May 29, 2008 - Former Republican Minnesota Gov. and Congressman Al Quie and former Republican U.S. Sen. Dave Durenberger join Midday to preview the Republican State Convention and discuss what it takes to be elected and serve in public office.
May 30, 2008 - MPR’s Tom Weber provides an intimate perspective while visiting Hugo, Minnesota in the aftermath of a tornado. It's a painful, difficult week for people in the St. Paul suburb.
May 30, 2008 - Midday broadcasts live from the Republican State Convention in Rochester, featuring interviews with Republican candidates for Congresss, a look ahead to the Senate race for incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman, and a look back at 1978's "Minnesota Massacre," when Republicans took the state by storm.
June 3, 2008 - MPR’s Karl Gehrke profiles Minneapolis jazz musician Gordon Johnson. Gehrke interviews Johnson about his musical background, and other local musicians about Johnson’s playing.
June 11, 2008 - In this special music edition from MPR’s Voices of Minnesota series, the spotlight shines on Minnesota gospel singer Tom Tipton and Celtic music performer Laura MacKenzie, both musicians who have become famous beyond Minnesota's borders.
June 18, 2008 - In a recent Twin Cities appearance, bestselling author David Sedaris read from his new book, "When You Are Engulfed in Flames." Midday broadcasts part of his reading, as well as his interview with Minnesota Public Radio reporter Nikki Tundel.
June 26, 2008 - MPR’s Tom Weber reports from Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, to set the scene for the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament. Segment includes an interview with local golfer Hilary Lunke, winner of the 2003 U.S. Women's Open.
July 7, 2008 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher visits the Split Rock Lighthouse as it undergoes a large restoration work. The lighthouse is 130 ft above Lake Superior's blue waves, but the lake's notoriously bad weather and winds have taken a toll on the iconic structure.
July 8, 2008 - MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill looks into a Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources Minnesota report, which states a need to work smarter, and invest more, to protect the environment. The LCCMR invests about 23-million dollars a year from lottery proceeds for environmental projects. Segment includes various interviews of LCCMR group members.
July 14, 2008 - Lin Enger's new novel "Undiscovered Country" explores the effect of a northern Minnesota man's apparent suicide on his family. Enger teaches writing at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and under the pen name L.L. Enger, has written several crime novels with his brother Leif. Lin Enger told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr that "Undiscovered Country" began with a thought he had while sitting in a deerstand a dozen years ago.