A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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January 24, 1981 - Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bouza with Bob Potter. He talks about police work, victimless crime, and other issues on this live call-in program.
January 25, 1981 - This portion of "Options" contains profiles of two creative men: the architect, master planner, and holistic builder Paolo Soleri; and the Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda.
January 26, 1981 - Phil Anderson, film critic and writer, speaks with Frank Capra about his career, as Capra visits the Twin Cities to be honored with a retrospective at the Minneapolis Film Festival.
January 27, 1981 - Governor Al Quie addressed a joint session of the Minnesota legislature on the state of the economy, broadcast live.
January 31, 1981 - On this edition of New Letters on the Air, the late poet E.L. Mayo is profiled. Mayo is considered a poet's poet.
February 6, 1981 - Internal Revenue spokesman Bill Knight answers live listener questions about federal income taxes.
February 7, 1981 - On this Weekend program, Robert Dunn, of the Minnesota Waste Management Control Board, discusses waste and hazardous waste sites control in Minnesota. Topics include burial of waste and recycling options. Dunn also answer listener questions.
February 9, 1981 - This audio tour of the intertwining social and artistic revolutions at the turn of the century looks particularly at the creative vanguard. Part one of Meaning of Modernism series, this is "Ascent of the Vanguard".
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February 12, 1981 - Stanley Kiesel, poet in residence for Minneapolis Schools, talks with MPR’s Dan Olson about education, poetry, and his new book, The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids.