September 23, 1994 - Garrison Keillor reads an excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
September 30, 1994 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Twin Cities native and author Susan Carol Hauser reads an essay that captures the scene of the first frost of fall.
October 27, 1994 - Robert Bly reads poem about men and women.
October 28, 1994 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota writer Susan Carol Hauser reads an essay on Halloween and the “ghosts” that appear.
November 22, 1994 - MPR's Stephen Smith prepared this documentary, "Song Catcher, Frances Densmore of Red Wing" about Frances Densmore, a Minnesota music teacher who set out to capture disappearing Indian songs. She is said to be a pioneering anthropologist in preserving American Indian music.
December 10, 1994 - MPR presents various readings from a collection of essays written by teenagers about their life experience. Topics include isolation, sexual orientation, race, and despair.
December 15, 1994 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Minneosta poets Diane Glancy and C. W. Truesdale about the book “Two Worlds Walking: Short Stories, Essays, and Poetry by Writers of Mixed Heritages" that they edited. Segment includes Glancy doing short readings.
December 23, 1994 - MPR’s Marlana Benzie-Lourey interviews Duluth poet Louis Jenkins about his book "Nice Fish." Jenkins reads title poem of book.
December 31, 1994 - To close out the year, MPR’s Euan Kerr wonderfully recites "Auld Lang Syne" in brogue.
January 13, 1995 - Michigan’s Upper Peninsula poet Barbara Simila reads her poems "The Immigrants", "Heritage", and "Walking On Water."