A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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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.
August 14, 1980 - Vice President Walter Mondale delivers his acceptance speech to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.
August 14, 1980 - University of Minnesota professor Arthur Harkins discusses his recent trip to the Global Conference on the Future.
August 16, 1980 - Marvin Mitchelson, a California divorce attorney, speaking at main branch of the Minneapolis Public Library as part of the Minneapolis Public Library's series on justice. Address was titled "Alimony/Palimony: How to Heal a Broken Heart". In speech, Mitchelson criticizes a Minnesota law passed last session dealing with living-together relationships outside of marriage. He accuses the bill's author, Senator Jack Davies, of being a chauvinist. After speech, Mitchelson answers audience questions. Mitchelson who, in the Marvin vs. Marvin case, established that, in a "living together relationship", each member of that couple has definite rights to property. That, even if there is no written agreement between the two parties. The settlements in such cases have come to be called palimony.
August 18, 1980 - MPR's Fred Steiner accompanied the University of Minnesota concert band's tour of the People's Republic of China, and in this program we hear the thoughts and impressions members of the band had about their recent musical tour, with musical excerpts from concert performances.