July 6, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with a researcher about a Sunday Star Tribune article regarding AIDS. Interviewee points out concerns on how the disease and those at risk is defined.
July 3, 1992 - Businesswoman Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, speaks about "Profit with Principles" at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She says that corporations must make it a priority to act responsibly and be global-minded.
June 30, 1992 - On this special live Midday broadcast, MPR’s Dan Olson shares the latest on a Burlington Northern freight train derailment causing three tank cars to plunge into the Nemadji River. One of them ruptured, causing chemicals to spill into the river and subsequently into Lake Superior. Accident lead to Duluth residents being evacuated.
June 22, 1992 - A broadcast of MPR’s The Morning Show at The Centrum, located at Concordia College in Fargo-Moorhead. Program contains skits, interviews, performances, and readings.
June 22, 1992 - A collection of MPR staff reading pieces from Land in Her Own Name: Women As Homesteaders in North Dakota by H. Elaine Lindgren. The book recounts women's fascinating accounts from rural life…such as locating a claim, erecting a shelter, and living on the prairie in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
June 17, 1992 - MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports from Clarkfield, as the southwestern Minnesota town surveys the damage after severe storm and winds struck area.
June 17, 1992 - MPR’s Jon Gordon reports on the devastation left from multiple tornadoes that struck southwest Minnesota towns. Chandler and Lake Wilson were the worst hit.
June 16, 1992 - Audio clip of Midmorning listeners sharing their book suggestions.
June 13, 1992 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports from Rio de Janeiro and shares his takeaway of the various speeches from world leaders at Earth Summit. Ancient poets from India, medieval Icelandic bards, and Chinese proverbs were invoked.
June 13, 1992 - A Weekend Edition interview on public interest in travel books. Segment includes a group of recommendations of travel writing from a bookseller.