A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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March 16, 1985 -
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March 25, 1985 - New York Times health writer Jane Brody answers listener questions about health care for women.
April 1, 1985 -
April 2, 1985 - G. Gordon Liddy, former Watergate conspirator, speaking to students at St. Olaf College. In address, Liddy discusses his career in espionage, his involvement in Watergate and his opinion of prisons in this country. Watergate continues to fascinate many of us and one of the most intriguing figures in that drama was G. Gordon Liddy. Liddy refused to discuss the Watergate conspiracy with prosecutors or congressional investigators and was sent to prison for his refusal to cooperate. Liddy spent five years in nine different prisons for his role in Watergate until his sentence was commuted by former president Jimmy Carter.
April 6, 1985 - Call-in show with Miles Lord, federal judge on United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, on the judiciary and his views from the bench.
April 11, 1985 - In a lecture at the University of Minnesota on April 3, 1985, linguistics pioneer Noam Chomsky looks at critics of American policies in an historical perspective and determines that even the harshest of critics operate within narrow constraints set by the government. Dr. Chomsky’s lecture is entitled "The Manufacture of Consent."
April 13, 1985 - On this Weekend program, Bob Potter interviews former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy. McCarthy discusses his latest book and Vietnam. He also answers listener questions.