A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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June 18, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, a presentation of Twin Cities author Judith Guest speaking at Women as Writers symposium.
June 23, 1977 - University of North Dakota medical professor Theodore Reiff at the annual Governor's Citizens Council on Aging Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter. Reiff spoke on how to prolong life. He began his remarks with a technical description of four theories of why we age. Later in his speech he focuses on what our culture has not done to prolong life.
June 25, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, Mark Korell of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency and Saint Paul developer Ron Soderberg discuss money for housing and tips on renovation, and answer listener calls.
June 25, 1977 - MPR’s Bob Potter presents “The Role of the Courts in a Changing Society: Fritz vs. Warthan,” a documentary that examines landlord/tenant law in Minnesota and the court case Fritz vs. Wathan.
June 28, 1977 - John Millhone, Minnesota State Energy Director, discusses the major energy and conservation bill passed at the end of the legislative session. Millhone also answers listeners questions.
July 8, 1977 - KRSW reporter Vickie Sturgeon profiles the recent Minnesota Women's Meeting in St. Cloud, with a special emphasis on portions of the conference that addressed problems of rural women.
July 8, 1977 - Doctor Jerome Bach, family psychiatrist and medical director of the Bach Institute in Minneapolis, describes his research findings on how the birth position one holds in the family affects a person.
July 9, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, St. Paul writer Christina Baldwin discusses her book One to One: Self Understanding Through Journal Writing. Baldwin has kept a journal for 17 years and also teaches classes on using a journal as a form of therapy.
July 9, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, historian Gretchen Kreuter speaks at University of Minnesota's Women's Day on Campus, sponsored by Continuing Education for Women.
July 11, 1977 - MPR’s John Ydstie presents sound portrait of a migrant family working the sugar beet fields of the Red River Valley.