the Twins roster for the 1987 and 1991 World Series Championships.
August 6, 1994 - Local writer and commentator Lawrence Sutin gives some off the beaten path recommendations on summer reading: the fantasy novel A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay, the poems of Constantine Cavafy, and the work of scholar Wendy Doniger.
August 13, 1994 - Local writer and commentator Lawrence Sutin sees the Major League Baseball strike as a very cold sign.
August 19, 1994 - Historian and pop culture expert Karal Ann Marling gives a moment to put a light on stray animals in distress.