A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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January 23, 1987 - Susan Voss and Marilyn Belgum, who started her career in comedy at age 50, answer listener questions about the increasing opportunity for stand-up comics in our area.
January 26, 1987 - Robert Carothers, Minnesota State University Chancellor, speaks on this Midday call-in.
January 31, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Catherine Watson, travel editor at Minneapolis Star and Tribune, discusses various tips on winter travel. Topics include New York City, airline fares, insurance, exchange rates, and bed & breakfasts.
February 13, 1987 - Jan Smaby, president of Spring Hill Center, discusses public policy. Topics include AIDS, diversity, and politics. Smaby also answers listener questions. Ms. Smaby is co-host of the popular public affairs program, "Almanac" on public television. Smaby came to the job at Spring Hill last fall, after serving as director of Hennepin County's Human Service Department and as chairman of Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines Commission. Spring Hill is a conference center just west of the Twin Cities where policy makers from many parts of the community can go to hash out ideas. It likes to place itself on the cutting edge of public policy, dealing with emerging issues, rather than ones that have been around for a while.
February 17, 1987 - Part 2 of the C.B.C. documentary "Amerika behind the scenes."
February 21, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Dr. Susan Erbaugh, director of Mental Health Services at Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, discusses infant through adolescent mental health. Topics include teenage suicide, two-home family dynamics, discipline, sibling relationships, and support systems.
February 23, 1987 - Donald Gillmor, director of the Silha Center for Media Ethics and the Law at the University of Minnesota, and associate director Theodore Glasser, discuss ethics in journalism.
March 15, 1987 - Bruce Watson, consulting meteorologist in the Twin Cities, discusses various topics, including tornados, weather patterns, and meteors. Watson also answered listener questions.
March 16, 1987 - The controversial bill allowing for the release of $24 million from the 2002 Fund for economic development on the Iron Range was recalled from the House during Senate session. News of an FBI probe of Endotronics, Inc., that surfaced after the Senate had voted final passage on the measure, prompted Majority Leader Roger Moe to make the motion for recall. The recall motion prevailed on a 51-15 roll call vote.
March 21, 1987 - Dr. Michael Till, professor and head of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Minnesota, answers listener questions about new developments in dentistry for both kids and adults.