July 14, 1987 - MPR’s Stephen Smith profiles street preachers outside Caboose bar in Minneapolis. Smith interviews street preacher Shirley Reed, and various bar patrons.
August 4, 1987 - Tom Kalitowski, executive director of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, discusses air and water quality, hazardous waste, and other current pollution issues. Kalitowski also answers listener questions.
August 20, 1987 - The 10th annual Summer Conference on Theology and the Church, held at Concordia College in Moorhead, presenting a debate on religious fundamentalism. Erling Jorstad, professor of history and American studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, shares his views on fundamentalism and the religious right. Jorstad has studied and written extensively about fundamentalism. Countering Jorstod, Reverend Edward Dobson, editor of "The Fundamentalist Journal" and board member of the Moral Majority, presents his viewpoint on the Religious Right. Dobson is also co-author of a book with the Reverend Jerry Falwell, former vice president for student affairs at Liberty Baptist University at Lynchburg, Virginia.
August 27, 1987 - Dr. Mary Frances Berry, historian, civil rights activist, and commissioner on the US Commission of Civil Rights, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Berry’s address was titled "Civil Rights in America: Liberty and Justice for All." Following speech, Berry answered audience questions. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
September 2, 1987 - Jim Schaefer, director of the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, discusses community approaches to preventing drug and alcohol abuse. Topics include drunk driving, alcohol sales to minors, and informal social control. Schaefer also answers listener questions.
September 4, 1987 - Father Robert Drinan, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, speaking at the College of St. Benedict. Father Drinan’s address was on the topic "Religion and Politics in Contemporary American Society". Drinan presents a historical perspective of the church/state problems, and what may happen going forward. Following his speech, Father Drinan answered audience questions. Father Robert Drinan is best known to most of us as a former member of congress where he served 10 years from 1971 to 1981. Drinan was ordained a priest (Society of Jesus) in 1953. From 1956 to 1970, Drinan was dean and Professor of Law at Boston College Law School. He is the author of numerous books including, "Beyond the Nuclear Freeze", "Vietnam: An Armageddon", and "Democracy, Dissent and Disorder".
September 9, 1987 - MPR’s Dan Olson profiles protests of pornography businesses on St. Paul’s University Avenue. Report includes commentary from Archbishop John Roach, St. Paul Councilman Bill Wilson, and Ferris Alexander, owner of controversial Faust Theater.
September 18, 1987 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports from Twin Cities International Airport as Northwest flight 128 arrives from Bangkok. Among its passengers are nearly three dozen Hmong refugees planning to resettle in Minnesota. Meersman speaks with officials about the difficulites to be faced…including housing, language, and jobs.
September 28, 1987 - MPR Journal presents the documentary “A Visit to Atwater.” The farm crisis of the early 1980s has taken a toll on small towns. MPR reporters Dan Olson and Stephen Smith spent some time in the West Central Minnesota farm town of Atwater to see how one small community is faring, and what the future may hold.
October 5, 1987 - Dr. Scott Strickland, physician at Park Nicollet Clinic and Catherine Jordan, member of the Minnesota AIDS Awareness Project, discuss AIDS Awareness Month. Other topics include young people at risk, blood as transmitter, and misinformation. Strickland and Jordan also answer listener questions.