A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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October 6, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews Gerd Sander, whose grandfather's, August Sander art works are on exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
October 10, 1980 - Sherry Rolnick and Renee Ward from the Midwest Health Center for Women answer questions about women, health, and sexuality in this live call-in.
October 11, 1980 - Alice Murphy, former head of the St. Paul mayor's information and complaint office and current director of the city's Energy Office, recently announced her resignation. On this live call-in, she talks about her involvement in St. Paul politics and her plans for the future.
October 13, 1980 - Dr. Joe Rossillion, of the Freshwater Biological Research Foundation, speaking at two-day conference discussing the future of water. Conference was sponsored by the Freshwater Society and the Water Awareness Consortium. Rossillion address was titled "Givens and Possibilities About Water in the '80s: Why We Should Be Concerned.”
October 13, 1980 - Ronald Reagan, presidential candidate, speaking to an audience in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He met with state campaign officials and spoke to an audience of 5,000 people at the Mary E. Sawyer in La Crosse. Reagan touched on nearly every major campaign issue during his 35-minute speech - the economy, energy, defense - and he outlined in some detail what he intends if elected president.
October 18, 1980 - Twin cities media consultants D.J. Leary and Dan Cohen discuss the campaign media blitz beginning prior to election day, with live listener participation.
October 20, 1980 - Willard Van Dyke is one of America's most respected documentary photographers and filmmakers. He had a show at St. Paul's Film In The Cities and was in town for the opening. He spoke with Nancy Fushan about his work.
October 20, 1980 - University of Minnesota music professor Johannes Reidel talks with Nancy Fushan about political songs of Weimar Republic Germany in the 1920's.
October 25, 1980 - Federal District Court Judge Miles Lord, a controversial figure in Minnesota politics and jurisprudence, answers listener questions on his career as a judge, the role of the courts, and his political and judicial philosophy.
October 27, 1980 - Carole Simpson, NBC News correspondent, speaking at the Freedom Fund banquet of the Duluth Branch NAACP at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. Simpson shares personal insight into the career of a successful Black American. Simpson's Capitol Hill assignments have included the environment, education, welfare, women's rights, transportation, housing and child care - what she describes as "a real potpourri of people issues".