A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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December 4, 1979 -
December 5, 1979 - George Covington, investment executive at Blyth, Eastman, Dillon Company in Minneapolis, discusses about end-of-year tax-saving steps. Topics include tax shelters and other investment opportunities. Covington also answers listener questions.
December 5, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Brother Theodore Drahmann from College of Saint Thomas, reviews Surviving and Other Essays by Bruno Bettelheim.
December 5, 1979 -
December 8, 1979 - MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews Gen Husnik, personal banker with Northwestern National Bank in St. Paul; Robert Polander, Twin Cities Federal Savings and Loan; and Bernard J. Duffy, president of the Minnesota Consumer Credit Counseling Bureau, who discuss personal finances, savings and mortgages. The group also answers listener questions.
December 8, 1979 -
December 12, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Edgar Nash reviews Erik Bruhn: Danseur Noble by John Gruen.
December 12, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews Grace Paley, writer and activist, who reads from her short stories and talks about her life, writing, and political involvement. Segment also includes her speaking to an audience.
December 12, 1979 - Terry Lappin, a local playwright who recently appealed a Minnesota State Arts Board denial of a grant to him; and Jim Olsen, member of the Minnesota State Arts Board, talk with MPR’s Mary Stucky. They discuss Lappin's case and the procedure of granting funding to artists and writers.
December 13, 1979 -