March 2, 2000 - A twin cities speech by author Studs Terkel. Studs spoke at Macalester College recently. His most recent book is The Spectator.
March 13, 2000 - Elaine Chao, former President of the United Way of America and former director of the Peace Corps; spoke at the College of St. Catherine "Forum on Women in Leadership."
March 24, 2000 - A Macalester College speech by Marketplace host David Brancaccio, about his new book, Squandering Aimlessly: My Adventures in the American Marketplace.
April 7, 2000 - Before he wrote Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize winning memoir of growing up poor in Ireland, Frank McCourt was a high school English teacher in New York city. 'Tis, the sequel to Angela's Ashes, has done well too. He gave a speech at the City Arts and Lectures Series in San Francisco about writing, education, and life in New York City.
April 10, 2000 - Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet President, speaking at the annual dinner of the Center of the American Experiment.
April 21, 2000 - A Twin Cities speech by the organizer of the original "Earth Day," Denis Hayes. His Hamline University speech was titled, "Clean Energy Now."
May 16, 2000 - Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. He spoke as part of the Pen Pals Lecture Series sponsored by the Hennepin County Library Foundation.
May 23, 2000 - A speech by Robert McChesney titled "Corporate Media and the Attack on Democracy." McChesney is a professor of Communications at the University of Illinois and author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy. He spoke at Hamline University in St. Paul.
May 29, 2000 - A Commonwealth Club speech by PBS news host Jim Lehrer. He'll talk about his new novel and his show The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
June 7, 2000 - Walter Mondale, former vice-president, speaking at second program of 50 Years: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service. Mondale’s address was titled "Democracy's Challenge: Balancing Personal Liberty and National Security." Following Mondale’s speech, Walter Pincus, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, reflects on misuse of FBI file created on him. Final speaker is Andrew Young, civil rights worker and MLK aide, who addresses the proper use of intelligence agencies. Program begins with news from MPR’s Greta Cunningham.