December 12, 1988 - An interview with Chuck Dewey, a writer of children's stories, including Subordinate Claus: Santa's Younger Brother. Dewey draws on the experiences of his youth to write humorous children's books with a distinct regional flavor.
December 17, 1988 - MPR’s Kate Smith looks back at the extreme drought that enveloped Minnesota in 1988. Smith speaks with a farmer and climatologist to get their stark take of the weather event.
December 17, 1988 - Midday’s Bob Potter interviews author Paul Gruchow about traveling the wilderness. Gruchow also answers listener questions about his book, The Necessity of Empty Places.
December 28, 1988 - David Brower, environmentalist and founder of Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth, speaks at Carlton College in Northfield, Minnesota as part of the Carleton Lecture series. Brower addressed restoration of earth’s resources. Brower also answers listener questions during break in speech.
December 28, 1988 - MPR’s Euan Kerr presents a profile on the breakup of Twin Cities band, The Wallets. Kerr interviews band members Max Ray, Steve Kramer, and Jim Clifford on the reasons behind band’s demise.
December 30, 1988 - Wes Jackson, co-director of The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, speaking at Mankato State University. Jackson’s address was on the topic “The Problem of Agriculture vs Problems in Agriculture: Life in a Fallen World.” Jackson is author of "New Roots for Agriculture" and editor of "Man and the Environment" and "Meeting the Expectations of the Land". In his writing, Jackson has called for "an agriculture that will not destroy human or biological communities, that will minimize soil erosion and reliance on chemicals and fossil fuels, that will preserve the information contained in the genetic codes of plants and animals now threatened with extinction."
December 30, 1988 - As the year closes, MPR’s Gary Eichten focuses on a listener suggestion that MPR host Bob Potter runs for the office of U.S. presidency in 1992. Eichten gets some reactions to the idea from Potter’s colleagues, a political analyst…and Potter himself.
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