April 26, 1996 - Midday presents Rockin The Boat, a PRI documentary on South Africa's journey from apartheid to democracy. In 1994, South Africa held its first all-race multi-party elections, putting an end to decades of minority rule. This program traces South Africa's path through the apartheid years with the voices of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Johnny Clegg, and more.
April 19, 1996 - Midday presents Delano Lewis, president of National Public Radio, speaking at Minnesota Meeting held at Hilton in downtown Minneapolis. Lewis’s address was titled “Open Access: Moving All America Into the Information Age.” He also discusses funding and preservation of public broadcasting. After speech, Lewis answers audience questions.
April 12, 1996 - Midday presents "Renewing the Social Contract,” a special three-hour program that looks at the issue of economic insecurity across the country as society moves into the information age.
April 3, 1996 - As part of a collection of reports looking at the transgender experience, MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Terry, who is transitioning from female to male; and Scott Gerdes, who has already transitioned from female to male. Terry and Scott talk about finding true self in gender identity. Roberts also speaks with experts about the transition medical process.
April 3, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger visits Northwest Technical College in Detroit Lakes, where a vocational program has become one of the best in the country…for neon benders, the people who create those ribbons of light. A resurgence of popularity in neon has sparked a demand for more benders.
April 1, 1996 - In honor of Opening Day of Major League Baseball, MPR host John Rabe and baseball analyst Kevin Hennessy hit the street for a game of catch while chatting about the make up of Minnesota Twins team that is taking the field in 1996.
March 29, 1996 - As part of a collection of reports looking at the transgender experience, MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Deborah Davis, who expresses gender identity as female. Roberts accompanies Davis on a shopping trip and discuss one finding identity without physically transitioning.
March 28, 1996 - As part of a collection of reports looking at the transgender experience, MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Andrea Jenkins, who is transitioning from male to female. Jenkins shares her path, both physically and psychologically. Roberts also speaks with experts about the transgender life.
March 26, 1996 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger profiles Wahkon, a small community at the south end of Lake Mille Lacs, where there is an authentic small-town renewal driven by a combination of optimism and fear.
March 22, 1996 - There are many creation stories explaining how the Earth took its form and how civilizations came to be, including the massive waters of Lake Superior. People gathered at the Lake Superior Center in Duluth to hear the stories and myths of the Ojibwe culture…here's a sampling of what they heard.