A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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August 20, 1980 - Thomas Pearsall, professor of rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, talks with MPR's Dan Olson about how the English language evolved and how it is still changing, with live listener participation.
August 22, 1980 - John Anderson, Independent presidential candidate, speaking in Minneapolis Auditorium at Minnesota State Fairgrounds, as part of his "National Unity" campaign. More than 2,000 of the devoted and the curious paid three dollars each to hear Anderson speak.
August 23, 1980 - Dr. Ack speaking at the annual luncheon of the Mental Health Association of Minnesota held at St. Thomas College in Saint Paul. Ack, a champion of children's rights, addressed several child related issues in his talk, including child abuse, and what he believes are the negative effects of day care.
August 27, 1980 - Stewart Udall, former U.S. congressman and founder of an environmental consulting firm called Overview, speaking at a symposium on the future held at Mankato State University. Udall’s address was on ecology and energy across the country, as well as practicing law in Washington, D.C. Udall served U.S. Interior Secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
August 28, 1980 - MPR's Tom Meersman talks with Irish-American author J. P. Donleavy, who discusses living in Ireland, his latest novel "Schults", and other matters. He's written eight novels but is best known for the first one, "The Ginger Man."
August 30, 1980 - Campaign kick-off discussed on Weekend.
September 6, 1980 - Gardening advice by Minneapolis Tribune columnist Bill Nunn with listener call-in. He writes an article on gardening for the Sunday Minneapolis Tribune.
September 13, 1980 - MPR's Rich Dietman hosts this call-in program on recent developments in the Minnesota powerline controversy, with guests Wendell Bradley, a powerline opponent and assistant professor of physics at Gustavus Adolphus College, and Bob Sheldon, public relations manager for Cooperative Power Association, one of the two cooperatives responsible for the powerline.
September 15, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan talks with twin cities playwright Nancy Beckett, whose play about battered women, "The Women Here are no Different", is being presented by the Women's Theater Project at the Hennepin Center for the Arts.
September 20, 1980 - Minnesota Energy Agency solar expert John Dunlop answers live listener calls on solar heating of homes.