A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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May 17, 1980 - John Cuddy, manager of the wind energy project for the Minnesota Energy Agency, speaks with reporter Greg Barron after MEA hearings to review the state's energy policy going into the last two decades of the 20th century.
May 17, 1980 - Chet Meyers teaches a course in fishing at Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis where he is also an administrator. He has co-authored a book with Al Lindner. He takes Rich Dietman fishing.
May 17, 1980 - The Minnesota Outward Bound School began an experimental program for adolescents from 14-19 years old who have serious, chronic illnesses. Dr. Robert Blum, a pediatrician from the University of Minnesota and a consultant to this special program explains its rationale. The program provides rigorous wilderness and urban experiences teaching self-reliance to seriously ill teenagers.
May 19, 1980 - Dan Loewensen, coordinator of the Chemical Awareness Program in the Minneapolis Public Schools and "Mary", a student who is recovering from chemical dependency take questions. Also appearing is Bruce Bomier, director of the Minnesota Behavioral Institute in Anoka, Minnesota. He is former director of the state Alcohol and Drug Authority. They talk with MPR's Dan Olson about the increased use of alcohol among teenagers and the young, and answer live listener questions.
May 23, 1980 - Edwin O. Reischauer, Harvard University professor and Director of The Japan Institute speaking to the Harvard Club of Minnesota. The subject of the speech was the United States and east Asia in the 1980's.
May 24, 1980 - Mrs. Nouha al-Hegelan, wife of Faisal al-Hegelan, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, speaking to an audience at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter. Mrs. al-Hegelan's addressed topics of her country, its people and their religion, as well as politics in this country. Mrs. al-Hegelan's visit to Minnesota was under the auspices of the Delegation for Friendship Among Women.
May 24, 1980 - Dick Cunningham of the Minneapolis Tribune talks with MPR's Greg Barron about his role as reader representative on the paper investigating reader complaints.
May 28, 1980 - MPR's Rich Dietman hosts a live discussion and call-in from the MPR studios in St. Paul with Kathryn Jordan of Peer Health Education Resources, Inc, an organization that teaches students to teach their peers about health and human sexuality, and students Al Dregger and Sue Stuewer of Saint Anthony Park High School in Minneapolis .
June 3, 1980 - Dale Connelly hosts a call-in show about gasohol - a combination of gasoline and alcohol. Guests are Glenn Kiecker of the Minnesota Gasahol Commission and Michael Murphy of the Upper Midwest Council.
June 5, 1980 - Insects in the urban environment: harmful or beneficial? Mark Ascerno, a University of Minnesota entomologist, discusses ants, inchworms and other insects in the urban environment and answers listener questions about problems with bugs.