A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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July 16, 1980 - June Zeitlin, director of the Department of Health and Human Services' office on domestic violence, discusses partner and family abuse.
July 19, 1980 - MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews Fred Steiner, MPR’s music host/announcer, who just returned from a trip to the People's Republic of China with the University of Minnesota marching band. Steiner reflects on the experience, and answers listener questions.
July 22, 1980 - Black actor and writer Ossie Davis talks about the importance of the family and the future of the family in remarks to the White House Conference on the Family, held in Minneapolis .
July 24, 1980 - Sue Halverson of the Minnesota Attorney General's office describes the scams, deceptions, and frauds perpetrated on unsuspecting consumers, and answers listener questions.
July 28, 1980 - Robert Megard, University of Minnesota associate professor of ecology and behavioral biology, and Joseph Rossillon, executive director of the Freshwater Foundation, talk about water quality and freshwater research in Minnesota. They also answer listener questions in this call-in program.
July 29, 1980 - On this special edition of Communique, Vice President Walter Mondale discusses his recent trip to Africa, including his meetings with African leaders and discussions of such issues as South Africa.
July 30, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with Thomas Sanchez, a California writer. Sanchez discusses language, writing and visual arts. Sanchez’s works include "Rabbit Boss", tracing the development of an Indian family from the 1850s to the Eisenhower Era; "The Zoot Suit Murders", a story of love and suspense amid the racial strife of Los Angeles in the 1940s; and a fictionalized account of the 1970s Wounded Knee conflict based on his real-life experiences as a supply-runner at Pine Ridge. Sanchez has been turning back to works of another era - the 50s Beat Generation. He’s traveled around the country reading to blues music poetry by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady. Program opens with Sanchez performing a reading at the Walker Art Center. Also, on hand was pianist Butch Thompson.
August 6, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, Paul Gruchow comments on “The World of Oz.”
August 9, 1980 - Debbie Anderson of the sexual assault division of the Hennepin County Attorney's Office and Bob Seibold, a doctoral candidate in counseling at the University of Minnesota who has studied male-female relationships, discuss relations between men and women in this call-in show.
August 12, 1980 - MPR's Mary Stucky talks with Dennis Smith, member of the United States Metric Board, about the pros and cons of switching to the metric system. Smith also answers listener call-in questions.