Voices of Minnesota, a long-running MPR series, highlights the many interesting voices that make up the people and history of Minnesota. It has appeared on Mid-Morning, MPR, Midday, and News Feature broadcasts in short form, and part of Midday hour programming in long form. Over the years, MPR’s Dan Olson, Gary Eichten, and numerous others, produced hundreds of fascinating interviews from the land of 10,000 Lakes.
May 6, 1996 - Part 1 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Jeno Paulucci, a Minnesota businessmen who was the founder of Chung King and other frozen food companies. He talks about his childhood, his career, and giving back to Northern Minnesota.
May 17, 1996 - Part 2 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Captain Jack McDuff, a jazz organist.
May 17, 1996 - Part 1 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Captain Jack McDuff, a jazz organist.
May 27, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, features Voices of Minnesota with Reider Dittman, a concentration camp survivor. Also Arne Fogel on Jerry Lewis, and Odd Jobs - makeup effects artist
June 3, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Nina Archibald of the Minnesota Historical Society, David Noble, University of Minnesota professor of American Studies, and Susan Hill Gross, Upper Midwest Women's History Center.
June 10, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with David Durenberger; a Minnesota Twins update, interviews with Marty Cordova, Chuck Knoblauch and Paul Molitor; Anthony Horn, producer-creator of Saint Paul Saints documentary "Baseball, Minnesota."
June 17, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Gregg White, an early Minnesotan tested HIV positive, and the Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council director and Philanthrofund founder. Also, Odd Jobs - mosquito trapper and author Brendan Gill on Late Bloomers.
July 1, 1996 - Part 1 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Mary West, professor emeritus of the violin at the University of Minnesota and MacPhail Center for Music.
July 1, 1996 - Part 2 of 2 of a Voices of Minnesota interview with Mary West, professor emeritus of the violin at the University of Minnesota and MacPhail Center for Music.
July 8, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Daniel Janzen, a rainforest biologist and author Tim Nyberg.