All Things Considered is a comprehensive source for afternoon news and information provided by various MPR hosts in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington over the decades. The program contains interviews, reports, speeches and breaking coverage.
July 10, 1978 - An interview with Calvin Griffith, owner of the Minnesota Twins. Griffith recounts his love for the game of baseball, his youth, the team…and his car.
August 22, 1978 - Jan Shapiro, Don Fraser’s campaign manager, comments on baseball manager Billy Martin’s endorsement of Bob Short in 1978 Minnesota U.S. Senate race.
August 22, 1978 - Fred Gates, campaign manager for Bob Short, comments on baseball manager Billy Martin’s interest in Minnesota. Martin has endorsed Bob Short in 1978 Minnesota U.S. Senate race.
February 23, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan feature on Minneapolis’ Mixed Blood Theatre.
March 27, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles and interviews author Stanley Elkin. The author talks about his book The Living End and reads from his work.
April 24, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews Minnesota author Tim O’Brien, winner of the National Book Award for his book Going After Cacciato.
April 27, 1979 - Bill Owens, a flood operations officer, details efforts on dike support as the water crest passes along the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota.
April 27, 1979 - Bill Owens, a flood operations officer, shares his concerns of local residents taking a “return to normalcy” attitude as the Red River remains high in Fargo, North Dakota.
June 19, 1979 - Roy Aune, assistant director of Emergency Services for Minnesota, states that there is enough fallout capacity but it is not where the people are located. He also warns that the state lacks staff and money to complete civil defense preparations.
September 1, 1979 - Excerpts of an interview with local bookseller James (Jim) Cummings, who has a collection of over 7,600 diaries in his home in Stillwater, Minnesota. Cummings has kept a personal diary since he was 13.