August 28, 1998 - An MPR Special presenting interviews with all seven major party gubernatorial candidates on economic development, followed by listener reaction to the candidates. Program begins with brief reports on the various candidates.
August 27, 1998 - Along with cancelling hundreds of flights, as of eleven last (WED) night, Northwest Airlines also stopped taking any additional cargo shipments, putting many Minnesota businesses in a bind but it seems those businesses are making do. Minnesota Public Radio's John Rabe reports.
August 25, 1998 - MPR’s John Rabe reports on local African American leaders from the Twin Cities talking with local black leaders in South Africa.
August 19, 1998 - With a US West strike underway, and a Northwest Airlines strike looming, Mario Bognanno, Professor of Industrial Relations at the Industrial Relations Center of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, discusses strikes, the impact of strikes, and the negotiations that led up to them.
August 18, 1998 - Dr. Robert Butler, founding Director of the National Institute on Aging, gerontologist and medical ethicist, speaking at the AARP National convention in Minneapolis. Butler’s speech was titled "End of Life Decision Making."
August 18, 1998 - Michael Scandrett, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans and former Director of the MN Health Care Commission, and Lee Greenfield, state representative and Chairman of the House Health and Human Services Finance Division, discuss MinnesotaCare, HMO's, Medicare and Medicaid, prescription costs, and employer health benefits. Scandrett and Greenfield also answer listener question.
August 17, 1998 - Michael Ciresi, lead attorney in the Minnesota tobacco trial, speaking at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association in Alexandria. In a keynote address, Ciresi speaks about his experiences.
August 17, 1998 - Tim Penny (DFL) and Vin Weber (R), co-directors of the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum, discuss President Clinton’s upcoming testimony before the grand jury, and the implications for the presidency, public leadership, and the distinction between public and private lives of elected officials. Penny and Weber also answers listener questions. Program begins with a brief report.
August 13, 1998 - Simon McBurney, artistic director of the Theatre de Complicite. "The Street of Crocodiles" opens tonite at Theatre de la Jeune Lune, but every production is sold out already. If you're one of the lucky ones who got tickets for "The Street of Crocodiles", the sold-out surrealist production that opens tonite in Minneapolis.
August 11, 1998 - John talked with the Jungle Theatre's managing director, Julie Sands and Kevin Kling about whether the Jungle theatre is folding for good now that it's losing it's lease to an adult fantasy gift shop.