April 24, 1980 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Bonnie Watkins, staff member of the Minnesota Council on the Economic Status of Women; and Carol Flynn, an organizer for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Watkins and Flynn discuss problems faced by office workers and efforts to organize the predominately female clerical workers. Topics include pay inequality, sexual discrimination, and vague job descriptions. Both also answer listener questions.
April 24, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, farmer and agricultural consultant Bill Walker reviews The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis by Willard Cochrane.
April 25, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Donald Justice. Segment also includes Justice reading his poetry.
April 26, 1980 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews Ruth Mattson Taylor about speaking with the dead. Through the help of British clairvoyant Margaret Flavell Tweddell, Ms. Taylor says she communicated with her deceased father, A.D. Mattson, who was a Lutheran minister, on numerous occasions during which time he told her some of what it is like "on the other side.” Ms. Taylor recently finished editing a book entitled, "Witness from Beyond."
April 26, 1980 - At the Midwestern Conference on Folk Arts and Museums held in Saint Paul, art historians, professors, and museum directors met to discuss the issue of defining folk art. Determining what's art and what's not art is an old question. But among those experts in the folk arts, the dilemmas appear especially keen. Nancy Fushan attended the conference and prepared this report.
April 29, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with playwright Erik Krogger about his play Northern Lights, as he prepares for staging work at Cricket Theatre.
April 30, 1980 - Ezer Weizman, Israeli defense minister, speaking in Minneapolis after receiving the Distinguished International Service Award from the University of Minnesota. Weizman address was on the topic of Middle East peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, the American attempt to rescue hostages in Iran, and other issues.
April 30, 1980 - MPR's Gary Eichten interviews William Colby, former CIA director, who discusses CIA Charter, as well as various political, intelligence, technology, and espionage topics.
April 30, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, author Mary Mueller reviews The Leaves on Grey by Desmond Hogan.
May 2, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books Chuck Lamberson reviews "Snow Queen" by Joan D. Vinge.