March 8, 1974 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Maceo Dixon, national campaign coordinator for the Socialist Workers Party. Dixon discusses the party’s suit to cease and desist against the U.S. government on harassment claims.
March 13, 1974 - Arthur Schlesinger, historian and author, speaks at the University of Missouri. Schlesinger’s address is on topic from his book The Imperial Presidency.
March 18, 1974 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan Judge Fred J. Nichol discusses his background as a journalist and history teacher, as well as how he came to reside over the Wounded Knee trial.
April 1, 1974 - U.S. Senator Walter Mondale speaks to a group of social service providers, urging them to become involved in politics. He talks about the current feeling in Washington and from the public that it's okay to cut and dismantle social services. Mondale states he doesn't agree, saying in many areas of social problems you need social services delivery systems.
April 3, 1974 - Questions have arisen as to whether Minnesota’s new abortion law is unconstitutional. MPR’s Dulcie Lawrence gets comments from several legislators on their thought process in voting for or against the bill, including William Kelly, of E. Grand Forks; William Ojala of Aurora; and Arne Carlson of Minneapolis.
April 4, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman interviews Michael Novak, a philosopher and author, about his book Choosing Our King: Powerful Symbols in Presidential Politics.
April 4, 1974 - Jack McCarthy
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April 8, 1974 - On this segment from Recital Series, MPR’s Michael Barone completes an interview with Alfred Brendel, Austrian classical pianist, during a performance intermission at Benedicta Arts Center at College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph.
April 16, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman has a conversation with author Robert Pirsig about his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Pirsig shares how he started the book while also writing computer manuals, and finished it while spending time in a camper on the North Shore.