April 8, 2014 - The Oakland Athletics beat the home team Minnesota Twins 8-3 at Target Field. The loss was the team's third straight home opening loss…and it happened in front of the smallest Opening Day crowd since Target Field opened in 2010.
April 15, 2014 - On this episode of Appetites, James Nortton, author of “Lake Superior Flavors: A Field Guide to Food and Drink Along the Circle Tour,” shares highlights of traveling around the big lake in search of regional foods.
May 2, 2014 - MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports that battle for Minnesota’s 1st District is brewing as Republican Aaron Miller looks to challenge incumbent DFL Congressman Tim Walz. Republicans hope to press mid-term dissatisfaction by leveraging President Barack Obama's low approval ratings and skepticism over his Affordable Care Act against Democrats. Walz is leaning into accomplishments he’s made in the House, despite the gridlock.
May 2, 2014 - MPR’s Nikki Tundel profiles soul singer Sonny Knight, who finds himself back in the music scene after decades long absence.
May 9, 2014 - MPR’s David Cazares talks with Nelson Devereaux, member of the Twin Cities jazz group Courageous Endeavors. Devereaux discusses group’s focus on the tradition of improvisation.
May 12, 2014 - MPR’s Marianne Combs reports on new theater coalition focusing on an end to racial, ethnic stereotypes.
May 30, 2014 - All Things Considered’s Tom Cramm talks with DFL Congressman Tim Walz about his perspective on the resignation of Eric Shinseki as the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs and on the larger VA investigations. Walz had called for Shinseki’s resignation after a VA scandal in Phoenix, Arizona.
June 23, 2014 - When construction crews bulldozed St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood to make way for Interstate 94 in the 1960s, they destroyed the center of the city's African American life, forcing many of the community's residents to move. But the spirit of Rondo lives on among its former residents and their descendants. Among them is Daina Stanley, a University of Tampa junior. When she spoke with members of her family about the Rondo they knew and loved, that helped her find home.
July 9, 2014 - As part of a series that explores health disparities among certain groups of Minnesotans and the growing importance of data to understand the causes, MPR’s Lorna Benson looks into the struggles of some in the LGBTQ community.
July 10, 2014 - An MPR News Presents program held at Westminster Townhall Forum with former Vice President Walter Mondale.