April 9, 1984 - On this Midday program, Metropolitan Opera soprano Benita Valenti talks with MPR hosts Dan Olson & Bill Parker. Valenti also answers listener questions about her art and training.
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April 20, 1984 - On this Midday program, Twin Cities community theater is discussed by Lyn Lohr, co-founder of the History Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota; and Jack Reuler, director of Mixed Blood Theater.
April 24, 1984 - On this Midday program, Minneapolis Star Tribune food columnist Al Sicherman talks about food, writing, and humor.
April 25, 1984 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Tom Mee, media relations director for the Minnesota Twins, about bulk ticket sales buy-out, status of Minnesota Twins as an organization, owner Calvin Griffith’s possible sale of team, and public interest in team.
April 28, 1984 - On this Weekend program, Jocelyn Tilsen, director of Twin Cities Parents Anonymous chapter, and two parents active in group, talk about help and support available to abusive parents. Tilsen also answers listener questions.
May 1, 1984 - Midday presents a broadcast of Human Rights Series in three parts. Program one features recorded testimony from the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. Richard Oakes, Hamline University Law School founder, narrates the program.
May 8, 1984 - Midday presents a broadcast of Human Rights Series in three parts. Program two features discussion with Walter Anastas, law professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul and born in the Ukraine; Barbara Frye, vice president of the Minnesota Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights, who has spent time in Chile; and Jerry Ingber, an immigration lawyer familiar with political asylum issues.
May 15, 1984 - Midday presents a broadcast of Human Rights Series in three parts. Program three discusses the impact that non-governmental organizations can have on human rights abuses with David Weissbrodt, past general counsel of Amnesty International and current law professor at the U of M; Hennepin County Judge Roberta Levy; and Sam Heins, president of the Minnesota Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights.
May 21, 1984 - MPR’s Mark Heistad presents a two-part report, titled “Crop Seeds.” In this first report, a look at the threat of corn blight, a devastating disease to crops, and the discussion of seed diversity to protect against disease.