July 6, 1996 - MPR’s Catherine Winter reports on insect threat to state park trees in northern Minnesota. Winter talks with Becky Marty, resource manager at Itasca State Park, about efforts to save the woods.
July 9, 1996 - Midday takes up baseball at the Major League All-Star break with St. Paul Saints owner Mike Veeck and Minnesota Public Radio sports commentator Howard Sinker, who is also State News editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Veeck and Sinker share their thoughts on the state of MLB baseball and also answer listener questions.
July 10, 1996 - Midday talks with University of Minnesota President Nils Hasselmo. Topics include talks on debate over closure of general college idea, tenure rules, and campus security. Hasselmo also answers listener questions.
July 10, 1996 - Baseball analyst Kevin Hennessy breaks down Minnesota Twins players and team performance at the halfway point of 1996 Major League Baseball season. The play of Chuck Knoblauch is highlighted.
July 11, 1996 - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rudy Boschwitz visits Midday to share his campaign platform and answer questions from listeners as part of Midday's series of programs with the candidates. Topics include DFL incumbent Paul Wellstone, minimum wage, taxes, and federal budget.
July 11, 1996 - On July 11, 1996, Land O'Lakes celebrated its 75th anniversary with a gala celebration at its corporate headquarters with a VERY special guest. Culinary guru Julia Childs traveled to Arden Hills to celebrate the dairy products company's big day by, among other things, milking a cow. MPR's John Rabe was on hand to record the event…and even gets a cooking tip.
July 12, 1996 -
July 12, 1996 - David Frost interviews one of the nation's most prominent conservatives, William F. Buckley Jr., in a special edition of Talking with David Frost. Buckley is the host of the PBS program Firing Line.
July 15, 1996 - MPR’s Martin Kaste interviews players on the first day of the USA Cup Girl’s Youth Soccer Invitational taking place at the National Sports Center in Blaine.
July 16, 1996 - Midday examines workplace changes into the next century with guest Jeremy Rifkin, noted social critic and author of The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era. Rifkin discusses politics, manufacturing, farming, corporations, and also answers listener questions.