September 15, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Greg Barron, producer of “The Way to 8-A" documentary; and Eric Janus of the Supreme Court Committee on Mental Health, about mental commitment procedures.
December 5, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Brother Theodore Drahmann from College of Saint Thomas, reviews Surviving and Other Essays by Bruno Bettelheim.
December 18, 1979 - MPR’s Brigid Shea interviews Robert Spaeth, vice-president for sales and marketing for the Corn Products Council (CPC International), who discusses the bright future for corn and sugar products.
March 6, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, a review of The Epilepsy Fact Book by Harry Sands.
April 4, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, Mary Gardner, a poet and Bates method teacher, reviews Eye Power by Ann & Townsend Hoopes.
April 11, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, Dr. Patricia L. Lawler, practitioner of holistic health care at Holly House, reviews Holistic Medicine: From Stress to Optimum Health by Kenneth R. Pelletier.
May 30, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, local educator Tom King reviews Breakthroughs: Astonishing Advances in Your Lifetime in Medicine, Science, and Technology by Tom King.
June 4, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, Linda Gingrich reviews Choices: Realistic Alternatives in Cancer Treatment by Marion Morra & Eve Potts; and Cancer Care: A Personal Guide by Jack W. Glucksberg & Harold Singer.
June 4, 1980 - A Minnesota health department official comments on Swedish potato sausage that was mistakenly prepared with extreme amounts of sodium nitrate and that ingestion may create health risks.
July 2, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, Bob Miller reviews Ordinary Daylight: Portrait of an Artist Going Blind by Andrew Potok.