May 28, 2002 - Author and activist Randall Robinson speaks at the University of Minnesota's Nommo forum about slavery reparations. Robinson is the author of two influential books on the subject: "The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks," and "The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe to Each Other."
May 31, 2002 - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro speaks at Ruminator Books in Minneapolis, recorded last week. Caro, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for his book "The Power Broker," is promoting his latest work, "Master of the Senate," the third book in a biographical series about president Lyndon Baines Johnson.
June 12, 2002 - MPR's Laura McCallum reports that Minnesota Republicans will be endorsing a candidate for governor and the race is a close one between entrepreneur Brian Sullivan and legislative leader Tim Pawlenty. Sullivan holds a slight lead in the party's non-binding straw polls of delegates.
September 20, 2002 - New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman's Twin Cities speech The World After September 11th. He spoke at Temple Israel in Minneapolis Thursday night.
September 25, 2002 - Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Judith Miller, author of the best-selling book, Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War" and Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. He is author of "Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bio-Terrorist Catastrophe." They participated in the "Great Conversations" series sponsored by the U of M College of Continuing Education.
October 2, 2002 - MPR’s Jon Gordon breaks down Game 1 of American League Division Series game, matching the Minnesota Twins against Oakland A’s. Twins' post-season inexperience was on garish display early in the game, but the team is savoring innings four through nine, during which it battered the vaunted Oakland pitching staff and silenced the A's bats for a 7-5 victory.
October 9, 2002 - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis spoke in Minneapolis last night about terrorism, freedom and civil liberties.
October 15, 2002 - Long-time award-winning journalist Sam Donaldson shares his thoughts about the president, violence in the Middle East and war with Iraq in a speech he gave Sunday night at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. He is the author of the book, "Hold On Mr. President."
October 30, 2002 - On this Midday program, a focus on Walter Mondale and the U.S. Senate Race. Program begins with a profile of former Vice President Walter Mondale by MPR’s Dan Olson. This is followed with excerpts of previous interviews with Mondale. Program also includes clips with the other candidates for U.S. Senate.
November 1, 2002 - Vice-President Dick Cheney campaigned near Duluth for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman. Coleman has been canvassing areas outside of the metro area since Wednesday when he relaunched his campaign following the death of U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone.