September 6, 1996 - Midday discusses various considerations involved in making public and private investments, including social factors as well as financial factors, with guests Chris Farrell and John Schultz . This week the the State Board of Investment considered the advisability of investing in tobacco stocks, and individuals make decisions like this as well.
September 2, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning featuring a Voices of Minnesota interview with Mary Foster Rosenthal, AFL-CIO. Also featured is: Odd Jobs - fish feeder, Odd Jobs - bug wrangler, Odd Jobs - makeup effects artist, Odd Jobs - mascot maker, Odd Jobs - governor's chef.
August 12, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning featuring Voices of Minnesota with Roger Toogood, president of Children's Home Society of Minnesota and Holly van Gulden, adoptive family counselor call-in.
August 5, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Lee Pao Xiong, and author Susan Allen Toth on How to Prepare for Your High-School Reunion call-in.
July 15, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Curt Carlson and John Ewoldt, editor and publisher of Consumers' Best call-in.
July 5, 1996 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews local playwright Martha Boesing, who discusses her play “These Are My Sisters.” The one-person play explores the political and artistic roots of feminism in the 1970's.
July 4, 1996 - Midday rebroadcasts the award-winning MPR documentary about "Freedom Summer" in Mississippi in 1964. It's called "O Freedom Over Me."
June 17, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Gregg White, an early Minnesotan tested HIV positive, and the Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council director and Philanthrofund founder. Also, Odd Jobs - mosquito trapper and author Brendan Gill on Late Bloomers.
June 10, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with David Durenberger; a Minnesota Twins update, interviews with Marty Cordova, Chuck Knoblauch and Paul Molitor; Anthony Horn, producer-creator of Saint Paul Saints documentary "Baseball, Minnesota."
June 3, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Nina Archibald of the Minnesota Historical Society, David Noble, University of Minnesota professor of American Studies, and Susan Hill Gross, Upper Midwest Women's History Center.