February 27, 1993 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki profiles the Minnesota music group Sounds of Blackness. Report includes interviews with founder Russell Knighton and black students of Macalester College.
March 3, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil profiles the Zytec Corporation in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Steil interviews members of business about it’s non-traditional approach of worker self-management, an idea fostered by American business theorist W. Edwards Deming.
March 18, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Abraham Rodriguez’s Spidertown: A Novel. Segment includes interview with Rodriguez and reading from book by the author.
May 3, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen profiles Minneosta poet Bill Holm after his heart attack. Holm talks about his health, his time in China, writing, and disdain for strict nutrition.
June 18, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles St. Paul playwright Marion McClinton’s Enlightenments on an Enchanted Island, an Illusion Theater production, and interviews the playwright about the work and race in American culture.
June 23, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger profiles Bob Lessard, a Minnesota state senator known for his strong environmental and natural resource stances. His views have supporters and critics from both ends of the ecological debate in northern Minnesota.
June 26, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Chong Koua Yang, owner of Hmong Auto Services in St. Paul. Yang provides an option to those in Hmong community where language is still an obstacle in daily American life.
July 2, 1993 - First Friday’s Beth Friend profiles Nagamandala, a play that weaves together two Kannada folk tales, exploring themes of marriage, fidelity, and female agency. Segment includes interview with playwright Girish Karnad.
October 1, 1993 - On this First Friday program, guest host Cathy Wurzer presents story and interview collection of various arts and culture topics.
November 26, 1993 - MPR’s Euen Kerr profiles Bound and Gagged: A Love Story, a Minnesota-made road movie about a bizarre love triangle, directed by Daniel Appleby.