February 13, 1987 - Jan Smaby, president of Spring Hill Center, discusses public policy. Topics include AIDS, diversity, and politics. Smaby also answers listener questions. Ms. Smaby is co-host of the popular public affairs program, "Almanac" on public television. Smaby came to the job at Spring Hill last fall, after serving as director of Hennepin County's Human Service Department and as chairman of Minnesota's Sentencing Guidelines Commission. Spring Hill is a conference center just west of the Twin Cities where policy makers from many parts of the community can go to hash out ideas. It likes to place itself on the cutting edge of public policy, dealing with emerging issues, rather than ones that have been around for a while.
March 16, 1987 - The controversial bill allowing for the release of $24 million from the 2002 Fund for economic development on the Iron Range was recalled from the House during Senate session. News of an FBI probe of Endotronics, Inc., that surfaced after the Senate had voted final passage on the measure, prompted Majority Leader Roger Moe to make the motion for recall. The recall motion prevailed on a 51-15 roll call vote.
April 4, 1987 - Weekend presents an interview with Eugene McCarthy, who comments on people in politics that have made an impression on him over the years. McCarthy talks about Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Rayburn, Humphrey, and Mondale. He also tells us his view of the press and the state of politics today.
April 6, 1987 - Under current law in Minnesota, sodomy, adultery and sex out of wedlock are illegal. A bill by Senator Donna Peterson, a Minneapolis democrat, would erase those laws, but would also make it illegal to engage in sex in public. Peterson told a Senate judiciary committee that her measure would create a law that’s needed and do away with laws that are both unfair and unenforced.
April 23, 1987 - E. Gerald Corrigan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Corrigan’s address is on the topic "The U.S. and World Economy." After speech, Corrigan answered audience questions. 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 6, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. He answers listener questions about his work and his impressions of artistic expression in the USSR.
May 9, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Joe Alexander, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), discusses a wide range of activities under his purview: fish and wildlife management, forestry, parks, state-owned mineral rights and more. The dangerous fire conditions in northern Minnesota is also mentioned. Alexander also answers listener questions.
May 12, 1987 - Michael Osterholm, state epidemiologist for the State of Minnesota, answers questions about AIDS. Osterholm discusses the impact of disease in Minnesota and the view of AIDS as an epidemic.
May 18, 1987 - Daniel Yankelovich, chairman of the Yankelovich Group and president Public Agenda Foundation, at Minnesota Meeting. Yankelovich’s topic is “Competitiveness: How to Achieve a National Consensus." After speech, Yankelovich answers audience questions. 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 29, 1987 - Alexander Haig, former secretary of state and GOP presidential contender, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Haig’s address was titled "Challenges for the Future: American Foreign and Domestic Policy." After speech, Haig answered listener questions.