January 2, 1976 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Isabel Burger, founder and administrative coordinator of the Children's Theater Association in Baltimore, Maryland. Burger is also author of "Creative Play Acting" and is a nationally known authority on creative children's drama.
February 17, 1976 - Dr. Milton Friedman, noted economist from the University of Chicago, speaking to the Economic Education Winter Institute at St. Cloud State University. Friedman’s address was titled, "The Outlook for the Economy and the Dollar." Following speech, Friedman answered listener questions. Milton Friedman is a member of the research staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research and is a columnist and contributing editor for Newsweek magazine.
February 26, 1976 - A news feature with Rena Coen and Lynda King comment on the early Minnesota art scene and the foundation for the Minneapolis School of Art.
June 29, 1976 - MPR’s Debbie Gare interviews W. Harry Davis, Minneapolis school board member and local civil rights activist, about desegregation of Minneapolis public schools. He believes it is the responsibility of districts in the country to figure out how to overcome segregated schools.
August 5, 1976 - An address by educator-farmer-writer Hiram Drache on the family farm and the future of American farming before a conference on rural America, held in Crookston, Minnesota. The speech is titled "Agriculture in the Year 2000."
October 23, 1976 - This regional public affairs program includes Citizens League breakfast address by St. Paul Board of Education chairman Eleanor Weber, answering questions about tax increase ballot referendum and other issues, followed by superintendent George Young, discussing instructional television and daycare.
October 25, 1976 - Carl Bernstein, Washington Post investigative reporter, speaking at Minnesota Education Association Convention in Minneapolis.
December 18, 1976 - On this regional public affairs program, studio guests Brother Theodore Drahmann, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis; and John Littleford, headmaster of Breck School in Minneapolis discuss nonpublic schools in Twin Cities. Topics include differences from public schools and enrollment.
January 8, 1977 - As part of Home for the Weekend series, this program examines the institution of schools. Are schools failing children? That is the question presented in various interviews with educators, parents, and politicians who critique the lack of teaching basic skills (reading, writing and arithmetic)
January 24, 1977 - Professor Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomer and a mathematician at Cambridge University in England, speaking at Nobel Conference XII - The Nature of the Physical Universe held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Hoyle's speech was titled "An Astronomer's View of the Evolution of Man." Hoyle is also known for his books which popularize astronomy and for his science fiction stories. The speech broke for questions, which were introduced by the moderator.