April 27, 1979 - Former Minnesota governor Elmer L. Andersen reviews the book The Terrors of Justice: The Untold Side of Watergate by Maurice H. Stans.
May 12, 1979 - On this special regional public affairs program, MPR’s Nancy Fushan and Tom Meersman examine current economic and legal issues affecting visual artists. The landmark court action involving late abstract painter Mark Rothko's estate is highlighted, via the comments of an attorney on the case.
June 19, 1979 - ‘Polka Power,’ a report and poetic response to the polka festival subculture in the Upper Midwest with local poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
June 22, 1979 - Minnesota poet Joe Paddock shows his perceptions of the migration of wild geese across the Minnesota prairie in poem The Geese. Segment includes musical elements.
June 25, 1979 - Edwin Knoll, editor of The Progressive magazine, talks about the H-bomb article which was banned from publication in his magazine. Erwin Knoll explains why he should be able to publish an article on the working of a hydrogen bomb.
June 28, 1979 - MPR reporter Shiua Brigid talks with opposing sides of the SALT II agreement. Pro: Sanford Gottlieb, Americans for SALT / Con: Paul Nitze, former arms negotiator. Gottlieb and Nitze share their perspectives and provide various data and information to support their view.
August 10, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Daphne Krause, president of the Minneapolis Age and Opportunity Center, reviews the book Your Second Life: Vitality and Growth in Middle and Later Years by Gay Gaer Luce.
August 15, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Paul Anderson, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, reviews Everybody's Money Book by Jane Bryant Quinn.
August 17, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Bob Muscala, former administrator of drug programs at the University of Minnesota, reviews Windward Passage: A Novel by Mark Brewer.
August 24, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Ron Libertus, liaison officer of the Department of Natural Resources, reviews Hanta Yo: An American Saga by Ruth Beebe Hill.