A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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August 17, 1989 - Author Howard Mohr answers listener questions and reads from his new book, "A Minnesota Book of Days (And a Few Nights)."
August 19, 1989 - Naturalist Kathy Heidel from Hennepin Parks leads a field recording tour of three prairie areas near the Twin Cities. Hear her describe prairie plants and animals at Hyland Park in Bloomington, the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and Schaeffer Prairie near Glencoe, Minnesota.
August 21, 1989 - Gary Bauer, president of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., speaking at a recent forum sponsored by the Berean League in Crystal, Minnesota. Bauer addresses the topic of family and religious values. In the Reagan administration, Gary Bauer was Undersecretary of Education. While at the Department of Education, he was chairman of the administration working group which issued a report called, "The Family: Preserving America's Future". He later worked in the White House Domestic Policy Office, serving as an advisor to President Reagan.
August 21, 1989 - Werner Fornos, president of the Population Institute in Washington, D.C., speaking at the Minnesota Press Club. Fornos’s address was titled “A World of 5 Billion: What Are Its Implications?" After speech, Fornos answered audience questions.
August 25, 1989 - Lee Atwater, chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Atwater talks political campaigns, and his role in helping elect George Bush to President of the United States. Following speech, Atwater answers listener questions. At end of program, Pat Forciea, who ran Dukakis campaign in Minnesota, provides a follow-up commentary. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
August 26, 1989 - Bill Shafer and Peter Tallas, University of Minnesota Extension Food Specialists, answer listener questions about food safety and nutrition.
September 2, 1989 - Hyman Berman, history professor at University of Minnesota, discusses Minnesota's colorful labor history and the context that provides for current labor issues. Berman also answers listener questions.
September 5, 1989 - A live broadcast from the World Theater in downtown St. Paul, a debate among four St. Paul Mayoral candidates: Russell Bovee, Bob Fletcher, Chris Nicosia and Jim Scheibel in advance of the St. Paul primary one week from today.
September 7, 1989 - A report by MPR's Kate Smith on the teacher surplus in Minnesota. Joe Nathan, senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute, answers listeners questions.
September 8, 1989 - Mainstreet Radio’s John Biewen presents the documentary “Dancing on Beat: Portrait of a Reservation Family,” which follows the daily life of an Ojibwe family on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota.