July 29, 1982 - Ira Schwartz, research fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, discusses juvenile crime. Schwartz has authored a study that shows serious juvenile crime is not rising at a high rate. He shares that these findings conflict with the popular perception, and how that perception may lead to bad policy decisions in the area of crime by youths. Schwartz also answers listener questions.
August 1, 1982 - NPR’s Connie Goldman profiles and interviews mid-western writer Meridel Le Sueur, who discusses and reads from her work.
August 2, 1982 - MPR’s Deborah Fisher reports on panel discussions after Penumbra Theatre play Zooman.
August 4, 1982 - Dr. Robert Neil Butler, director of the National Institute on Aging speaking at the Minnesota Board on Aging's Silver Anniversary Institute on Aging at St. Cloud State University. Butler’s address was on the topic of “Who Needs Long-term Care?” Butler is the Pulitzer prize winning author of the book, "Why Survive? Being Old in America".
August 5, 1982 - Human relationships have been the subject of much study. This program studies one, that of “the woman in the middle,” defined as the middle-aged mother who is caught between her daughter and her own aging mother. After several months of research, seminary student Marilyn Preus got together a group of women, like herself, who found themselves in the middle. That discussion is presented here.
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August 11, 1982 - Jeanne Chiodo, food expert and manager of Byerly's Cooking School in the Twin Cities, discusses cooking and food preparation techniques. Chiodo also answers listener questions.Jeanne Chiodo, food expert and manager of Byerly's Cooking School in the Twin Cities, discusses cooking and food preparation techniques. Chiodo also answers listener questions.
August 12, 1982 - MPR’s Dan Olson reports on fight to keep open Little Earth, a housing project of 212 units of relatively inexpensive housing located at Franklin and Cedar in Minneapolis. It is also one of the centers of the Minneapolis Indian community. Report includes commentary from Little Earth board member Clyde Bellecourt and Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser.
August 14, 1982 - University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology Dean Roger Staehle answers live listener questions on the role of technology in improving the state's economy, societal attitudes toward technology, and other issues.
August 17, 1982 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Jeanne Coyne, an attorney from Edina, who has been named to the Minnesota Supreme Court by Governor Al Quie.