June 22, 1979 - Minnesota poet Joe Paddock shows his perceptions of the migration of wild geese across the Minnesota prairie in poem The Geese. Segment includes musical elements.
June 29, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Jeffrey Barnes reviews Betty Jean Lifton’s book Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience.
July 7, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, MPR’s Rich Dietman presents highlights from Hispanic festival on the West Side of St. Paul. This was the first El Midwest Canto Al Pueblo (aka - Song to the People). Program includes interviews with artists, music breaks, poetry reading, and other sounds from and about the festival.
July 21, 1979 - On this special Spectrum/Home for the Weekend broadcast, MPR’s Rich Dietman presents a group discussion and live call-in program on Minnesota Public Radio's programming decisions, its technical operations, and funding of the network.
July 30, 1979 - MPR reporter John Ydstie presents sound portrait of a powwow celebration. Ydstie went to the White Earth Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota and recorded various interviews and performances from the Ojibwe cultural event.
August 10, 1979 -
August 10, 1979 -
August 17, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Bob Muscala, former administrator of drug programs at the University of Minnesota, reviews Windward Passage: A Novel by Mark Brewer.
August 23, 1979 - A Midday broadcast of comedian Dick Gregory speaking before a youth session of the NAACP. [Content Warning: some content, language, and statements used in this story may be triggering to listeners]
August 24, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Ron Libertus, liaison officer of the Department of Natural Resources, reviews Hanta Yo: An American Saga by Ruth Beebe Hill.