October 29, 1991 - On this Midday program, MPR’s Bob Potter reports on the Twins parade celebrating the team’s 1991 World Series win. Program includes Gary Eichten and Howard Sinker at the Metrodome, who answer listener questions.
October 29, 1991 - Midday’s Bob Potter hosts MPR Special Coverage of Twins victory celebrations. Program includes reports on parade sites in St. Paul and Minneapolis and preparation of Minneapolis celebration event at Metrodome. Potter also talks with Gary Eichten and Howard Sinker, who are awaiting start of celebration event at Metrodome, about the series and answer listener questions.
October 29, 1991 - Midday’s Bob Potter hosts MPR Special Coverage of Twins victory parade. Program includes reports from parade running through downtown St. Paul and preparation of Minneapolis parade and celebration event at Metrodome.
October 27, 1991 - Richard Truly, former astronaut and administrator of NASA, speaks at the National Press Club. Following speech, MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Robert Pepin, professor of physics at University of Minnesota. Pepin talks about Truly’s address about the future of the U.S. space program.
October 25, 1991 - Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, discusses the damaging developments of the soviet economy, and possibility of future loose confederation of the splintering Soviet republics as an economic power. Smith has been a New York Times journalist and foreign correspondent from the Soviet Union and around the world for 26 years. Hedrick Smith has updated his book, "The New Russians", to include several new chapters on the failed Soviet Coup and its aftermath. He is currently a fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
October 16, 1991 - Midday’s Bob Potter interviews C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. Surgeon General. Topics of discussion include senate confirmation hearings, abortion, and his book "Koop: The Memoirs of America's Family Doctor." Koop also answers listener questions.
October 12, 1991 - On this Midday, Garrison Keillor reads from his novel, WLT: A Radio Romance, and talks about the new season for the American Radio Company. Keillor also answers listener questions.
September 28, 1991 - Larry Millett, staff writer on architecture and urban development for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, answers listener questions about architecture, both old and new buildings, and the new city skylines.
August 30, 1991 - On this Midday broadcast from the Minnesota State Fair, a conversation with Minnesota authors Leif Enger, Lin Enger, and Will Weaver. The Enger brothers discuss the Gun Pedersen Mystery book series. Will Weaver chats about his various fiction and how his rural experience provides context for his work.
August 20, 1991 - Professors Theofanis Stavrou and Norma Noonan talk about events in the Soviet Union.