A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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March 9, 1979 - Vietnam symposium studies the effect the war had and has on America.Author and national defense specialist Herbert Y. Schandler, Marquette University journalist and professor and former Presidential Press Secretary to Lyndon Johnson, George Reedy, and moderator Hy Berman of the University of Minnesota History Department discuss relations between the Presidency and the Congress as a result of the war. Also, former Minnesota Congressman Donald M. Fraser and Notre Dame professor David C. Leege discuss the Vietnam War's effect on public confidence.
March 10, 1979 - The plight of the Vietnamese refugee, like that of the Vietnam veteran, are the two most visible reminders of a war most Americans would prefer to forget. The ten day conference held at Macalester was one of the first national post-war forums to examine the effects of Vietnam. The conference considered how the war changed America's values, communication, lifestyles, political institutions, economy and foreign policy.
March 12, 1979 - Dr. Margaret Olwen Sanderson, of the University of Minnesota Human Sexuality Program, talks with Dan Olson about human sexuality. Sanderson specializes in study of sexual physiology.
March 14, 1979 - MPR’s Bob Potter and Dale Connelly report from the stadium hearing held by the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Topics include various financial and lease negotiations with the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings regarding a new downtown stadium.
March 14, 1979 - Radio Sweden's Al Simon prepared a summary of Isaac Singer's interview appearances in Stockholm while he was there to receive the Nobel Prize in literature.
March 16, 1979 - Richard Leakey, anthropologist and director of the National Museums of Kenya, speaking in St. Paul. Leakey talks about the Foundation for Research into the Origins of Early Man and how Australopithecus Boisei, a relative of the human race, fits into the evolution of humans.
March 16, 1979 - The Minnesota House Tax Committee hears tax proposals to help finance a downtown Minneapolis domed stadium, including a 2% liquor tax. The committee votes to repeal the liquor tax. After vote, MPR’s John Merli interviews various committee members.
March 17, 1979 - John Boland, former chairman and executive director of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, speaking on challenges and accomplishments during his tenure. Boland also discusses issues still before the body.
March 17, 1979 - On this special regional public affairs program, Midday presents an examination of causes, agents, and consequences of Irish immigration to America and Minnesota in history, interview, and song.
March 19, 1979 - Psychologist, author, and theologian Dr. Rollo May offers his insights into the nature of freedom, the relationship between love and freedom, and related questions in a speech at Mankato State University.