War
March 8, 1979 - As part of The Vietnam Experience and America Today Symposium, a panel discussion about Vietnam, the presidency, public trust, and student activists.
March 9, 1979 - Three sessions of The Vietnam Experience and America Today Symposium, held at Macalester College, are highlighted in this program. Discussions are on the effect the war had and has on America and its foreign relationships. Includes speech clips and interviews with various academics and military members.
March 10, 1979 - A summary report on The Vietnam Experience and America Today Symposium, a 10-day conference held at Macalester College. The symposium was one of the first national postwar forums to examine the effects of Vietnam.
April 24, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews Minnesota author Tim O’Brien, winner of the National Book Award for his book Going After Cacciato.
December 29, 1979 - Midday presents the documentary “Trampled Grass.” MPR’s Greg Barron accompanied a team of medical doctors and nurses from Minnesota as they worked in Cambodian refugee camps along Thailand's border with Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge-controlled state that controlled Cambodia from 1975 until 1979.
May 11, 1981 - Ely’s Jackpine Bob provides commentary on disarmament and his frustration of military nuclear buildups.
November 11, 1981 - Local commentator and Vietnam veteran Bruce Benidt provides a somber commentary of Veterans Day.
January 15, 1982 - MPR’s Bob Aronson interviews doctor Ronald J. Glasser, author of 365 Days. The book, about his experiences in the Vietnam War, has been the subject of controversy in Maine, where it has been banned by a school board because of its allegedly inappropriate language.
June 26, 1982 - Cornell professor and author Carl Sagan, U.S. Senator Gary Hart (D-Colorado), and the Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr. discuss how to prevent nuclear war. Audio was recorded at a teach-in at Cornell University in November 1981.
July 3, 1982 - On this Midday, host Bob Potter interviews retired University of Minnesota Political Science Professor Mulford Q. Sibley, who talks about his political activism, being an outspoken anti-war activist, his pacifism, and other issues…such as how Garrison Keillor affected his red-sock wearing habit. Sibley also takes listeners' questions.