A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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February 24, 1981 - Former Vice President Walter Mondale discusses foreign policy options in this address at Macalester College in Saint Paul. This is the second of three speeches as part of the Mondale Lectures.
February 28, 1981 - Today's New Letters on the Air - a Literary Magazine of the air exploring the works of American writers - investigates the work of California writer Kenneth Rexroth.
February 28, 1981 - Nancy Fushan previews Viking art and artifacts opening this week at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, organized by the British Museum in London.
February 28, 1981 - Joe Alexander, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner, talks about the DNR and its problems and concerns with questions from listeners.
March 4, 1981 - Former Vice President Walter Mondale discusses domestic policy and the current state of American liberalism in this lecture given at the College of Saint Thomas in St. Paul. This is the third (final) of three speeches as part of the Mondale Lectures.
March 4, 1981 - John Cuddy, Minnesota Energy Agency's wind energy specialist, discusses wind power. He answers live listener questions on the latest technology in wind power generation.
March 7, 1981 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews artist Harmony Hammond. Hammond lived in the Twin Cities while going to school in the 1960s. She left Minnesota for New York where she helped to create Heresies, a women's art collective. During the transition, her art changed course. Hammond prefers to describe herself as a feminist artist struggling to find herself. The results of that struggle are on view at the WARM and Glen Hanson's galleries in downtown Minneapolis.
March 7, 1981 - This week's edition of New Letters on the Air features a writer from Oberlin College, David Young. Hosted by Elbert Bell.
March 7, 1981 - Playwright Corinne Jacker discusses her play, "Bits and Pieces" performed by the At Random company at the Hennepin Center for the Arts, as well as a new play, "Domestic Issues", which will be read at the Playwrights' Center on Sunday evening.
March 7, 1981 - In public and with his friends Coleman was renowned for his great with and temper. But there was another side to Coleman...a wistful side. It was learned a few weeks ago that Coleman, a democrat, and senator Jim Ulland of Duluth, a republican, played a game for years...Coleman was a leader in Queen Victoria's regiment in the late 1800s; Ulland was a young lieutenant learning the ropes. Despite the political clashes over taxes, the stadium, the economy and other controversial issues at the Minnesota legislature - the two senators imagined themselves in another time.