April 13, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries - The Indian in the Global Mind, an examination of global views of Native Americans, including common stereotypes and the use of Indian cultures as mascots for sports teams; and Religious Freedom in America: A Question of Faith, a look at the legal challenges confronting Native Americans in preserving their religious heritage.
April 14, 1992 - An interview with Marjorie Dorner about her book, Winter Roads, Summer Fields: Stories. Many of the pieces in collection are based on stories she grew up with on a dairy farm outside of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
April 14, 1992 - MPR visits Cafetto in Minneapolis, capturing local commentary about race and religion with various people.
April 14, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly completes an interview with Studs Terkel on race and American history.
April 14, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly talks with former Twin Cities actor Danny Robinson Clark about The Piano Lesson, an August Wilson play being staged at The World Theatre. Clark portrays the character Wining Boy.
April 15, 1992 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on new interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids in northern Minnesota. The cache of fire equipment is the result of agencies pooling equipment in hopes of better efficiency and lower costs.
April 15, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele profiles August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, which is being performed at the World Theater. Report looks at how Wilson has given a path for local African American playwrights.
April 15, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Eric Smith, a member of the Internal Revenue Service, about reasons and process behind IRS auditing taxpayers.
April 16, 1992 - Worldview’s Mike Maus talks with travel writer Deanna Swaney on writing numerous Lonely Planet publications, including those for Bolivia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia.
April 17, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele reports on a most incredible Minnesota find…at a garage sale in 1989, a young American photographer, John Barnier, bought eight wooden crates containing over 130 glass plate negatives. Realizing that many of the negatives were of Jerusalem, he brought them to the Harvard Semitic Museum where they were identified as the long-lost work of Mendel John Diness.