April 13, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on Duluth band Trampled by Turtles and their album “Palomino.” The band features banjo, mandolin and fiddle players but no drummer. It's built like a traditional bluegrass band, but presents a distinctly hybrid version based on a frenetic sound.
April 13, 2010 - After nearly three decades inside the Metrodome, the Twins move outdoors and beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 behind hometown star Joe Mauer in the first regular-season game at their new ballpark, Target Field.
April 14, 2010 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer inteviews Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, a food writer for Minnesota Monthly, about Hmong food. Grumdahl discusses Hmongtown Marketplace and Hmong BBQ.
April 16, 2010 - A Minnesota attorney's battle against clergy child abuse has brought him to the gates of the Vatican. Jeffrey Anderson's recent disclosure of church documents that led all the way to the Pope is the latest development in his 30-year legal campaign. The effort has made him a millionaire. It's also made him reviled by some of the Catholic church's most faithful.
April 19, 2010 - Pope Benedict's response to recent revelations about sexual abuse by Catholic clergy has drawn a mixed reaction. Last week the Vatican declared that abuse allegations must be turned over to local law enforcement officials. And over the weekend the pope had an emotional meeting in Malta with victims of sexual abuse by priests. Skeptics say the pope needs to hold church officials accountable for protecting pedophile clerics. The pope's supporters include many Minnesota Catholics who say the church has made considerable progress over the last decade.
April 19, 2010 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with Justice Alan Page, and wife Diane Sims Page, about the importance of educational achievement. The two co-founded the Page Education Foundation to help students of color.
April 21, 2010 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer takes a walking tour with historian Annette Atkins of Harriett Island to check out the pavilion, a building created by noted St. Paul architect Clarence W. "Cap" Wigington. The African American architect left his mark throughout the city.
April 22, 2010 - In observance of 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Midday guest Chuck Dayton, the dean of Minnesota's environmentalists, reflects on the major environmental issues faced in April 1970 compared to today. Are things better or worse? Have new problems emerged?
April 27, 2010 - Star Tribune editorial writer and columnist Lori Sturdevant was awarded the David Graven Award at the 2010 Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards Program and joins Midday to talk about her 35 years of political reporting and editorial writing.
May 10, 2010 - MPR’s Rupa Shenoy sat down with a dozen of the girls at a Hmong restaurant. The Hmong teenagers from a north Minneapolis neighborhood have spearheaded an effort to help their families communicate better with police. They have a request in to a number of city officials for a Hmong police officer to work the day shift in the area.