March 13, 1996 - MPR’s Marianne Combs reports on ice fishing along and on Lake Superior during winter, when ice flows become fishing opportunities…but not without potential costs and risks to life.
March 14, 1996 - Frank Wood, commissioner of Minnesota State Corrections, comments on prisons costs on taxpayers, sentencing, and his reaction to a state analysis report.
March 15, 1996 - Midday guest Bernard Brommer, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, talks about jobs and economic trends, worker training, job security, wages, and the role of unions. Broomer also answers listener questions.
March 15, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Irish poet Ethna McKiernan about subjects of the ordinary world in poetry. McKiernan also performs reading of her work.
March 16, 1996 -
March 18, 1996 - MPR’s Justin Maiman visited Nye's to speak with “Sweet” Lou Snider, the establishment’s long-time pianist. Snider shares thoughts on her unique work. Everyone Lou Snider meets on her job thinks they're a singer. Snider leads all the vocalists who step up to her piano bar at Nye's Polonaise Room in Minneapolis, and many an interaction occurs.
March 19, 1996 -
March 20, 1996 - With many fish hatcheries planning to stop stocking Lake Trout in Lake Superior after 1996, MPR’s Marianne Combs reports on the status of fish species and concerns over the obstacles fish still face in repopulating the lake.
March 21, 1996 - Midday guest U.S. Senator Bill Bradley talks about his New York Times best-selling book Time Present, Time Past and answers listener questions.
March 22, 1996 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton about children in society and her book entitled It Takes a Village.