July 20, 1996 - In the early 1980's a pipeline providing extremely pure, and cheap, heroin began pouring the drug into the Scottish Capital of Edinburgh. The effects were dramatic. In a matter of months the number of addicts soared. A couple of years later the number of needle transmitted HIV infections also mushroomed., so much so Edinburgh became known as the AIDS Capital of Europe. The drug explosion also drove Irvine Welsh to become a writer. Welsh is currently the hottest writer in Britain and his publishers are hoping he's about to make a huge impact in the U.S. The movie of his first novel "Trainspotting" opens this week in the states, after a hugely successful run in Britain.
July 22, 1996 - In this Voices of Minnesota interview, Dave Ray, blues vocalist and guitarist, talks about his life in music.
July 22, 1996 - In this Voices of Minnesota interview, Dave Ray, blues vocalist and guitarist, talks about his life in music.
July 24, 1996 -
August 5, 1996 - As part of the Voices of Minnesota series, MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Lee Pao Xiong, Director of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans. Xiong discusses Hmong history, culture, and Hmong role in Vietnam War.
August 5, 1996 - As part of the Voices of Minnesota series, MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Lee Pao Xiong, Director of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans. Xiong discusses further incoming Hmong immigration, social services, clans in the Hmong culture, and Xiong’s viewpoint on the main problems facing Hmong community.
August 6, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio's Catherine Winter visits the last remaining tugboat company in the Duluth Superior harbor. For more than 150 years, big ships have sailed the Great Lakes, from state to state and out to the sea. For nearly as long, little tugboats have helped the great freighters in and out of harbors, broken ice for them in winter, and rescued boats in emergencies.
August 6, 1996 - In connection with "National Night Out,” Midday presents a program about the effectiveness of local crime prevention efforts. Studio guests Travis Christopher, member of the Brooklyn Park Police Department and president of the Minnesota Crime Prevention Association; and St. Paul Police Lieutenant Richard Gardell share their insights and answer listener questions.
August 7, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe visits the Great Lakes School of Log Building, where students learn the basics of log construction by doing it. The only full time, year round log building school in the country operates out of the woods near Ely in northeastern Minnesota.
August 8, 1996 - MPR’s Laura McCallum reports on Gregorian chant workshop held at St. Johns in Collegeville. McCallum interviews various performers and instructors about program.