A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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January 17, 1981 - Richard Hoelscher, Director of Member Services of the Automobile Club of Minneapolis in a listener call-in on caring for your automobile.
January 18, 1981 - An examination of the life of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, in commemoration of his birthday.
January 19, 1981 - Twin Cities film critic Phil Anderson interviews film director Joseph Mankiewicz Anderson, who discusses his work and his attitudes towards films. Mankiewicz attended the Minneapolis Film Festival, which featured a retrospective of Mankiewicz films.
January 22, 1981 - Dr. Bevan French, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s discipline scientist for planetary materials, discusses the space program. Topics include data from Voyager and Pioneer spacecraft, and the new space shuttle program. French also answers listener questions. Dr. French analyzed rocks brought back from the moon. He also helped train NASA Apollo astronauts in geology.
January 24, 1981 - Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bouza with Bob Potter. He talks about police work, victimless crime, and other issues on this live call-in program.
January 26, 1981 - Phil Anderson, film critic and writer, spoke with Frank Capra about his career, while he was in the Twin Cities to be honored with a retrospective at the Minneapolis Film Festival.
January 27, 1981 - Governor Al Quie addressed a joint session of the Minnesota legislature on the state of the economy, broadcast live.
February 6, 1981 - Internal Revenue spokesman Bill Knight answers live listener questions about federal income taxes.
February 7, 1981 - On this Weekend program, Robert Dunn, of the Minnesota Waste Management Control Board, discusses waste and hazardous waste sites control in Minnesota. Topics include burial of waste and recycling options. Dunn also answer listener questions.
February 7, 1981 - This program features an American writer reading from original works.