A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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April 9, 1976 - On this Options program, a discussion between Author-anthropologist Margaret Mead and psychiatrist Roy Menninger, president of the Menninger Foundation, on the topic "Toward a Caring Society."
April 15, 1976 - Tom Wolfe, the author credited for developing “The New Journalism,” speaks at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks on the direction in news writing and journalism for the 7th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
April 23, 1976 - John Merli talks with Senator Hubert Humphrey 6 days before his announcement not to actively seek the 1976 Democratic Presidential nomination about his personal retreat at Lake Waverly, and about his unique "non-running" position in campaign 1976.
April 28, 1976 - Businessman Luigino “Jeno” Francesco Paulucci, self-described “peddler from the Iron Range”, speaking in Hibbing about the Range and it's economic problems.
April 28, 1976 - A special conference examining agriculture and foreign policy, the future of Soviet-American relationships, and other foreign affairs that have an impact on Minnesota.
May 6, 1976 - Highlights from the 7th Annual Writers Conference at the University of North Dakota. Participants include Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, B. J. Phillips (from Ms. Magazine), North Dakota poet Larry Woiwode and others.
May 7, 1976 - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader speaking at a symposium on "Corporate Responsibility and the North Country" in Duluth. The day-long session was one of seven being held around Minnesota sponsored by the Minnesota Public Interest Research Foundation.
May 17, 1976 - Calvin Fremling, Winona State University biologist, discusses river management of Minnesota's section of the Mississippi with reporter Neal St. Anthony at River Conference. Dr. Fremling has spent most of his professional career studying man's effects on the Mississippi River.
May 17, 1976 - New York Times political columnist and supreme court specialist Anthony Lewis speaking at Hamline University. Topic was “A Constitutional Faith."
June 7, 1976 - Discussion on problems encountered by the shortages of fossil fuel. Experts and humanists gathered for Food and Fuel Institute sessions at Fergus Fall, Detroit Lakes and Moorhead over a two-month period. Includes excerpts of speeches, including 7th District Congressman Bob Bergland.