July 12, 1996 -
May 3, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports that in rural areas of Minnesota, a profound silence about AIDS and HIV is present. As a result, people with AIDS find little support…and sometimes encounter outright rejection. That stigma is of great concern to family members, church, and health officials.
April 26, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson profiles poet David Mason and his long form narrative poem, "The Country I Remember."
March 6, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson presents profile of North Dakota Poet Laureate Larry Woiwode. Report includes interview with poet, who discusses faith.
April 29, 1995 - Midday presents a call-in program called "The End of Life," as part of the report series The Cancer War. Studio guests Father Jerry Foley, director of Spiritual Care for the Hospice at HealthEast; and Dr. Eric Anderson, an internist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, answer questions about death and dying, hospice care, and cancer.
September 8, 1994 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on restoring the Anishinabe land of White Earth. Both tribal government and a land recovery project are working to regain control of reservation lands.
March 18, 1994 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson profiles the Fargo-Moorhead vocal quartet The Blenders. Gunderson interviews members of group about their potential for national success, and the desire not to compromise songwriting or have their sound “labeled.”
November 18, 1993 -
May 11, 1993 -
March 24, 1993 - An MPR documentary about the proliferation of weapons in the schools and the tendency of young people to resort to violence as a way of solving problems. MPR reporters Dan Gunderson, Mark Zdechlik, Donna Nicholson and Kate Smith present various viewpoints from students, teachers, police, parents and others.