A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
Click here for specific content for Midday, and All Things Considered.
May 22, 1978 - This is Playwrights' Lab/New Drama, an hour special that will feature short dramatic pieces by area playwrights. Arts reporter, Nancy Fushan talks with playwrights in residence Mark Frost and Jon Olive, who discuss their works.
May 23, 1978 - Ring Lardner, Hollywood playwright speaking about blacklisting in the 1940s through the 1960s for being a member of the U.S. Communist Party at the University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
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.
July 5, 1978 - Midday presents speeches by two education professionals at the Rural Life Institute at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. The topic was "Why Save Rural Schools."