May 9, 1980 -
May 14, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, Joe Mueller, a book dealer at The Book Mailer in Minneapolis, reviews 1915 by Roger McDonald.
May 16, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, local poet Margot Kriel reviews Living Arrows by Gillian Martin.
May 16, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews Dennis Russell Davies, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's principal conductor, as he completes his 1972-1980 tenure with organization. Davies reflects on his time at SPCO, why he programs more contemporary music than other conductors, what different factors make up a successful orchestral season, his experience conducting at Bayreuth for the Ring Cycle, and reflecting on his time at SPCO.
May 17, 1980 - MPR's Rich Dietman talks with journalists Vaiju Mahindroo, correspondent for India Today magazine, and Bruno Lopez Kupitsky, reporter for the Mexico City newspaper Ovaciones, about their attitudes toward America, its people, and the news media after spending eight months at the World Press Institute at Macalester College in St. Paul.
May 17, 1980 - MPR’s Rich Dietman checks in with Ely storyteller Jackpine Bob Cary about the status of Cary’s humorous campaign for U.S. presidency.
May 20, 1980 - An All Things Considered satire piece about “ash” seating at a restaurant. Mount St. Helens eruption had taken place two days prior, on May 18th, 1980.
May 21, 1980 - MPR’s Dan Olson reports on opening of first American Indian Opportunities Industrialization Center scheduled to open in Minneapolis. Olson interviews Clyde Bellecourt, former American Indian movement activist and one of the founders of the Indian-controlled survival schools in the Twin Cities.
May 21, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, library specialist Millie Byrne reviews Great Friends by David Garnett.
May 23, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, retired librarian Laura Jeffrey reviews Amanda/Miranda by Richard Peck.