A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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May 20, 1989 - Cynthia McArthur, from the University of Minnesota Extension Service answers listener questions about bicycling riding, safety, trails, equipment and other subjects. McArthur is director of the Minnesota Community Bicycle Safety Project.
May 23, 1989 - Jim Warren and Paula Stuart Warren, specialists in geneology, answer listener questions about tracing one's family tree.
May 26, 1989 - A tribute to the late University of Minnesota political science professor, Mulford Q. Sibley. Program features his popular speech entitled, "My Last Lecture," as well as excerpts from an interview on Midday in June, 1982, and excerpts from a call-in program.
May 31, 1989 - MPR Journal’s Gary Eichten interviews former Major League Baseball power hitter Don Baylor about the struggling Twins and his recollections as a member of Twins team during the 1987 championship season.
June 5, 1989 - Socorro Diokno, head of the Free Legal Assistance Group in the Philippines, discusses human rights in the Philippines. Diokno also answers listener questions. FLAG provides legal advice to Filipinos who have been victims of human rights abuses. Listener participation.
June 5, 1989 - House Speaker Bob Vanasek shares his frustration with Governor Rudy Perpich’s attitude in the tax bill. Vanasek feels the governor has had ample chance to act regarding tax reform and that delay is unnecessary.
June 11, 1989 - Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author of "A Brief History of Time”, speaking in Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota, as part of the Abigail and John Van Vleck lecture series. As Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at England's Cambridge University, Hawking occupies a chair once held by Isaac Newton. Hawking is renowned for his theories of black holes and the structure of space-time. He found that black holes - dense objects with gravity so strong even light can't escape - emit radiation just outside the boundary beyond which nothing can overcome the pull of gravity. He also initiated the concept that the continuity of space-time breaks down at infinitesimally small distances. Hawking has suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and now speaks about 10 words a minute with the aid of a computer voice synthesizer. By preparing speeches in advance, however, he can "speak" at a normal rate, although with an American accent.
June 14, 1989 - Today on Midday is South African journalist Dumisani Kumalo. Working as a reporter in South Africa, Kumalo exposed the working conditions of miners and others subjected to harsh treatment. Then, later, Kumalo reported on South Africa's police force and the use of detention without trial. Kumalo is a founding member of the Union of Black Journalists, a group banned by the white-ruled South African government. Kumalo became an activist in the Black Consciousness Movement during the time of Steven Biko. Kumalo now lives in the United States due to police harassment in his own country. He spoke recently at Augsburg College in Minneapolis .
June 20, 1989 - Rev. Jesse Jackson giving keynote address at the annual Minnesota Bar Association. Jackson’s speech was titled "The Future of Justice in America: Lawyers as Agents of Change."
June 21, 1989 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on a Minnesota Twins try-out camp being held at the Metrodome. 30 young players show their talents in hopes of catching the eye of Jerry Bell, director of Scouting for the Twins organization.