September 18, 1972 - Connie Goldman reviews Vance Packard's latest book "A Nation of Strangers" which discusses the increasing number of isolated and lonely individuals in a highly mobile society, and the chaos caused by big business moving employees all over the globe. In an interview, when Packard was in town recently, Goldman asked him why he didn't challenge the audience with questions about alienation instead of telling jokes and anecdotes.
October 5, 1972 - MPR’s Martin Granger interviews author Benjamin Spock about his writing and political criticism of him.
November 15, 1972 - MPR’s Connie Goldman reports on the work of Sigurd Olson, and his book "Wilderness Days." Report also presents a question and answer period with Olson from an appearance at the Minnesota Press Club, where he called Minnesotans to protect the environment. This recording was made available through a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission.
November 24, 1972 - Teacher and poet Don Luther Lee, later known as Haki R. Madhubuti, performs poetry reading and speaks on the importance of language to some African American poets.
December 15, 1972 - MPR’s Connie Goldman reports on play “Hell, That’s Politics” being performed at Minneapolis’s Theatre in the Round. Goldman interviews playwright Ernest Bormann, a professor at University of Minnesota, about his work and the history of Huey Long.
January 11, 1973 - MPR’s Hugh Morgan interviews author and historian on his book “Indian Wars.” Morgan also talks about Bureau of Indian Affairs and American Indian Movement.
January 28, 1973 - On this Forum program, the subject is ‘The State of English.’ Participants in the 1972 meeting of the National Council of English Teachers talk about the quality of education in the United States. Report also includes recorded remarks by Margaret Mead, Jonathan Kozol, Murray Kepton, Malcolm X and others.
February 9, 1973 - MPR’s Connie Goldman reports on the Minnesota Ensemble Theater production of “Biedermann and the Firebugs.” Goldman talks with audience members about their reaction to play.
February 12, 1973 - Founders of The Women Poets of the Twin Cities give voice to their poetry in a program dedicated to the anniversary of the birthday of women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony.
March 4, 1973 - On this Forum program, Paul Scofield reads Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn acceptance speech for Nobel Prize in Literature.