March 31, 1999 - Yesterday's high in the Twin Cities was 73, and we reached the mid 60s today, when normally we'd only hit 50. March is going out like a very big, fluffy lamb, and the evidence that spring has arrived is all around: from robins pulling up worms to hardy boys in shorts. Bet you didn't know people study this kind of thing. They're called "phenologists." Jim Gilbert of the Linnaeus Arboretum in St. Peter is a practicing phenologist.
March 12, 1999 - Midday presents a MPR documentary special by MPR’s Lynette Nyman about the Hmong people in Minnesota, called “This Is Home: The Hmong in Minnesota.” Program explores the ways members of St. Paul's Hmong community wrestle with issues of culture and identity, with maintaining ties to the past, and seeking to thrive in modern urban America.
March 12, 1999 - Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota state demographer; and Jane Graupman, of the International Institute of Minnesota, provide an update on immigrants in Minnesota, how many there are, where they are coming from now, where they have come from in the recent past and throughout history. Gillaspy and Graupman also answer listener questions.
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February 17, 1999 - The February edition of our Voices of Minnesota series, featuring three pioneering Minnesota doctors: Dr. John Wild, who developed ultrasound for detecting breast cancer; Dr. Arne Anderson, a founder of the Minneapolis Children's Medical Center; and Dr. Betty Jerome, the first director of Teenage Medical Service in Minneapolis.
February 5, 1999 - MPR New’s John Rabe interviews Garrison Keillor on his new satirical book, Me, that seems to parody Jesse Ventura.
January 4, 1999 - Media from around the world and across the nation covered the inauguration today, continuing their fascination with Jesse Ventura.
November 27, 1998 - 85 years ago, 28 men sailed for Antarctica in a ship called Endurance. Their goal was to cross the frozen continent shore-to-shore. They never made it closer than a hundred miles from the coast, but the adventure they DID have could be considered even more amazing than crossing Antarctica. They got stuck in the ice and were given up for dead. But they all survived, in large part because they were led by the great explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. They spent months on ice floes and on a desolate island, and weeks at sea in tiny lifeboats. The story's been told and retold in many books, but now you can see the pictures the expedition photographer took during the journey. The photos by Frank Hurley are collected in a new book called "The Endurance" by Caroline Alexander, who spoke with Minnesota Public Radio's John Rabe. | D-CART ITEM: 1348 | TIME: 5:25 | OUTCUE: "...IT HAPPENED."
November 26, 1998 - Today would have been the 86th birthday of Eric Sevareid, the longtime C-B-S reporter and commentator, and perhaps the greatest journalist to come out of Minnesota. Sevareid died in 1992 at the age of 79, and while his work and life are admired and respected by those who know about him, even his biographer questions his impact on American broadcast journalism. Minnesota Public Radio's John Rabe reports. SCRIPT: When Eric Sevareid retired from CBS News in 1977, he spoke at the National Press Club, and somebody asked him about the good old days.
November 26, 1998 - Cuomo, former New York governor, speaking at Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnetonka about community involvement. After speech, program presents a report from MPR’s John Rabe on Eric Sevareid, CBS journalist and commentator on CBS Evening News. Sevareid was a North Dakota native and went to University of Minnesota. Program closes out with various individuals “giving thanks” for Thanksgiving.