August 19, 1993 - Local theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews three plays…Wings by Arthur Kopit at Loring Playhouse; Orgasmo Adulto Escapes From the Zoo by Dario Fo and Franca Rame at Loring Playhouse; and Comedy of Terrors by Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop.
August 19, 1993 - Educator and local journalist Ann Daly Goodwin runs down “cool” Minnesota summer items. Also includes review of the book Too Hot, Went to Lake by Peg Meier.
August 19, 1993 - In a Worldview interview, American journalist and writer David Remnick, author of Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, talks about the many trigger points that precipitated Soviet Union’s demise.
August 19, 1993 - Suzanna Sherry, an American legal scholar, details the Ian Lundman verdict, in which father of Ian Lundman prevailed. The 11-year-old, a diabetic, died when his Christian Scientist mother and stepfather tried to treat his illness with prayer instead of insulin.
August 19, 1993 - On May 9, 1989, 11-year-old Ian Lundman died at his home in Independence, Minnesota. Ian's death was apparently caused by diabetic ketoacidosis, a complication of diabetes mellitus. Ian was occasionally ill in the weeks preceding his death and became seriously ill two or three days before he died.
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August 20, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews two local historians about the early days of the Minnesota State Fair. They discuss its development from farm celebration to entertainment, and a future as a gathering.
August 20, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe visits Brainerd International Raceway, where the cars are fast and loud. Reabe interviews drivers and attendees about the fun at BIR during an amateur “Show & Go” event.
August 20, 1993 - All Things Considered’s Paula Schroeder interviews C. John Egan, author of Drop Him Till He Dies: The Twisted Tragedy of Immigrant Homesteader Thomas Egan. Thomas Egan was hanged in South Dakota for the murder of his wife. Over a hundred years later, his great-grandson wrote this book to make a record of Thomas Egan's innocence.