August 26, 2008 - Democratic National Convention - Day 2: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar gives a brief speech, mentioning memories of ore-digging grandfather and highlighting the need for income growth of middle class in push for Obama and Biden presidential ticket.
August 27, 2008 - Democratic National Convention - Day 3: Joe Biden’s acceptance speech for vice presidential nomination at the 2008 Democratic National Convention held in Denver, Colorado.
August 28, 2008 - MPR’s Curtis Gilbert talks with civil rights activist Josie Johnson about the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.
September 4, 2008 - Day 4 of the Republican National Convention, held in St. Paul, Minneosta. John McCain gives republican presedential nomination acceptance speech at the RNC. In speech, McCain presents Sarah Palin, the first woman vice president on a Republican presidential ticket.
September 8, 2008 - Former Republican Govs. Al Quie and Arne Carlson and retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minnesota., recently shared the stage at the St. Paul College Club for a symposium titled "Minnesota's Progressive Republican Tradition: A History of Investing for Real Prosperity" sponsored by Growth & Justice, a progressive economic think tank.
November 3, 2008 - Midday presents the final U.S. Senate debate, which took place just two days before Election Day. U.S. Senate candidates Republican Norm Coleman, Democrat Al Franken, and the Independence Party's Dean Barkley gathered at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul for a fireworks filled debate. The MPR hosted event was moderated by Midday's Gary Eichten.
November 7, 2008 - Hector Tobar, the son of Guatemalan immigrants, author of "Translation Nation" and Los Angeles Times Mexico City bureau chief, spoke recently during a Westminster Town Hall Forum.
November 17, 2008 - Author and humorist Garrison Keillor talked about poetry, writing and his own relationship with the library at this month's "Talk of the Stacks" series at the Hennepin County Library in downtown Minneapolis.
November 18, 2008 - Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin examines the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and identifies attributes that distinguish truly great presidents. Goodwin's latest book is "Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln." She spoke in Minneapolis at the annual Planned Parenthood fundraising dinner in October.
December 1, 2008 - "Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches". An American RadioWorks documentary. Featuring speeches from: Booker T. Washington: A former slave and the most influential African American at the turn of the 20th century