December 18, 1983 - Harlan Cleveland, former U.S. ambassador to NATO and head of Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, discusses world politics. Topics include Beirut bombing of marine barracks, arms control negotiations, and Middle East peace talks. Cleveland also answers listener questions.
December 20, 1983 - Bob Packwood, Oregon U.S. Senator (R), speaking at GOP Feminist Caucus of Minnesota dinner.
December 27, 1983 - Rozanne L. Ridgway, the U.S. Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), discusses U.S. relations with East Germany and other eastern bloc nations. Ridgway also answers listener questions.
February 6, 1984 - Douglas Fraser, former president of the United Auto Workers union, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Fraser’s address was on the topic of "Have Unions Outlived Their Usefulness?" Following speech, Fraser answered several audience questions regarding labor. Fraser was a key figure in the restructuring of Chrysler Corporation, which saved the firm from bankruptcy, and saved the jobs of thousands of workers. Fraser became the first union official to sit on the company's board of directors. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
February 10, 1984 - Dave Jennings, State House Minority leader, discusses the House Independent-Republican view of issues to be discussed during the 1984 legislative session. Topics include the surplus, education, and state budget.
February 25, 1984 - On this Weekend program, this Hodding Carter, anchorman and chief correspondent for "Inside Story" on PBS, and formerly spokesman for the Department of State under the Carter administration, discusses politics, the press, public perception, and current events. Carter also answers listener questions. Program begins with a brief statement from Rick Lewis, MPR’s vice-president of News and Information, on the announcement of new organization project, called Public Policy Unit.
March 7, 1984 - Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, speaking at Carlson Lecture Series in Northrop Auditorium. Carter’s address was on the topic “Priorities for a Great Nation.” Following speech, Carter answered audience questions.
March 16, 1984 - William Walsh, doctor and creator of Project HOPE, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Walsh’s address was on the topic of his service on the Kissinger Commission panel. Following speech, Walsh answered audience questions. President Reagan appointed twelve people to serve on a bipartisan commission to advise him on this country's Central America policy. The commission was chaired by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, so the panel soon became known as the Kissinger Commission on Central America. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
May 1, 1984 - Part one of a three-part Human Rights Series. Program features recorded testimony from the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. Richard Oakes, Hamline University Law School founder, narrates the program.
May 8, 1984 - Part two of a three-part Human Rights Series. Program features discussion with Walter Anastas, law professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul and born in the Ukraine; Barbara Frye, vice president of the Minnesota Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights and has spent time in Chile; and Jerry Ingber, an immigration lawyer familiar with political asylum issues.