November 8, 1990 - MPR’s Mark Heistad gets commentary from Ford Runge, director of Center for International Food and Agriculture at University of Minnesota; and Paul Gruchow, author and educator at St. Olaf College, about the ongoing decline in U.S. farm population, based of census data.
November 9, 1990 - MPR’s Donna Nicholson reports on a survey put forth to the lesbian and gay community in the Twin Cities. The results detailed feelings on own’s sexual identity, discrimination, youth counseling, and domestic partners protections.
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November 13, 1990 - Norman Ornstein talks with MPR Journal’s Gary Eichten about his thoughts on what is to come as newly-elected Senator Paul Wellstone heads to Washington D.C.
November 15, 1990 - Morning Edition’s Mark Heistad reaches out to Jim Lenfestey, board president for Minnesota Center for Book Arts, as the organization celebrates the 5th anniversary at MCBA. Lenfestey details the energetic environment behind bookmaking.
November 16, 1990 - A Morning Edition interview with Francis Carroll, co-author of The Fires of Autumn: The Cloquet-Moose Lake Disaster of 1918. The history book is based upon the Cloquet Moose Lake Fire.
November 17, 1990 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Minnesota author Wayne Johnson about his book, The Snake Game. The novel chronicles the lives and fates of a group of Native Americans along the Minnesota/Canada border and the young white man drawn into their world
November 27, 1990 - Martin Sampson, of the University of Minnesota Political Science Department and International Relations Program; and Noha Ismail, member of Middle East Peace Now and Women Against Military Madness; discuss the events in the Persian Gulf. Topics include the U.N. resolution regarding Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, and chemical weapons. Sampson and Ismail also answer listener questions.
November 28, 1990 - MPR’s Loren Omoto interviews Ingrid Erickson, of St. Paul’s Hungry Mind bookstore and member of Midwest Booksellers for Social Responsibility. Erickson shares concerns over potential cuts to government funding to literary arts programs and small business.
November 28, 1990 - Minnesota Governor Al Quie talks about the state budget woes and how that impacted his 1990 election gubernatorial loss.