January 11, 2019 - MPR’s Marianne Combs talks with Susan Kimberly about her play "When Superman Became Lois Lane." At its heart, the play is a conversation between the person she was and the person she is. Kimberly is transgender and transitioned from male to female in 1983 before serving as deputy mayor of St. Paul under Norm Coleman in the mid-90s.
January 7, 2019 - MPR Special Coverage presents live broadcast of Governor Tim Walz inauguration, along with other constitutional officers, in an event held at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul.
January 4, 2019 - All Things Considered’s Host Tom Crann and MPR’s Briana Bierschbach discuss further picks for Gov.-elect Tim Walz's administration. Walz announced department commissioners for employment and economic development, commerce, revenue, and labor and industry, as well as three others agencies.
January 3, 2019 - All Things Considered’s Host Tom Crann and MPR’s Brain Bakst discuss some of the picks for Gov.-elect Tim Walz's administration, as the DFLer decided who would run the state's agriculture, natural resources, health and human services departments.
December 24, 2018 - MPR Host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota chef Yia Vang about food traditions. Vang describes his "Hmong Hot Dish."
December 5, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger profiles Tom Petrie, who works full-time as a sergeant in the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office…but has second job that happens in the shed. He's an expert in a type of trophy taxidermy known as the European mount.
November 2, 2018 - On the 20th anniversary of his surprise win in the Minnesota governor’s race in 1998, former Governor Jesse Ventura sits down with MPR’s Tom Crann to reflect on his time in office. Ventura discusses his legacy, accomplishments, frustrations, and mistakes in the political arena.
November 2, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger traveled to Wisconsin to see how Chronic Wasting Disease has changed everything for one deer hunter.
November 1, 2018 - MPR’s John Enger traveled to Wisconsin to see what exactly Chronic Wasting Disease is; how it is impacting Wisconsin…and potentially in Minnesota.
September 21, 2018 - MPR’s Nina Moini reports on Jim Knoblach, a high-ranking republican state representative, who is abruptly ending his re-election campaign. MPR News was preparing to publish detailed accusations from his daughter of inappropriate behavior toward her since childhood.