July 6, 1982 - Host Robert Cromie talks with Thomas Thompson, author of Celebrity.
July 8, 1982 - This program looks at the creative and inventive scholars, including Buckminster Fuller.
July 10, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Robert (Bob) Franson, vice-president of U.S Satellite Broadcasting Company, discusses direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and other satellite topics. Franson also answers listener questions.
July 12, 1982 - Dr. Herbert Schiller, Communications Professor Herbert Schiller at the University of California in San Diego, speaking at the Walker Art Center's symposium, "Art and the Future.”. Schiller addresses the future of arts and communication. Schiller is a long-time outspoken critic of traditional and corporate communications networks. He advocates alternative media and increased public access to communications systems. In speech, he contends that the private sector's increased involvement in cultural communications may result in less diversity and richness in the programs we see and hear.
July 13, 1982 - Radio correspondents reminisce about their experiences reporting on WWII. Interviewees include: Charles Collingwood, William Shirer, Eric Sevareid, and John McVanee.
July 14, 1982 - Dr. Thomas Pearsall, professor of rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, discusses English language and current usage. Pearsall also answers listener questions.
July 20, 1982 - About Books and Writers host Robert Cromie talks with NPR's Susan Stamberg about her book, Every Night At Five.
July 24, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt finds a connection to toilet paper and political ads.
July 24, 1982 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Minneapolis attorney and former professional football player Alan Page on the recent awareness of drug and alcohol abuse by professional football players. Page also answers listener questions.
July 25, 1982 - MPR’s Connie Goldman visits Taos to meet author John Nichols. The two talk at his kitchen table about his background and his writing.