A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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May 22, 1978 - As an MPR Special supplement to All Things Considered, a discussion with Joseph Alexander, incoming Department of Natural Resources commissioner on his plans for the DNR…including multiple use, BWCA, and conservation efforts.
May 22, 1978 - On this Midday ‘Playwrights' Lab’ hour special, a feature of short dramatic pieces by area playwrights. Program also includes arts reporter Nancy Fushan talking with playwrights-in-residence Mark Frost and Jon Olive, who discuss their works.
May 23, 1978 - Hollywood playwright Ring Lardner Jr. speaks about blacklisting at the University of North Dakota Writers Conference. Lardner Jr., a member of the "Hollywood Ten", was blacklisted from 1940s through the 1960s for being a member of the U.S. Communist Party.
May 27, 1978 - Dr. Robert Coles, noted child psychiatrist and instructor at Harvard, speaking at a conference on parenting held in Bloomington. In speech, Coles reflects on his time with Robert Kennedy.
May 30, 1978 - Eudora Welty, noted Southern novelist, talks about her unique style of writing, her early career as a photographer, and reads portions of her favorite short story. Program also presents an address by Welty at University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
June 13, 1978 - Dr. Allen Hymes, cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Usharbudh Arya, Director of Minneapolis Meditation Center and Charles Bates, Director Twin Cities Yoga Society, discuss total health.
June 16, 1978 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews William Poole, senior researcher and editor at The Heritage Foundation, out the state of politics.
June 17, 1978 - On this regional public affairs program, an examination on the problem of arson and what can be done about it. The Citizens League issued a report on arson in the Twin Cities, and the crime’s impact on the community.
June 20, 1978 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten presents reports on the lack of job security in the teaching profession. Segment includes interviews with several Minnesota teachers.
July 4, 1978 - Bruce Hilton, a Methodist minister, speaking on bioethics at North Dakota State University. Hilton talks about birth, life and death. Topics include moral dilemmas in medical technology growth and genetic engineering.