March 20, 1990 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on efforts by the Minnesota Twins organization to get ready for the start of 1990 Major League Baseball season, after losing spring training and Opening Day to a 32 day lockout.
March 23, 1990 - On this Midday program, Garrison Keillor talks about his show "The Monthly Meeting of the Moon Club of New York" and answers listener questions. The event is being staged at the World Theater.
March 26, 1990 - MPR’s Kate Williams reports on Worthington 12-year-old Jason Gaes, author of My Book for Kids with Cansur: A Child's Autobiography of Hope. When an 8-year-old, Jason thought his experience might be used to help other kids with cancer, so he folded 10 pieces of typing paper in half and created his book.
March 27, 1990 - On this Midday program, a presentation of a Mainstreet Radio report on rural Minnesota and the debate on how it should be viewed and described. Following report, MPR’s Bob Potter has a conversation with Paul Gruchow, local author and reporter; and George Donohue, a rural sociologist at the University of Minnesota about the differences between rural and urban Minnesota and answer listener questions.
March 30, 1990 - On this Midday program, MPR’s Bob Potter interviews author and poet Bill Holm. The two discuss Holm’s book Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays and the Tiananmen Square protests. Holm also answers listener questions.
April 18, 1990 - Chinese American writer and activist Bette Bao Lord talks about her book, Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic. Program also includes listener participation.
April 21, 1990 - Gaylord Nelson, former Wisconsin U.S. Senator, discusses the founding of first Earth Day 1970.
April 21, 1990 - On this Saturday Midday, Cathy Berg Moeger, supervisor of solid waste program at the Minnesota Office of Waste Management, discusses household recycling and ban of yard waste disposal. Moeger also answers listener questions.
April 21, 1990 - Gaylord Nelson, founder of the first Earth Day, discusses the original twenty-million people demonstration that took place in 1970, the many environmental issues and development of a conservation movement. Gaylord also shares his thoughts on preparing for the twenty-year anniversary in 1990.
April 26, 1990 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Duluth resident and fisherman Russ Francisco about the declined interest of smelting along the North Shore rivers. Francisco explains what he sees and some of the reasons behind drop off.