August 8, 1978 - On this Options program, biologist Barry Commoner speaks on solar energy.
August 12, 1978 - Dr. Earl Joseph, a futurist and a staff scientist with the Sperry Univac Corporation in St. Paul, speaking at the Saint Paul Rotary Club. Joseph specializes in the study of how computers will influence our lives in the coming years.
August 17, 1978 - MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews Dr. Michael Eisenberg, head of gastro-intestinal surgery at the University of Minnesota hospitals in Minneapolis. Eisenberg discusses definition of ulcers, causes, and their impact on those inflicted by them.
September 7, 1978 - MPR’s Dale Connelly reports on worm growing and the complaints of fraud against Worm World, a distributor of the soil creatures. Connolly interviews growers and scientists on their viewpoints.
October 19, 1978 - Barry Commoner, scientist at the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems in St. Louis, speaking at Nobel Conference XIV - Global Resources: Perspectives and Alternatives, held at Gustavus Adolphus College. Commoner’s address was titled "A New Historic Passage: The Transition to Renewable Resources."
October 26, 1978 - Isabel Wolf, University of Minnesota nutrition specialist, discusses what is and isn't good nutrition. Wolf also answers listener questions.
January 13, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, Dr. Arthur Harkins, of the School of Education at the University of Minnesota, discusses his thoughts on the label of “futurist” attributed to him and why future research is important.
January 18, 1979 - Excerpt of Dr. V. Elving Anderson, director of the Dwight Institute at the University of Minnesota, speaking on the topic of genetic engineering and human values.
March 16, 1979 - Richard Leakey, anthropologist and director of the National Museums of Kenya, speaking in St. Paul. Leakey talks about the Foundation for Research into the Origins of Early Man and how Australopithecus Boisei, a relative of the human race, fits into the evolution of humans.
March 28, 1979 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Gordon Everest, computer expert and professor of business management at the University of Minnesota, who shares his concern that most Americans do not understand what is at stake when we talk about the use of computers and the protection of our privacy and property.