December 22, 1993 - Minnesota poet and author Bill Holm comments on a number of winter topics, from the sense of poverty on the farm, to the meaning behind lutefisk.
December 23, 1993 - Minnesota poet and author Bill Holm reflects on singing Christmas songs in his Lutheran childhood, with memories of the cold, tin ears, and a favorite carol.
December 24, 1993 - On this Christmas Eve Midday, listeners share Christmas stories and describe what the holiday means to them. Program also contains a reading and closes with holiday music.
January 7, 1994 - Pai Yang wrote a commentary for MPR about what happened when she left Minnesota and went to college at Harvard. Yang reflects on what it means to be Hmong.
January 26, 1994 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from City Hall in Nashwauk, Minnesota. Program highlights the history, current state, and future of mining in the Iron Range. In this second hour of program, MPR’s Catherine Winter and Martin Kaste present reports from MPR’s Rachel Reabe and Mark Steil. Following reports, a panel discussion with Doug Schrader, president of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota; and Bob Roots, lobbyist for United Steel Workers, about mining jobs and future industry.
February 11, 1994 - This Voices from the Heartland feature presents Marlene Reuber reading poem "It Is Enough" by Ruth Daigon.
March 10, 1994 - MPR’s Tom Meersman talks with Faroese poet Roy Paterson, who discusses the Faroe Islands and of keeping tradition of culture. Paterson reads a poem in both English and in Faroese.
March 17, 1994 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Irish poet Micheal O'Siadhail about writing poetry and personal expression. Segment also includes O'Siadhail reading numerous poems.
March 23, 1994 - MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Edina author Sandra Benitez, won the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers award for "A Place Where the Sea Remembers." Benitez also reads from book.
April 22, 1994 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, Duluth writer Barton Sutter reads his essay "God's Own Ice Rink." Sutter recounts his ice skating excursion onto a frozen Lake Superior, where he encounters black ice and an unlucky fisherman.