October 20, 1983 - A Midday broadcast of St. Paul School Board District 625 debates, live from Town Square, sponsored by St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. Panelists for debate are Andrew Becker, attorney for Briggs and Morton; Catherine McNamee, president of the College of St. Catherine; and Ronald Clark, editorial page editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch.
October 21, 1983 - A Midday broadcast of St. Paul School Board District 625 debates, live from Town Square, sponsored by St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. Panelists for debate are Andrew Becker, attorney for Briggs and Morton; Catherine McNamee, president of the College of St. Catherine; and Ronald Clark, editorial page editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch.
November 2, 1983 - Dr. John Crandall, one of the Americans evacuated from Grenada after U.S. invasion. Crandall discusses life in Grenada. He's a native of Red Wing, MN. Crandall also answers listener questions.
November 5, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Bill Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, discusses recent changes in public broadcasting, both in Minnesota and nationally. Topics include the near bankruptcy of National Public Radio. Kling also answers listener questions.
November 7, 1983 - Sandy Close, editor with the Pacific News Service, speaking Itasca Seminar series on "Transforming the Future". Close talks about the Pacific News Service and how it relates to news gathering techniques of the future - the so-called "chicken's eye view of the world"... Itasca Seminar is a series organized and sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation in cooperation with numerous Minnesota Corporations. The Minneapolis Foundation is a permanent endowment established to support public well-being in the Twin Cities metro area.
November 15, 1983 - Eugene McCarthy, former Minnesota senator and presidential candidate, speaks at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. McCarthy’s address was titled "Growing Up in Rural Minnesota.” McCarthy speaks of experiences in his hometown of Watkins, some of which were expressed in a collection of poems entitled Gene McCarthy's Minnesota.
November 22, 1983 - Walter Heller, economics professor at the University of Minnesota, recalls his days as the chief economic adviser to President John F. Kennedy, on this 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination.
November 29, 1983 - Elizabeth Hall Janeway, author and women's movement activist, speaking at Minnesota Meeting in St. Paul. Janeway’s address was on the topic "Women's Rights as Human Rights." After speech, Janeway answered audience questions.
December 15, 1983 - A Midday broadcast of Edwin "Ed" Meese, III as guest speaker at the National Press Club. Edwin "Ed" Meese, III (born December 2, 1931) is an attorney, law professor, and author who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan gubernatorial administration (1967-1974), the Reagan presidential transition team (1980), and the Reagan White House (1981-1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th attorney general of the United States (1985-1988).
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.