November 17, 1977 - MPR reporters Claudia Hampston, Kate Williams, and Janet Carter preview the concerns and issues that Minnesota representatives will take to the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas.
November 22, 1977 - MPR’s Jan Falstad reports on members of women’s group upon their return from Houston after attending pro-family rally and protesting feminist delegates of The National Women's Conference.
November 26, 1977 - MPR’s Bob Potter presents “The Role of the Courts in a Changing Society: A Look at Conciliation Court,” a documentary that examines Minnesota's lower courts, including the first taped excerpts ever broadcast from local conciliation and municipal court in Minnesota.
December 3, 1977 - Dr. Robert Coles, a Harvard University psychologist, speaking at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Cole’s address centers on how minority children deal with the stresses and problems they face in contemporary society.
December 7, 1977 - Highlights from "World Hunger and Agriculture: China as a Case Study" conference on world hunger and agricultural policy at Augustana College in South Dakota, including a discussion of China's farm plan. Harvard professor Dr. John King Fairbank, former director of the East Asian Research Center and chairman of the Council on East Asian Studies, provided a historical introduction to life in China in a keynote address; and Dr. Benedict Stavis of the Center for International Studies at Cornell University, gave a speech titled "China's Agriculture, a Socio-Economic Revolution."
December 10, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, MPR’s Rich Dietman presents a sound portrait of "the farm." Includes various interviews with a Minnesota farm family outside of Cannon Falls.
December 10, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, Hy Berman, history professor at University of Minnesota, discusses history of farmer organizations. Topics include political activities, strikes, and cooperatives.
December 31, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, lawyer/pharmacist Marc Kurzman and Doug Morgan, of C.R.E.A.T.E. drug awareness program, discuss responsible use of alcohol, its effects on the body, and laws involved. Kurzman and Morgan also answer listener questions.
January 7, 1978 - On this regional public affairs program, Ellen Pence, state coordinator of the Minnesota Program for Battered Women; and Barbara Adams, chairperson of a United Way study of battered women in the Minneapolis area, discuss the problems of battered women.
January 9, 1978 - Joel Barker, former director of the Future Studies Department of the Science Museum of Minnesota speaking at the Southwest State University in Marshall. Barker spoke about our attitude toward the future. Barker was also the director of the National Teachers Futures Workshop for the past three years.