A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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June 29, 1982 - About Books and Writers host Robert Cromie talks with American sportswriter and broadcaster Dick Schaap.
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July 3, 1982 - Local commentor Bruce Benidt comments on how we perceive weather in the Midwest.
July 3, 1982 - On this Midday, host Bob Potter interviews retired University of Minnesota Political Science Professor Mulford Q. Sibley, who talks about his political activism, being an outspoken anti-war activist, his pacifism, and other issues…such as how Garrison Keillor affected his red-sock wearing habit. Sibley also takes listeners' questions.
July 6, 1982 - Host Robert Cromie talks with Thomas Thompson, author of Celebrity.
July 8, 1982 - This program looks at the creative and inventive scholars, including Buckminster Fuller.
July 9, 1982 - The Minnesota Legislature debates and passes a bill to provide emergency economic aid for the depressed Northeastern Minnesota area. Broadcasted live.
July 10, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Robert (Bob) Franson, vice-president of U.S Satellite Broadcasting Company, discusses direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and other satellite topics. Franson also answers listener questions.
July 12, 1982 - Dr. Herbert Schiller, Communications Professor Herbert Schiller at the University of California in San Diego, speaking at the Walker Art Center's symposium, "Art and the Future.”. Schiller addresses the future of arts and communication. Schiller is a long-time outspoken critic of traditional and corporate communications networks. He advocates alternative media and increased public access to communications systems. In speech, he contends that the private sector's increased involvement in cultural communications may result in less diversity and richness in the programs we see and hear.
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