July 16, 1983 - On this Weekend program, Matthew Stark, executive director of the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, discusses current civil liberties issues. Topics include disenfranchisement, religious organizations, and private schools. Stark also answers listener questions.
July 22, 1983 - Bob Mattson, Minnesota Treasurer, addresses the controversy of his office; including his absence from the state, his call for the abolition of the office, and other issues. Mattson also answers listener questions.
August 11, 1983 - On this Midday program, a conversation with Arne Carlson, Minnesota’s state auditor, who breaks down the process of auditing government entities and comments on the fiscal health of the state. Carlson also answers listener call-in questions.
August 13, 1983 - Joseph N. Alexander, the state's longest-serving Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources, discusses various topics involving the DNR, including wolf management plan, oil, gold deposits, and peat harvesting. Alexander also answers listener questions.
September 2, 1983 - Peter Arnett, a CNN journalist, speaking to the 19th Annual Pulitzer Forum, sponsored by the World Press Institute, at Macalester College. Arnett’s address was titled "Bang-Bang and Other Stories: Vietnam's Legacy for Today's War Correspondent." Arnett wrote a 13-part television series on Vietnam called "The 10-Thousand Day War." After speech, Arnett answered audience questions. New Zealand-born, the 56-year-old Peter Arnett is no stranger to war. In 1966 he won the Pulitzer Prize tor International Reporting for his coverage of the Vietnam War. He covered that war, for 13 years, for the Associated Press. He was one of the few reporters to remain in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Arnett then went on to become one of the AP's five senior reporters. Among other major stories Arnett has covered are the Attica prison riot in 1971, the McGovern campaign, the Carter campaign, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, fighting in El Salvador, upheaval in Nicaragua, and the Iranian hostage crisis. He became a Cable News Network correspondent in 1981. Arnett spent two years as CNN's Moscow bureau chief before assuming his present job as a national / international correspondent in 1988.
September 3, 1983 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Dave Roe, President of the Minnesota AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations). Roe discusses recent developments in organized labor and answers listener questions. Program begins with commentary from Roe on shooting down of commercial South Korean airliner by Soviet Union days earlier.
September 14, 1983 - Barbara Matusow, author of "The Evening Stars," talks about the evolution of the television network anchor. Matusow also answers listener questions.
September 16, 1983 - James Ulland, Minnesota senate minority leader, discusses the alternatives he favors to state policies pursued by the majority DFL party. His critical view of the state is addressed. Ulland also answers listener questions.
September 19, 1983 - Walter Mondale, presidential candidate and former U.S. vice president, speech at annual Minnesota AFL-CIO meeting. Mondale speaks on free trade, strong unions, and his criticism of President Reagan’s economic policy. Minnesota AFL-CIO President David Roe introduces Mondale.
September 19, 1983 - MPR’s Pat Kessler reports on Walter Mondale, presidential candidate and former U.S. vice president, speaking to the Minnesota AFL-CIO. Mondale criticizes “Reaganomics,” and states his support for strong unions in the United States.