Bob Potter

931 Collection Items

• MPR Documentary: The Deep Roots of the Marriage Debate

  Minnesotans are involved in a passionate debate about marriage during 2012 election season. The two sides began squaring off more than 40 years ago. This project draws from MPR's extensive audio archive to explore the origins of this election day showdown over same-sex marriage.

  Oct. 25, 201255 minSave
• Six Funny Stories From Kevin Kling

  Kevin Kling, one of Minnesota's best-known storytellers, explains the title of his new book "The Dog Says How," the difficulties of catching a wild beaver and why he's so obsessed with squirrel monkeys, in a recent performance at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Minnesota writer and humorist Kevin Kling has collected some of his best NPR pieces and new essays into his first book, "The Dog Says How."

  Oct. 29, 200760 minSave
• Six Funny Stories From Kevin Kling

  Kevin Kling, one of Minnesota's best-known storytellers, explains the title of his new book "The Dog Says How," the difficulties of catching a wild beaver and why he's so obsessed with squirrel monkeys, in a recent performance at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Minnesota writer and humorist Kevin Kling has collected some of his best NPR pieces and new essays into his first book, "The Dog Says How."

  Oct. 29, 200760 minSave
• "A Christmas Memory" and Other Stories Continued

  "A Christmas Memory" and other stories. To keep you company this Christmas, Midday presents stories of the season from a host of top-flight story tellers, including Truman Capote, Garrison Keillor and David Sedaris.Hour 2: "Six to Eight Black Men," by David Sedaris. Read by the author in 2002 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This story is included in Sedaris' latest book "Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim." "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," by Dr. Seuss. Read by former Minnesota Public Radio host Bob Potter. "A View From the Card Table," by Kevin Kling. Read by the author on his CD, "Stories off the Shallow End." "The Polar Express," by Chris Van Allsburg. Read by Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson at the Fitzgerald Theater in 2004. Sound effects provided by Tom Keith.

  Dec. 25, 200654 minSave
• Lee Pao Xiong reflects on last 25 years of Hmong resettlement to U.S.

  MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Lee Pao Xiong, member of the Metropolitan Council, about what has changed in the past 25 years for the Hmong community. Xiong is the first Hmong appointed by the governor to a state policy-making body.

  Apr. 26, 2000Save
• Neil Haugerud, Author of the Book "Jailhouse Stories: Memories of a Small-town Sheriff"

  Neil Haugerud, author of Jailhouse Stories: Memories of a Small Town Sheriff, discusses his book. It is published by the University of Minnesota Press.

  Dec. 28, 19997 minSave
• Jim Lenfestey, Author of the Book "The Urban Coyote: Howlings on Family, Community and the Search for Peace and Quiet"

  That's author Jim Lenfestey reading from his book The Urban Coyote: Howlings on Family, Community, and the Search for Peace and Quiet. The book is a compilation of columns and essays he's written for a community newspaper in Minneapolis.

  Dec. 22, 199910 minSave
• Voices of Minnesota: Don Gillmor and Betty Wilson

  Latest edition of the Voices of Minnesota series with retired University of Minnesota Journalism Professor Don Gillmor and retired Star Tribune political reporter Betty Wilson.

  Nov. 5, 1999Save
• Jack El-Hai makes his case for the mandolin

  Over 200 mandolin players from North America and Europe are in Minneapolis to attend annual convention of the Classical Mandolin Society of America. Jack El-Hai formed the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra in 1991, and talks with MPR’s Bob Potter about mandolins.

  Nov. 4, 19993 minSave
• Hy Berman on Eugene McCarthy

  Hy Berman, professor of history at the University of Minnesota, discusses Eugene McCarthy.

  Oct. 22, 19994 minSave