A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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February 8, 1980 - Novelist Tim O'Brien's book "Going After Cacciato", inspired by his tour of duty in Vietnam during the war, won the national book award for fiction last year. O'Brien reads from his current work, "The Nuclear Age", when he was at Worthington Community College.
February 9, 1980 - MPR arts reporter Nancy Fushan reports on the opening of the major exhibit of works by the late artist Pablo Picasso at the Walker Art Center. This exhibit includes works from Picasso's personal collection, now owned by the government of France.
February 11, 1980 - MPR’s Dale Connelly takes All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten on "tour" of new domed stadium. It’s a collective imagination experience for reporters…and the listener.
February 12, 1980 - A broadcast of A Prairie Home Morning Show on February 12, 1980. Program includes, news, performances, and interviews.
February 22, 1980 - Dr. Seymour Levitt, head of Therapeutic Radiology at the University of Minnesota, answers listener questions about cancer and cancer therapies.
February 23, 1980 - John Holt, an author and educator, speaking at Unity Unitarian Church as part of that church's Wider Ministry Lecture Series. The title of his talk is, "Education versus Learning." For years, Holt has been raising eyebrows with his analysis of how we teach and learn. He’s published eight books and scores of articles on the subject.
February 26, 1980 - National Urban League director Vernon Jordan, Jr., National Urban League director, speaking at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Jordon’s address was titled “The State of Black America,” and on the status of American blacks in the 1980's.
February 26, 1980 - MPR provides live coverage of the results of the DFL and independent republican precinct caucuses in Minnesota, the first step towards the selection of delegates to national conventions.
March 1, 1980 - On this Weekend program, Albrecht Thiemann, representing a German-based group called the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, talks of the Holocaust and about insuring that such a thing does not again come to pass.
March 1, 1980 - The Milkweed Chronicle is not a run-of-the-mill newspaper; it is printed on stiff, durable paper and contains poems and illustrations. The paper has just published its first issue. Guests are Nancy Keating (business manager), Emilie Buchwald (editor) and Randy Scholes (art director).