A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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November 3, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with a prominent writer.
November 5, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Bill Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, discusses recent changes in public broadcasting, both in Minnesota and nationally. Topics include the near bankruptcy of National Public Radio. Kling also answers listener questions.
November 7, 1983 - Sandy Close, editor with the Pacific News Service, speaking Itasca Seminar series on "Transforming the Future". Close talks about the Pacific News Service and how it relates to news gathering techniques of the future - the so-called "chicken's eye view of the world"... Itasca Seminar is a series organized and sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation in cooperation with numerous Minnesota Corporations. The Minneapolis Foundation is a permanent endowment established to support public well-being in the Twin Cities metro area.
November 8, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with a writer in this About Books and Writers program.
November 11, 1983 - Andrea Dworkin and Minneapolis City Council member Catherine MacKinnon answer questions about pornography and ways to control it.
November 12, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Alan Page and Diane Sims Page discuss staying fit during the winter months. They share various running tips in the cold weather, and answer listeners’ questions.
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November 15, 1983 - Eugene McCarthy, former Minnesota senator and presidential candidate, speaks at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. McCarthy’s address was titled "Growing Up in Rural Minnesota.” McCarthy speaks of experiences in his hometown of Watkins, some of which were expressed in a collection of poems entitled Gene McCarthy's Minnesota.
November 18, 1983 - Listener call-in. Chairman and CEO of Cray Research, John Rollwagen, answers questions on business aspects of the high technology revolution.
November 19, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Bruce Watson, consulting meteorologist in the Twin Cities, discusses various topics, including upcoming winter and storm research. Watson also answered listener questions.