All Things Considered is a comprehensive source for afternoon news and information provided by various MPR hosts in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington over the decades. The program contains interviews, reports, speeches and breaking coverage.
March 17, 1992 - Sports commentator Howard Sinker looks at the Detroit Tigers trading pitcher John Smiley to the Minnesota Twins.
March 27, 1992 - MPR’s Stephen Smith talks with composer Robert Moran about his operatic work “From the Towers of the Moon.” Moran promotes the idea of children operas. Piece also includes interview clips of soprano Elisabeth Como and composer John Adams.
March 27, 1992 - On this segment of interview with Eugene McCarthy, he discusses the deficit, recession, and world politics.
March 27, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Eugene McCarthy about the 1992 Democratic presidential campaigns of Jerry Brown and Bill Clinton. McCarthy also speaks about Independent candidate Ross Perot.
March 31, 1992 - Former Minnesota Governor Elmer L. Anderson shares his political thoughts on Harold LeVander, another former governor. LeVander died on March 30th, 1992.
April 3, 1992 - Roger Sween, a library cooperation specialist at State Library Services, Minnesota Department of Education, talks with MPR’s Gary Eichten about the variety of choices involved in declaring a ‘State Book.’
April 6, 1992 - Local sports commentator Howard Sinker breaks down the Minnesota Twins win against the Milwaukee Brewers in MLB season opener. Sinker discusses status of various players.
April 10, 1992 - Despite the slushy snow outside, MPR’s Bill Wareham gets the temperature of Minnesota Twins fans (and a player) at a fan rally as the 1992 season begins. While coming off a World Series Championship in 1991, the team faces challenges of losing some key players going into the new year.
April 15, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Eric Smith, a member of the Internal Revenue Service, about reasons and process behind IRS auditing taxpayers.
April 24, 1992 - For Arbor Day, All Things Considered has discussion with a tree expert about Minnesota trees. Topics include tree types, on-going care, benefits, costs, and differences within cities in how urban forests are managed.