A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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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".
October 28, 1980 - MPR reporters Mark Heistad, Mark Steil and Barb Myers look at the rising rate of crime in rural Minnesota. Their report is called "Stealin': Country Style".
November 1, 1980 - John W. Gardner, former Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) secretary and Common Cause founder speaking about American politics. Gardner shares six key leadership topics.
November 1, 1980 - MacPhail Arts Center vocal teacher Leon Thurman talks about and performs a large repertoire of campaign songs throughout American history.
November 5, 1980 - This program includes excerpts from concession speeches by President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Independent candidate John Anderson, and the acceptance speech by President Elect Ronald Reagan.