August 22, 1981 - Maggie Arzdorf-Schubbe, director of the Minnesota Battered Women Program, and Catherine Settanni, a member of Women Against Women Against Women, discuss Women Against Violence Against Women and the annual "Take Back the Night" march in Minneapolis.
August 24, 1981 - David Porter, professor and lecturer of classics and music at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, runs down his summer project of preserving his house and ruminates on its connection to the classics.
August 26, 1981 - MPR’s Dale Connelly interviews neighbors of the Minnesota State Fair in the Como area. Not surprisingly, there are differing opinons about the human masses that appear in late August every year.
August 26, 1981 -
August 27, 1981 - MPR’s Dale Connelly visits the Minnesota State Fair horse barn. Connelly talks with Elmer Jones, who raises Belgian horses, and trainer-rider Simone Tremblay.
August 28, 1981 - MPR’s Bob Aronson gets local sports writer Jay Weiner’s take on various topics regarding the Minnesota Twins, including sudden winning streak, controversial comments from owner Calvin Griffith, and team morale.
August 29, 1981 - Commentator Bruce Benidt presents a humorous take on what crops Minnesota farmers should really plant.
August 29, 1981 -
August 31, 1981 - Commentary on education from David Porter, professor and lecturer of classics and music at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
September 3, 1981 - Foxfire, a dramatization of a series of novels based on Appalachian folk tales, opens at the Guthrie Theater. MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with actors Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy about the play and the Minneapolis stage itself.