July 5, 1993 - Midday broadcasts an MPR documentary called The Voice of Meridel Le Sueur, which includes various interviews and readings of Le Sueur’s work.
June 26, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Chong Koua Yang, owner of Hmong Auto Services in St. Paul. Yang provides an option to those in Hmong community where language is still an obstacle in daily American life.
June 26, 1993 - A reading of “Flood,” a story from Wendell Erdman Berry’s novel, A Place on Earth.
June 25, 1993 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on Hmong farming in Minnesota, where a more traditional approach returns to a land where modern agriculture now dominates.
June 18, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports from Duluth on local bands performing along Grandma’s Marathon course in support of the runners. Kelleher interviews race coordinator and various members of bands playing during race.
June 17, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil visits Chandler on the anniversary of a major tornado that devastated the town and surrounding area. Steil details the recovery efforts in past year and remembrance on what was lost.
June 11, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Louise King and a Maud Hart Lovelace expert about the beloved Betsy-Tacy children’s book series, written by the Mankato native.
June 11, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports on Project Grow, a program that supplies seeds and fertilizer to Leech Lake Reservation families willing to take on the discipline, patience, and stoop labor of gardening.
June 9, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on Hmong teen pregnancy and some of the cross-cultural situations that are behind it. Roberts visits the AGAPE School in St. Paul and speaks with young mothers, administrators, and local advocates.
June 7, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion at Iron World (later known as Minnesota Discovery Center) in Chisholm, Minnesota. Winter talks with a few individuals as they reflect on their time with CCC. Many of the members of the corps had been workers from the Iron Range.