May 30, 2014 - All Things Considered’s Tom Cramm talks with DFL Congressman Tim Walz about his perspective on the resignation of Eric Shinseki as the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs and on the larger VA investigations. Walz had called for Shinseki’s resignation after a VA scandal in Phoenix, Arizona.
May 2, 2014 - MPR’s Nikki Tundel profiles soul singer Sonny Knight, who finds himself back in the music scene after decades long absence.
April 15, 2014 - On this episode of Appetites, James Nortton, author of “Lake Superior Flavors: A Field Guide to Food and Drink Along the Circle Tour,” shares highlights of traveling around the big lake in search of regional foods.
February 4, 2014 - MPR’s Tom Crann interviews former U.S. President Jimmy Carter about Joan Mondale, who passed away on February 3rd, 2014. Carter reflects on Mondale’s legacy in advocacy for the fine arts.
November 20, 2013 - In this episode of Appetites, MPR’s Tom Crann talks with Minnesota poet and writer Heid Erdrich about the local food movement. Though seen as a relatively recent phenomenon, Erdrich argues in a book that the local food movement goes back to the indigenous populations of our region.
November 20, 2013 - MPR’s Dan Kraker reports that after more than a decade of falling water levels, Lake Superior is on the upswing. For 14 years, water levels in Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake, remained below their long-term average, the longest stretch of below-average levels in recorded history. The big lake reached its all-time low in 2007.
September 3, 2013 - The Obama administration trying to line up support on Capitol Hill for some sort of military action against Syria. In the House of Representatives, leaders from both parties now say they support U.S. action, but rank-and-file members of Congress are less sure.
August 30, 2013 - The Minnesota State Fair is one of the few places where fish and falcons, lambs and llamas are all within a short stroll of each other. That inspired a reflection on the ancient relationships between humans and animals from playwright and storyteller Kevin Kling.
June 28, 2013 - On this episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices, MPR’s Dan Olson profiles several women's Hmong American flag football teams as they prepare to compete at this year's Hmong Freedom Celebration. Playing the game was a formidable cultural hurdle the young Hmong American women had to overcome, as families place a high value on women as wives, rather than competitors.
June 19, 2013 - Vince Flynn, the St. Paul native novelist died this morning. He was 47. Flynn was a New York Times best selling author of "The Last Man," his most recent 'Mitch Rapp' thriller series book. But, in this MPR interview in 2000, he said his start into book-writing wasn't easy.