April 7, 2000 - Before he wrote Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize winning memoir of growing up poor in Ireland, Frank McCourt was a high school English teacher in New York city. 'Tis, the sequel to Angela's Ashes, has done well too. He gave a speech at the City Arts and Lectures Series in San Francisco about writing, education, and life in New York City.
April 10, 2000 - Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet President, speaking at the annual dinner of the Center of the American Experiment.
April 21, 2000 - A Twin Cities speech by the organizer of the original "Earth Day," Denis Hayes. His Hamline University speech was titled, "Clean Energy Now."
May 16, 2000 - Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. He spoke as part of the Pen Pals Lecture Series sponsored by the Hennepin County Library Foundation.
May 23, 2000 - A speech by Robert McChesney titled "Corporate Media and the Attack on Democracy." McChesney is a professor of Communications at the University of Illinois and author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy. He spoke at Hamline University in St. Paul.
May 29, 2000 - A Commonwealth Club speech by PBS news host Jim Lehrer. He'll talk about his new novel and his show The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
June 7, 2000 - Walter Mondale, former vice-president, speaking at second program of 50 Years: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service. Mondale’s address was titled "Democracy's Challenge: Balancing Personal Liberty and National Security." Following Mondale’s speech, Walter Pincus, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, reflects on misuse of FBI file created on him. Final speaker is Andrew Young, civil rights worker and MLK aide, who addresses the proper use of intelligence agencies. Program begins with news from MPR’s Greta Cunningham.
June 7, 2000 - Walter Mondale gives a speech titled "Democracy's Challenge: Balancing Personal Liberty and National Security." This is followed with speeches by James Kallstrom, Taylor Branch, Andrew Young and David Aaron.
June 28, 2000 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on the second day of Governor Jesse Ventura’s bus tour through northwest Minnesota. The Governor has been drawing big, enthusiastic crowds at every stop. His focus has been partly on recent flooding in the Red River Valley, but he's also been outlining his vision for the future of rural Minnesota.
August 10, 2000 - A speech by Pulitzer Prize -winning author and historian Garry Wills. He spoke about how many Americans don't trust government and how we can understand this distrust through the study of history and historical myths. He spoke at the Midwestern Legislative Conference yesterday.