A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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November 10, 1981 - A discussion on the grain export boom, with participants Willard Cochrane, Philip Raup and Vernon Ruttan, all professors of agriculture and applied economics at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul; and Bill Larson, a USDA soil scientist based at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Harlan Cleveland, Director of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs moderates the discussion. He opens with brief intro which refers to the Spring 1981 article in the magazine, "Foreign Affairs", where author Lawrence Soth discusses his view that our reliance on the export of agricultural products is mining our soil. The panel members discuss that view and other topics.
November 13, 1981 - MPR's Nancy Fushan talks with playwright Edward Abee about theater, his work, and the Chimera's recent production of his play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
November 13, 1981 - Tom Meersman talks to veteran political journalist Elizabeth Drew, who wrote a series of articles for the New Yorker magazine during the 1980 election campaign.
November 14, 1981 - Bob Potter is host with questions from listeners. With Governor Albert Quie during MPR's Membership Week.
November 17, 1981 - Hennepin County Court Judge Roberta Levy and University of Minnesota Law School professor Robert Levy discuss "Divorce and Children."
November 19, 1981 - Author, psychologist, and theologian Dr. Rollo May speaks to the the Westminster Town Hall Forum on love, creativity, freedom, anxiety, and death, broadcast live.
November 21, 1981 - Warren Spannaus, Minnesota attorney general and a declared DFL candidate for governor in 1982, answers live listener call-in questions from the MPR studios in St. Paul.
November 24, 1981 - Governor Al Quie delivers his fourth budget address of the year, broadcast live.
November 28, 1981 - Host Bob Potter talks with John Kofski, an accountant, and George Covington via telephone from Texas on money, investments, the economy, and personal finances.
December 2, 1981 - Marilyn French, feminist writer and novelist, shares her thoughts on writing, the feminist movement, and society. French’s books include “The Women’s Room” and “The Bleeding Heart,” amongst others.