April 15, 1996 - Many people say small government is better because its more accessible and can act quickly to solve problems, but local government has its own problems. Mark Steil of Mainstreet Radio highlights an example of that in the southern Minnesota town of Kasota, where quarrels with the city council and mayor might be every bit as nasty as those found in Washington D.C., turning neighbor against neighbor and leaving scars which can last years.
April 15, 1996 - On this segment of Voices of Minnesota, MPR’s Dan Olson sits down with one of our region's best known poets Michael Dennis Browne of his early career in the arts, his travels to China, and his new work.
April 15, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe talks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director of Penumbra Theatre, about the arts organization celebrating its 20th season.
April 15, 1996 - On this segment of Voices of Minnesota, MPR’s Dan Olson sits down with one of our region's best known poets Michael Dennis Browne in his home to talk about his life and poetry.
April 16, 1996 - Cuba maintains a peculiar place in the American psyche. A tropical paradise, once the playground of rich American tourists, it's is now decried as the home of Castro's communism. Travel writer Pico Iyer... best known for his pieces on his trips to out of the way spots... says he fell in love with Cuba and its ambiguities on his first visit. It's those ambiguities that led him to set his first novel on the island. "Cuba and the Night" tell the story of the love affair between Richard, an American photojournalist and Lourdes, a young Cuban woman.
April 17, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe talks with Susan Gibel, of Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council (GLCAC), about the avenues for assistance in Minnesota regarding same-sex domestic abuse.
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April 17, 1996 - The passing of a loved one can lead a person to do extraordinary things. This mornings St Paul Pioneer Press tells how a St Paul woman plans to float her fathers ashes down the Mississippi in a pop bottle. It was one of his last requests allowing him to finally make a long planned trip to Louisiana It's a story which could well resonate with British Novelist Graham Swift. His new novel "Last Orders" tells the tale of a group of four men travelling to throw their friend's ashes off the pier in an English seaside resort.
April 18, 1996 - Midday discusses infectious diseases and the updates the latest information about the Ebola virus, TB (Tuberculosis), BSE (mad cow disease), meningitis, influenza, AIDS, and other diseases with guest Michael Osterholm, a state epidemiologist. Listeners call in with questions.
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