August 23, 1993 - MPR’s Robin Gehl gives an appraisal of the Minnesota Twins disappointing season. Gehl also shares interviews with Brian Harper, who has had an excellent individual performance in 1993; and Kirby Puckett, who is enjoying his move from center field to right field position.
August 24, 1993 - Generation X author Michael Lee Cohen, stops by the MPR studios to discuss his book, The Twentysomething American Dream. Cohen discusses what he learned from his cross country tour interviewing members of the much maligned post-baby boom generation.
August 24, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Andre Melee, a sailor, environmentalist, and author of Polluting for Pleasure. The book details the often-overlooked environmental impacts of recreational boating.
August 25, 1993 - Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser visits the MPR studios to answer questions about his welfare reform proposal. Fraser says unmarried women should not automatically be eligible for welfare just because they have a child. The suggestion has touched off a spirited debate over welfare reform and the family.
August 26, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews members of The Teddy Bear Band at the Minnesota Public Radio booth. Segment includes band performing to a State Fair audience.
August 26, 1993 - Author Steve Chapple shares his fascination with the land of Montana and writing Kayaking the Full Moon: A Journey Down the Yellowstone River to the Soul of Montana.
August 26, 1993 - A Midmorning interview from the Minnesota State Fair with Peg Meir, local author and writer for the Star Tribune newspaper. Meier talks about and reads from her book, Too Hot, Went to Lake.
August 27, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Jacqueline Florentius about “Anne Frank in the World,” a local exhibit at the First Trust Center in St. Paul. Jacki and her husband were the driving force in bringing project together.
August 27, 1993 - Worldview’s Mike Maus interviews Juanita Garciagodoy, professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, about current trends in Mexican culture and on the renewed interest of famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
August 27, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews playwright Rebecca Rice about Penumbra Theatre production of Waiting in Vain. Rice talks about Sudeka Linda Harrison and youth in the arts.