A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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March 28, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan presents Playwrights’ Laboratory, which showcases playwright Nancy Beckett’s Clothes Conscious, a drama written especially for radio, with assistance from the Minneapolis Playwrights' Lab.
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March 29, 1979 - MPR’s Tom Meersman talks with poet Lisel Mueller about her work. Segment includes Mueller reading her poetry.
March 30, 1979 - MPR’s Tom Meersman profiles poet Edward Dorn. Segment includes Dorn speaking and reading at Macalester College as part of this week's Midwestern Writers Festival.
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March 31, 1979 - Nationally syndicated Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman speaks at the 86th Minnesota Association of Social Services Conference in Minneapolis.
March 31, 1979 - Dr. Max Fine, director of the National Institute Committee for National Health Insurance, speaking at a health care costs symposium in Ames, Iowa. Fine’s topic is "The Health Problems of the Elderly."
April 2, 1979 - MPR’s live coverage presenting introduction of bill prior to Minnesota House debate and vote on bill S.F. 20, which would repeal the 2% sports stadium commission liquor tax on on-sale liquor in the seven-county metro area. Includes speech by state representative Ray W. Fariscy and partial speech by state representative Lee Greenfield.
April 2, 1979 - MPR’s live coverage of Minnesota House debate on bill S.F. 20, which would repeal the 2% sports stadium commission liquor tax on on-sale liquor in the seven-county metro area. Includes conclusion of speech by state representative Lee Greenfield, and various other representatives sharing their views for and against bill.