Susan Orandi

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• Peter Leschak talks about his book "Seeing the Raven"

  Northern Minnesota nature writer and firefighter Peter Leschak talks about his book, Seeing the Raven: A Narrative of Renewal. Leschak also reads from book and discusses environment aspects of the woods.

  Sep. 16, 19948 minSave
• F. Scott Fitzgerald home tour with Robert Solotaroff

  A walking tour of F. Scott Fitzgerald home on St. Paul’s Summit Avenue with Robert Solotaroff, an English professor at the University of Minnesota. Fitzgerald rewrote the manuscript that became his first novel, This Side of Paradise, at the residence.

  Jul. 1, 19949 minSave
• Yelena Khanga talks about "Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family, 1865-1992"

  A Worldview interview with Yelena Khanga, a Russian journalist and TV personality, who shares her Black experience in Russia. Khanga also details items from her book, Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family, 1865-1992.

  Mar. 8, 199311 minSave
• Bill Clinton announces Al Gore as running mate, followed by Eric Sevareid obituary

  Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Clinton announces his selection of Tennessee Senator Al Gore for his vice-presidential running mate at noon today, in front of the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas. NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Brian Naylor provided analysis, NPR’s Nina Totenberg prepared a background profile of Senator Gore. Following Clinton announcement, program presents an extended excerpt of the late Eric Sevareid's "farewell address" to the National Press Club, recorded back in 1977. The CBS newsman died on this day at the age of 79. Sevareid was born in North Dakota, and during the 1920's his family moved to Minneapolis, where he graduated from the University of Minnesota. His first job as a reporter was at the old "Minneapolis Journal" when he was only 18 years old. He also worked for the Paris Herald and the United Press. On his first assignment for CBS News in 1940, he got the scoop that France was about to surrender to the Germans. Sevareid worked with legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and served as the network's chief correspondent. He retired from CBS in 1977.

  Jul. 9, 199255 minSave
• Martina Greywind of Fargo gets abortion
  Feb. 24, 1992Save
• Staging plays at the Historic River Inn, Fergus Falls

  MPR’s Susan Orandi reports on a Otter Tail County onstage program, which is staging plays at the historic River Inn, Fergus Falls. Lance Belleville, co-artistic director and playwright-in-residence at the theater details the plans for play and tying it to River Inn’s history.

  Jun. 28, 19914 minSave
• Garrison Keillor back on the 'Prairie'

  MPR’s Susan Orandi reports on Garrison Keillor’s return to A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor stopped doing his A Prairie Home Companion show in 1987, but says he has searched for some happy way of rediscovering and operating the roots of the show. 

  Mar. 23, 19917 minSave
• Composer Herb Pilhofer makes a jingle

  A profile and interview with Minneapolis composer Herb Pilhofer. Once a part of a trio at Herb’s in the 1950’s and musical director at the Guthrie Theater in the 1960’s, Pilhofer now scores for advertisements.

  Aug. 22, 19874 minSave