September 25, 1987 - Dr. Robert Pepin, professor of physics at the University of Minnesota, and chair of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, discusses what is next for space exploration and the U.S. Space Program. Topics include traveling to Mars, conditions of space on the human body, rocket capabilities, and the status of Hubble telescope launch. Pepin also answers listener questions.
October 2, 1987 - University of Minnesota president Kenneth Keller answers listeners questions about the ongoing discussion of "commitment to focus".
October 5, 1987 - Dr. Scott Strickland, physician at Park Nicollet Clinic and Catherine Jordan, member of the Minnesota AIDS Awareness Project, discuss AIDS Awareness Month. Other topics include young people at risk, blood as transmitter, and misinformation. Strickland and Jordan also answer listener questions.
October 17, 1987 - On this Weekend edition of Midday, an interview with Carol Bly, author of Letters from the Country and a contributor to Soil and Survival with Joe and Nancy Paddock. Carol talks about living in rural Minnesota and answers listener questions.
October 31, 1987 - St. Paul mayor George Latimer answers listener questions about city and state affairs.
November 9, 1987 - On this Midday call-in program, MPR’s Dan Olson talks with Willis Eken, president of the Minnesota Farmers Union; and Merlyn Lokensgard, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau. They discuss the current economy/policy of the farm scene, and answer listener questions.
November 16, 1987 - Shirley Williams, co-director of the Breast Cancer at St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, answers listener questions about breast cancer treatment and research.
November 23, 1987 - Political activists Marcy Leier and Sue Rockne answer listener questions about the role of women in American politics.
November 28, 1987 - University of Minnesota extension nutritionist Joanne Slavin answers listener questions about holiday nutrition.
December 7, 1987 - Retired Federal Bureau of Prisons director Norman Carlson and University of Minnesota sociologist David Ward answer listener questions about prisoners and prison conditions.