February 24, 2000 - Sam Grabarski, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council; and Steve Cramer, executive director of the Minneapolis Community Development Agency discuss downtown Minneapolis and what to do with "Block E."
February 28, 2000 - MPR’s John Rabe talks with Ralph Nader, Green Party presidential candidate. Nader discusses the issues in the campaign, including wealth discrepancy in country, labor laws, gun control, and environment. Nader also answers listener questions.
February 28, 2000 - The February edition of Voices of Minnesota highlights the work of two African American women. MPR’s Stephanie Curtis interviews Mary Easter, Northfield dancer and choreographer, who discusses the political nature of her work. MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Dr. Geneva Southall, author and retired University of Minnesota Afro-American Studies history professor, who talks about her personal reflections on race, and her research on "Blind Tom" (Thomas Green Wiggins).
February 28, 2000 - Minneapolis resident Dr. Geneva Southall has written two volumes of history about the life and times of Blind Tom, a black composer. Dr. Southall is a professor emeritus of Afro-American Studies at the University of Minnesota. She talked with Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson about the slave who was a composer as part of our Voices of Minnesota interview series.
February 29, 2000 - A Mainstreet Radio special about life and death. Host Rachel Reabe broadcasts from The Waterford, a retirement community in Fargo. In this first hour, Reabe talks about end-of-life issues with medical and religious experts about the concept of death and “dying well.”
February 29, 2000 - A Mainstreet Radio special about life and death. Host Rachel Reabe broadcasts from The Waterford, a retirement community in Fargo. In this second hour, Reabe talks with medical and legal experts about quality end-of-life care, logistics of expenses, and addressing personal affairs.
March 8, 2000 - MPR’s Lorna Benson talks with composer Cooper Moore on his music direction of The Darker Face of the Earth.
March 13, 2000 - Governor Jesse Ventura talks about the fate of his legislative program.
March 13, 2000 - Even as a pre-schooler growing up in Baudette, Minnesota, Christin Lore Weber knew she wanted to become a nun. At the age of 17, she entered the convent, and spent the next 14 years of her life there. Ultimately, she left the Church to marry and fulfill her dream of becoming a writer.
March 14, 2000 - Mike Don Carlos, of the DNR; Dale Lueck, of the National Cattlemen's Association; and Karlyn Berg, member of HOWL, a wolf advocacy group and wolf consultant for the Humane Society of the United States discuss the Wolf Management Plan and legislation for protection and killing of wolves.