A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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October 28, 1988 - Shirley Williams, a Ramsey Medical Center registered nurse and oncology clinical specialist, answers listener questions about breast cancer detection and treatment.
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November 1, 1988 - Donald Woods, a journalist who was forced to flee South Africa for being critical of the government and apartheid, spoke recently at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He is now the director of the Lincoln Trust, a foundation which supplies information about apartheid to media organizations worldwide. He is also the author of three books, one of which "Biko", is a biography of Steve Biko, leader of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, and Woods' friend. Another cause for Woods' exile was that he tried to expose the true cause of Biko's death after Biko was beaten by police.His talk at UMD was entitled "Apartheid and the Tragedy of South Africa".
November 2, 1988 - Sir Charles Hyde Villiers, chair of the British Steel Corporation, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Villiers address was titled "A View from Europe: the new Culture of Capitalism." After speech, Villiers answers listener questions. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
November 2, 1988 - MPR’s Stephen Smith profiles Minnesota author J. F. Powers. Segment includes an interview with author about the topic of religion and his book, Wheat that Springeth Green.