June 18, 2002 - Jesse Ventura, announces on the show he won't run again for governor.
November 6, 2001 - Midday talks with guest Gov. Jesse Ventura who talks to talk about issues including the Twins, stadiums, the war and tax rebates. Listeners call in with questions.
August 31, 2001 - In a broadcast from the MPR booth at Minnesota State Fair, Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe revisits the farmers of Chanarambie Township in Southwestern Minnesota.
August 10, 2001 - The August edition of Voices of Minnesota featuring retiring President of the Minnesota Humanities Commission Cheryl Dickson and two musicians, jazz saxophonist Percy Hughes and Katie McMahon, who sings and plays traditional Irish music.
July 18, 2001 - Joe Dowling, Guthrie Theater artistic director, sits in the studio with Gary Eichten to talk about the future of the venue and answer questions from MPR listeners.
July 4, 2001 - A Voices of Minnesota with two World War II military veterans. Bloomington resident Avis Schorer was an Army nurse pinned down on the beach at Anzio, Italy during one of World War II's most brutal battles. Roseville resident Ken Porwoll was an Army infantryman who survived the Bataan Death March and three and half years as a prisoner of the Japanese.
May 25, 2001 - A Memorial Day special Voices of Minnesota featuring the stories of two war survivors. Dan Olson interviews World War II war prisoner and bomber pilot Richard Carroll from Eagan, and Sabina Zimering, the Polish Jew now living in St. Louis Park who evaded the Nazis with a false identity.
May 9, 2001 - Live coverage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's address as part of the Distinguished Carlson Lecture Series at Northrop Auditorium. Following the speech and audience questions, MPR host Dan Olson speaks with three guests: Hamline University Religion Professor Mark Berkson, St. John's University Asian History Professor Richard Bohr, and local Tibetan leader Wangyal Ritzekura.
January 31, 2001 - Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz joins Midday’s Gary Eichten in the MPR studios to talk about the state of the judicial system in Minnesota. Focus of conversation is on how state court system is overwhelmed handling two million cases a year and the need for more funding. Justice Blatz also answers listener call-in questions.
January 18, 2001 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone about his decision to run for re-election and the political environment. Wellstone also answers listener questions.