September 11, 1982 - MPR’s Pat Kessler interviews Wheelock Whitney, businessman and Independent Republican gubernatorial candidate. Topics include management principles, abortion, economy, and legislative matters. Kessler also answers listener questions.
October 2, 1982 - MPR’s Dale Connelly interviews disability advocate Paula Goldberg about the fight for funds and rights for handicapped children in the U.S. education system.
October 11, 1982 - ELECTION '82 PREVIEW - NPR’s Linda Wertheimer and Cokie Roberts lead lively discussions of major election issues with commentary from reporters and analysts around the country. Topics include high unemployment figures and trouble on the farm.
October 16, 1982 - On this Weekend program, John Farrell, executive director of the Minnesota Racing Association; and Jordan Lorence, a Minnesota senate staff member, discuss the proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize pari-mutuel betting on horse racing in Minnesota. Farrell and Lorence also answer listener questions.
October 18, 1982 - Barry Commoner, biologist and director of the Center for Biological Systems at Queens College in New York, speaking at Grace University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Commoner’s address was titled "The Politics of Disarmament." After speech, he answered audience questions. Barry Commoner, a founder of the Citizens Party and that party's presidential candidate in 1980, is known as one of the first prominent voices speaking in defense of the environment.
October 18, 1982 - ELECTION '82 PREVIEW - NPR’s Linda Wertheimer and Cokie Roberts lead lively discussions of major election issues with commentary from reporters and analysts around the country. Topic is women in politics, including Minnesota’s Project 13, a pro-choice grassroots group focused on precincts.
November 30, 1982 - Climatologist Iben Browning speaking to Investment Advisors, Inc., in Bloomington. Browning states a combination of natural forces will cause what he terms a double-dip winter for most of the United States. It will be cold at first with lots of snow, then warm, then cold again late into next spring. For the long term into the next century, Browning predicts that crop growing seasons in many countries will be shortened by a trend to cooler weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Iben Browning holds a PhD degree in zoology, genetics and physiology from the University of Texas, and the author of several books including one titled, "Climate and the Affairs of Man".
November 30, 1982 - Donald Baker, University of Minnesota professor of soil science, and Brian Hanson, of the University of Minnesota Department of Geography, discuss climate predictions. Baker and Hanson also answer listener questions.
December 27, 1982 - James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Prior is chief architect of the British Government's new proposal to give more power to elected officials in Northern Ireland in the hope of bringing about a lasting peace. His address is on the subject. 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.
January 24, 1983 - Walter Heller, regents professor of economics at University of Minnesota, speaking at the Minnesota Horizons Conference, held in St. Paul. Heller addressed the subject of recession and economic outlook of the U.S. and Minnesota. The conference was intended to give state legislators a more comprehensive view of the difficult problems facing the state than they normally get during regular hearings. The conference brought together experts from such fields as economics, energy, housing, agriculture, education, natural resources, and the funding of public services.