May 3, 1993 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews Ron Libertus, advocate and expert in American Indian art & culture, shares his insights on how Mille Lacs spearfishing during spawning season is an important part of native tradition. Libertus details the ties to cyclical nature, tribute, and spirituality.
May 4, 1993 - Arlene DeCandia, founder and CEO of the Riverwood Companies, discusses starting a business. Topics include reasons and challenges of running your own business. DeCandia also answers listener questions.
May 4, 1993 - A Worldview interview with Mexican American poet, novelist, and essayist Luis Alberto Urrea. The author discusses his book, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border, which documents the stories, struggles, and resilience of people in Tijuana.
May 5, 1993 - John Marty, state senator representing the 54th District, shares his view that the campaign finance reform bill is too weak. Independent expenditures are discussed.
May 6, 1993 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews Jim Dutcher, former University of Minnesota basketball coach, about National Basketball Association star Kevin McHale. The star NBA player is retiring after 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics.
May 6, 1993 - A coalition of large Midwestern churches is planning an assault on Russian poverty this spring that will focus on streamlining food production and making farmers independent of government support. Heading the Russian Farm Project are the Rev. David Tyler Scoates, senior minister of Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church in Minneapolis , and Ralph Hofstad, former chief executive officer of Land O'Lakes Inc. The project is affiliated with Churches Uniting in Global Mission, a loosely organized relief agency founded by the Rev. Robert Schuller, senior minister of the Crystal Cathedral in California, Schuller's Sunday morning weekly television broadcast is seen by 10 million viewers across Russia. Churches Uniting was organized outside traditional church relief organizations to fill a need for a rapid response to global hunger. In the case of the Russian Farm Project, the mission will be launched, with approval of both the U.S. and Russian governments, less than a year after it's conception. "In Moscow I told them we wanted to be their partners," Scoates said, "and that we would return to plant seeds of hope, seeds of faith, seeds of friendship and seeds in their fields on May Day, 1993." Hofstad said test plots of potato crops will be planted during the first year of operation.
May 7, 1993 - On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents a story collection that includes: Tuning into International Radio Network; author Jane Smiley on considering the “mother’s point of view;” Randy Davidson on death of the American orchestras; heyday of Minnesota’s ballrooms; and tips shopping for music at ethnic grocers.
May 7, 1993 - British Mystery author Anne Perry talks on researching British history and culture for her book, Farrier's Lane. The title is a Victorian mystery involving a judge's murder and potential miscarriage of justice.
May 7, 1993 - American novelist Jane Smiley talks of women, motherhood, and writing.
May 8, 1993 - In reaction to controversy over gossip columnist Cheryl Johnson, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a satirical take on gossip in Minnesota with two local “experts.”