August 15, 1994 -
August 16, 1994 - On this Midday program, Jim Solem discusses his new role as regional administrator at Metropolitan Council. Topics include changes/growth at the Council, transit, and housing. Solem also answers listener questions.
August 16, 1994 - George Karvel, a professor of Real Estate at St. Cloud University, talks about rising interest rates, home sales, and slowing housing construction in the region.
August 17, 1994 - U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone comments on what was found in U.S. Army documents about spraying in parts of Minnesota in the 1950s. Wellstone worked to get information released.
August 19, 1994 - Jack Tunheim, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Minnesota, discusses President Clinton’s federal crime bill, known as Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Topics include increase in police force, stiffer penalties, and assault weapons ban. Tunheim also answered listener questions.
August 19, 1994 - Dr. Arthur Caplan, former head of Center for Bioethics at University of Minnesota, is interviewed about his thoughts on how the health care reform has played out in Washington D.C.
August 20, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews author Neal Karlen about his book “Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band." Karlen discusses his experiences following the band during the creation and reaction of Babes in Toyland’s first album.
August 20, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Money Magazine’s Marguerite Smith about their 1994 rankings of U.S. cities. Minneapolis came up #32 and Roberts tries to figure out “why so low?”
August 22, 1994 -
August 24, 1994 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Yee Chang, Pioneer Press library researcher and Hmong Youth Cultural Awareness Project coordinator; and Pang Xiong, a project contributor, about a student written book titled "A Free People: Tracing Our Hmong Roots." Chang and Xiong describe the purpose of book is to better connect young Hmong students and their parents/grandparents through history of Hmong culture.