October 24, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles the Actors Theatre of St. Paul production of Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come.
October 24, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with writer William Burroughs, whose credited by some as the father of the beat generation. Segment also includes Burroughs reading his work.
October 26, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews independent filmmaker Stan Brakhage, who discusses autobiographical filmmaking.
October 26, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Mark Swanholm reviews Life, Law and Letters by Louis Auchincloss.
October 27, 1979 - Stan Breen - Coordinator for the American Refugee Committee brought medical help to the Thai - Cambodian border to assist the Hmong local.
October 29, 1979 -
October 30, 1979 - A Midday broadcast of John M. Bach, a coworker with Reverend Philip Berrigan, speaking as part of the Prisons and Prisoners lecture series at Moorhead State College, held in the fall of 1973. Bach shared views from a prisoner perspective.
October 30, 1979 - Human rights activist Joan Baez speaks before the National Press Club on the plight of the refugees of Kampuchea.
October 31, 1979 - George Covington, investment executive for Blyth, Eastman and Dillan company in Minneapolis, discusses the stock market. Topics include inflation, interest rates, tax shelters, and investments. Covington also answers listener questions.
October 31, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, pianist Rees Allison reviews Pianist's Progress by Helen Drees Ruttencutter, a profile of piano student Robin McCabe.