A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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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.
December 5, 1981 - Midday’s Bob Potter talks with virtuoso violinist Pinchas Zukerman about his role as The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra musical director and conductor. Zukerman discusses arts funding, censoring of certain composers, orchestra alignment, and recording. He also answers listener questions. Program includes music elements.
December 10, 1981 - A panel looking at the treatment of playwrights in American theater. Moderator Dale Huffington, Chimera Managing Director. Playwrights: Edward Albee, Tom Dunn, and Chris Kirkland.