A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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September 24, 1980 - Curtis Sparks from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Nancy Grimsby, founder of a recycling center in Edina, discuss the problem of solid waste recycling in a call-in program.
September 27, 1980 - Richard Mitchell, professor of history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, speaking at "Understanding Resurgent Islam" conference held at the University of Minnesota. Mitchell’s address was titled “The Range of Islamic Activism and Its Potential in the World Today.” It provided insight into the diversity of the Islamic movement. After speech, Mitchell answered audience questions.
September 27, 1980 - MPR’s Tom Meersman interviews Hamid Algar, professor of Islamic studies and history at the University of California at Berkeley. Algar discusses the Iranian revolution, and outlines what he thinks are the greatest misconceptions the United States has of the revolution and the Ayatollah Khomeini.
September 29, 1980 - Nobel Prize-winning plant scientist Norman Borlaug discusses the world food supply, plant genetics, and other topics in the live call-in program.
October 2, 1980 - Actor Martin Sheen is volunteering his services as the narrator for a Twin Cities-made film on the effects of on Vietnam veterans of exposure to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange. The film's producer, Jim Gambone, joins Sheen for a live interview on the film and on Sheen's career.
October 3, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews Pinchas Zukerman about his new career as The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra musical director and conductor. Zukerman shares his excitement on the potential of orchestra and transitioning from role as virtuoso violinist to conductor.
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.”