A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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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.
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.Outtakes include introduction, audience questions and all segments with University of Minnesota Professor of Theater Lee Adey.
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.Outtakes include introduction, audience questions and all segments with University of Minnesota Professor of Theater Lee Adey.
December 11, 1981 - Dr. Morton Cohen, professor of English at Columbia University, speaking at St. John's University in Collegeville. Cohen’s address was titled, "The Alice Books, Why They Endure." Speech was part of celebration on the 150th anniversary of Carroll's birth. Dr. Morton Cohen is a scholar of Carroll's many works and letters. Dr. Robert Spaeth, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at St. John's University, introduced Dr. Cohen.
December 12, 1981 - On this Weekend program, Clyde Allen, Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue, and Gene Merriam, DFL state senator, discuss the budget and revenue crises in Minnesota. Allen and Marriam also answer listener questions.
December 16, 1981 - Former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy speaking in Collegeville on "Christian Humanism Relative to Politics"
December 17, 1981 - Debate from the floor of the Minnesota senate on a bill to cut spending and raise taxes in order to balance the state's budget is broadcast live.
December 18, 1981 - Jan Robinson and Rosemary Martin, co-directors and psychotherapists at Twin Cities Therapy Clinic, answer listeners' questions about coping with the holidays, broadcast live.
December 19, 1981 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Rich Dietman talks with Mike Collins, University of Minnesota computer analyst programmer, about home computers. Topics include understanding difference between software and hardware, education courses, and various features. Collins also answers listener questions.