A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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June 23, 1980 - University of Minnesota nutrition expert Isabel Wolf answers listener questions on weight loss diets and other nutritional issues.
June 27, 1980 - MPR President Bill Kling, Membership Director Marilyn Heltzer, and reporter/producer Bob Potter answer live listener questions about the Minnesota Public Radio network.
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.
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.