July 30, 1983 - Gary Wynia, an author and professor of political science at University of Minnesota, discusses the country of Nicaragua, a country that is is not supported by the United States government.
July 30, 1983 - Gary Wynia, an author and professor of political science at University of Minnesota, shares an overview on Latin American politics and U.S. Relations with Latin American countries.
July 30, 1983 - Gary Wynia, an author and professor of political science at University of Minnesota, addresses on two different fronts if the situation is Nicaragua is another Vietnam.
July 30, 1983 - Gary Wynia, an author and professor of political science at University of Minnesota, details Latin American countries El Salvador and Honduras.
July 30, 1983 - Gary Wynia, an author and professor of political science at University of Minnesota, details reaction to U.S. military maneuvers near Latin American countries.
August 2, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with former Secretary of State for President Jimmy Carter, Cyrus Vance, about his book Hard Choices & Critical Years in American Foreign Policy.
August 11, 1983 - On this Midday program, a conversation with Arne Carlson, Minnesota’s state auditor, who breaks down the process of auditing government entities and comments on the fiscal health of the state. Carlson also answers listener call-in questions.
August 13, 1983 - Joseph N. Alexander, the state's longest-serving Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources, discusses various topics involving the DNR, including wolf management plan, oil, gold deposits, and peat harvesting. Alexander also answers listener questions.
September 2, 1983 - Peter Arnett, a CNN journalist, speaking to the 19th Annual Pulitzer Forum, sponsored by the World Press Institute, at Macalester College. Arnett’s address was titled "Bang-Bang and Other Stories: Vietnam's Legacy for Today's War Correspondent." Arnett wrote a 13-part television series on Vietnam called "The 10-Thousand Day War." After speech, Arnett answered audience questions. New Zealand-born, the 56-year-old Peter Arnett is no stranger to war. In 1966 he won the Pulitzer Prize tor International Reporting for his coverage of the Vietnam War. He covered that war, for 13 years, for the Associated Press. He was one of the few reporters to remain in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Arnett then went on to become one of the AP's five senior reporters. Among other major stories Arnett has covered are the Attica prison riot in 1971, the McGovern campaign, the Carter campaign, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, fighting in El Salvador, upheaval in Nicaragua, and the Iranian hostage crisis. He became a Cable News Network correspondent in 1981. Arnett spent two years as CNN's Moscow bureau chief before assuming his present job as a national / international correspondent in 1988.
September 3, 1983 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Dave Roe, President of the Minnesota AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations). Roe discusses recent developments in organized labor and answers listener questions. Program begins with commentary from Roe on shooting down of commercial South Korean airliner by Soviet Union days earlier.