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.
July 15, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Curt Carlson and John Ewoldt, editor and publisher of Consumers' Best call-in.
July 22, 1996 - In this Voices of Minnesota interview, Dave Ray, blues vocalist and guitarist, talks about his life in music.
July 22, 1996 - In this Voices of Minnesota interview, Dave Ray, blues vocalist and guitarist, talks about his life in music.
August 5, 1996 - As part of the Voices of Minnesota series, MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Lee Pao Xiong, Director of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans. Xiong discusses Hmong history, culture, and Hmong role in Vietnam War.
August 5, 1996 - As part of the Voices of Minnesota series, MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Lee Pao Xiong, Director of the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans. Xiong discusses further incoming Hmong immigration, social services, clans in the Hmong culture, and Xiong’s viewpoint on the main problems facing Hmong community.
August 5, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Lee Pao Xiong, and author Susan Allen Toth on How to Prepare for Your High-School Reunion call-in.
August 12, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning featuring Voices of Minnesota with Roger Toogood, president of Children's Home Society of Minnesota and Holly van Gulden, adoptive family counselor call-in.
August 19, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with David Lanegran, an urban geographer. Also, a Minnesota Twins update including interviews with Frank Rodriguez, Scott Stahoviak, and Paul Molitor; Odd Jobs - mussel transport.
September 2, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning featuring a Voices of Minnesota interview with Mary Foster Rosenthal, AFL-CIO. Also featured is: Odd Jobs - fish feeder, Odd Jobs - bug wrangler, Odd Jobs - makeup effects artist, Odd Jobs - mascot maker, Odd Jobs - governor's chef.
September 9, 1996 - Part of the Voices of Minnesota series with Rhoda Gilman, historian. Arne Fogel on Billie Holiday and Odd Jobs - motorcycle patrol officer. Hour 2.