March 9, 1983 - The second of three retrospective programs about the Vietnam War. The series looks back at the Vietnam War and its affects on the United States.
March 15, 1983 - About Books and Writers host Robert Cromie talks with Paul Nagel, author of a book on four generations of the John Adams family.
March 22, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with lexicographer, editor, and author Stuart Flexner.
April 18, 1983 - Jewish author Eli Wiesel, a survivor of Nazi concentration camps, speaks at a Survivor's Conference with other death-camp survivors. Program includes some excerpts from Wiesel’s book, Night, read by Arthur Hoehn.
June 4, 1983 - On this Midday, a discussion about Where We Live: A Geographer's Guide to Twin Cities Neighborhoods. Authors David Lanegran and Judith Martin detail Twin Cities neighborhoods and take calls from listeners.
June 27, 1983 - William Sherman, a prominent North Dakota author, sociologist and priest, details information from his book Prairie Mosaic: An Ethnic Atlas of Rural North Dakota.
February 27, 1984 - On this Midday program, MPR’s Dan Olson interviews W. Harry Davis, chair of the Minneapolis School Board, discusses Black history in the Twin Cities and Minnesota. Davis also answers listener questions.
March 2, 1984 - John R. Borchert and Judith A. Martin, co-authors of the book, Legacy of Minneapolis: Preservation Amid Chang, answer listener questions about efforts to preserve the city's heritage of architecture and design.
September 24, 1984 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews historian Hy Berman about the idea of labor museum in Minnesota. Berman explains that the state is a excellent representation of the varied evolution of labor movement in the United States.
August 15, 1985 - In marking the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of the second World War, a rebroadcast of a program entitled Hiroshima Countdown, which traces the development of the atomic bomb. Documentary includes commentary by Studs Terkel, author of The Good War.