A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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March 26, 1987 -
April 4, 1987 - On this Sportfolio program, Bowie Kuhn, former MLB commissioner, discusses baseball and memoir, “Hardball: The Education of a Baseball Commissioner.” Kuhn also answers listener questions.
April 4, 1987 - This month's edition of Minnesota Monthly features excerpts from Eugene McCarthy's new book, "Up 'Til Now," and today on Weekend we are pleased to present to you an interview with Eugene McCarthy. This is chiefly about people in politics that have made an impression on McCarthy over the years. He talks about Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nixon, Carter, plus Rayburn, Humphrey, Mondale. He tells us his view of the press and the state of politics today.
April 6, 1987 - MPR’s Jim Bickal takes a look at what the 1987 MLB baseball season may hold for the Minnesota Twins. The team has new uniforms, a new manager in Tom Kelly, and field replacement to a less spongy turf.
April 6, 1987 - Barbara Anderson with the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Arthur Himmelman, senior fellow at the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute and Larry Kegan, a quadriplegic living at home, answer questions about home care for the disabled.
April 7, 1987 - Judith Guest speaking at the Walker Art Center, April 7, 1987 and aired on Memorial Day. Guest’s address is her essay “The Mythic Family.”
April 7, 1987 - Dr. David Henry Feldman and Dr. Sylvia Feinburg, members of the department of child study at Tufts University, discuss childhood development and creativity. Topics include prodigies, autism, art, and gender differences. Feldman and Feinberg also answer listener questions.
April 7, 1987 - Howard Sinker, sports commentator for the Minneapolis Star & Tribune, provides a promising outlook that a potentially “good” Minnesota Twins team will take the field during 1987 MLB season. Topics include new manager in Tom Kelly and quality of player roster.
April 7, 1987 - Raw audio of Bill Holm voicing pieces for the Morning Show. With introductory remarks about what the audio is. Four stories, some about life in China.
April 8, 1987 - MPR’s Jim Bickal gets fan reactions to the Minnesota Twins new uniforms and new dome turf. One is a winner; the other a mixed bag.