November 2, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Tim White, of COMPAS, reviews Family Encyclopedia of Art edited by Bernard L. Myers and Trewin Copplestone.
November 5, 1979 - MPR's special live coverage of election night results, including that of the Minneapolis mayoral race, in which Don Fraser is called as winner. Program includes various reports and commentary from outgoing Minneapolis City Council President Lou DeMars.
November 7, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Marge Hart, of Miniature World, reviews A Family Dollhouse by Sara B. Stein.
November 21, 1979 - Betty Peyton, a needlepoint designer and past president of the Needlework Guild of Minnesota, reviews Needlework in America: History, Designs, and Techniques by Virginia C. Bath.
November 24, 1979 - MPR's Rich Dietman talks with four young foreign journalists about their impressions of the United States, current affairs in their countries, and journalism around the world. The four journalists are Paiter Rotz of the Hungarian News Agency in Budapest; Bruno Lopez of the newspaper Ovaciones in Mexico City; Mohamed Mustafa of the El-Sahafa Arabic Daily newspaper based in Khartoum in Sudan; and Vaiju Mahindroo of the magazine Bombay Today in India. The group are participants in this year's World Press Institute at Macalester College in St. Paul.
November 28, 1979 - Catherine Watson reviews The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux.
November 30, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Robert Cougill reviews Pappy: The Life of John Ford by Dan Ford.
December 12, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Edgar Nash reviews Erik Bruhn: Danseur Noble by John Gruen.
December 14, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Iantha LeVander, former governor’s wife and Republican National Committee woman, reviews Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth by Howard Teichmann.
December 19, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, writer Lawrence Sutton reviews A Coat of Varnish by C. P. Snow.