March 6, 1982 - With spring’s approach, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Bill Nunn about vegetable gardening. Topics include seeds, fighting Dutch Elm disease, container gardening and weather. Nunn also answers listener questions.
April 3, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Jack Young, Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections, discusses prisons and the corrections system in Minnesota. Topics include new Oak Park Heights maximum security prison, funding, sentencing guidelines, and views on rehabilitation. Young also answers listener questions.
April 3, 1982 - MPR’s Dale Connelly presents Playwrights’ Laboratory 82’, which showcases playwright Paul D'Andrea’s Lumbah Yard, a drama written especially for radio, with assistance from the Minneapolis Playwrights' Lab. Following radio play, Robert Collins, critic for City Pages, and listeners share impressions and ask questions of playwright.
April 27, 1982 - Joanne Slavin, assistant professor and extension nutritionist at the University of Minnesota, discusses the role of nutrition and exercise. Slavin also answers listener questions.
May 1, 1982 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bouza. They discuss various topics of law enforcement, including police reform, local crime, and Civil Service Commission, amongst others. Bouza also answers listener questions.
May 23, 1982 - A discussion of the trouble facing the farm economy, such as government subsidies, record high interest rates and the world food situation. Midday guest G. Edward Schuh, professor of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, answers listener questions.
June 18, 1982 - James Solem, director of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and Kenneth Ford, principal planner at Saint Paul's Department of Planning and Economic Development talk about renting and owning homes. Topics include demand with upcoming impact of baby boomers entering house buying market, affordability, interest rates, and rental vacancy rates. Solem and Ford also answer listener questions.
June 26, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Jane McKinnon, horticulturist at University of Minnesota, discusses flowers and plants. McKinnon also answers listener questions.
July 3, 1982 - On this Midday, host Bob Potter interviews retired University of Minnesota Political Science Professor Mulford Q. Sibley, who talks about his political activism, being an outspoken anti-war activist, his pacifism, and other issues…such as how Garrison Keillor affected his red-sock wearing habit. Sibley also takes listeners' questions.
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.