A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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June 12, 1980 - Discussion on camping, camping safety, and "minimum impact" - leaving the campsite in the same condition in which it was found. Outdoor survival expert Tim Kneeland talks about summer outdoor activities and answers listener questions.
June 14, 1980 - David Durenberger in studio for Listener call-in on "Send a Message to Washington" program.
June 16, 1980 - Minneapolis attorney Ellen Dresselhuis discusses litigation based on affirmative action or the lack of it among employers with MPR's Dan Olson.
June 17, 1980 - Writer, photographer and artist Gordon Parks speaking at Our Creative Community conference at the Spring Hill Center in Wayzata, Minnesota. Parks address was titled “Universality in Art.” Subjects of speech included his time in Minnesota, race issues, the Civil Rights movement, and education.
June 21, 1980 - St. Paul mayor George Latimer, recently inaugurated for his third term, answers live listener questions from the studio in St. Paul.
June 23, 1980 - University of Minnesota nutrition expert Isabel Wolf answers listener questions on weight loss diets and other nutritional issues.
June 28, 1980 - Dr. Frances Hill, professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, speaking at the second annual Farm Women's Forum in Rochester, Minnesota. Hill’s address was about the changes in the roles and lives of farm women, based on her interviews with over one hundred Midwestern farm women. These changes include the demise of the family farm, and secondly, a change in women's personal rights.
June 30, 1980 - Islam is a religion not well understood in the west, but one person familiar with it is University of Minnesota Professor of Islamic studies Dr. Caesar Farah. Dr. Farah joined reporter Tom Meersman to discuss Islam and what some have called its 'revitalization' in the past few years.
July 12, 1980 - Minneapolis mayor Don Fraser answers listener questions in-studio.
July 15, 1980 - Mary Zimmeth Schomaker, author of the book "The Women's Guide to Re-entry Employment," speaking to North Dakota extension homemakers at North Dakota State University. Schomaker's book is a step-by-step guide for finding a job, with such advice as how to line up references, how to fill out job applications, and how to develop good interviewing skills.