March 27, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt shares his thoughts about the end of the Minneapolis Star and the merge of newspaper into other local paper, The Tribune.
April 3, 1982 - MPR’s Dale Connelly presents Playwright’s 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 3, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt calls foul on baseball in the new Metrodome.
April 10, 1982 - Local commentator and educator Bruce Benidt is not happy with the sounds coming through not-so-good walls.
April 17, 1982 - A humorous segment from Weekend program in which character “Bud Buck” comments on the British interest in the Falkland Islands…or rather, the Faulkner Islands.
May 1, 1982 - Local commentator and educator Bruce Benidt shares his humorous take on spring training of Minnesota’s mosquitoes.
May 8, 1982 - Local commentator and educator Bruce Benidt shares his love for White Castle and his shock and dismay at the rising price of the square morsels.
June 12, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt wonders how “city folk” fleeing to the countryside to escape nuclear attack will play out for “farm folk.”
June 19, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt tries to convince the listener to go fishing…figuratively OR literally.
June 26, 1982 - Local commentator Bruce Benidt asks everyone to turn off their radio for some peace and quiet.