September 1, 2009 - Commentator Peter Smith shares his view that he can do without going to the State Fair….from the smells, the people, and the sounds; it’s all an overload of sensations.
July 14, 2009 - Riley Spartz is back on the case. Spartz is a fictional TV reporter that fans may remember as the main character from the mystery novel "Stalking Susan." In a new sequel called "The Missing Mark" Spartz is looking into a human interest story, but winds up in the middle of a missing person case. Amid the mystery and suspense "The Missing Mark" examines how news organizations decide which missing person cases to cover. Both books are set in the Twin Cities. Author Julie Kramer.... a former investigative producer with WCCO-TV told me she got the idea for the book from a classified ad.
June 30, 2009 - Well if that house were up in the Twin Cities today it wouldn't be generating much energy. It's cloudy with scattered sprinkles expected today. Highs are forecast to be just in the upper 60s maybe 70. Yesterday was also a cool day. Despite the recent run of below average temperatures, the air conditioning at commentator Peter Smith's house has been running non-stop. And he's not happy about it.
March 17, 2009 - Well... the economic turmoil that's making financial products like payday loans more prevalent offers a lesson. Economists haven't refined it yet, but commentator Peter Smith can sum it up in one word- Simplicity.
March 9, 2009 - Imagine if you had to do a job interview with dozens of potential employers all at once... And you had only 90 seconds to make your case. That's what actors from around our region are doing at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis today. The Twin Cities Unified Theater Auditions bring together more than 40 producers representing theaters from Minnesota and beyond. They see auditions from hundreds of local actors. Each actor has just a minute and a half to make their best impression. The Unifieds got underway this weekend.
March 3, 2009 - How's your morning going? Are you feeling the rush to get out the door? With the pace of life these days, sometimes a Minnesotan needs to start the day with a quiet little moment. That's how commentator Peter Smith feels and it's why he composed this still-life essay for an early March morning in Minnesota.
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January 1, 2009 - MPR’s Curtis Gilbert spends a day at the Minnesota State Fair to gorge on varied food offerings to see how the fried and caloric intake may impact the body. It leads to surprising and unsurprising results.
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.
June 8, 2008 - DFL state convention, live coverage pt 1 of 3 (linecheck)