November 22, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie interviews writer on this episode of About Books and Writers. [author unknown for this segment]
November 28, 1983 - With the high below freezing outside the MPR studios in St. Paul, All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten calls for a daily weather forecast in Honolulu, Hawaii.
November 28, 1983 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Sol Gordon about his book, Raising a Child Conservatively in a Sexually Permissive World.
December 1, 1983 - MPR’s Lee Axdahl reports that the City of St. Paul is renaming downtown auditorium after civil rights activist Roy Wilkins, who grew up in the city and attended University of Minnesota.
December 7, 1983 - Dr. Malcolm Blumenthal, allergy specialist and president of American Chapter of Asthmas and Allergy Foundation of America, discusses asthma and allergies. Blumenthal also answers listener questions.
December 18, 1983 - Harlan Cleveland, former U.S. ambassador to NATO and head of Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, discusses world politics. Topics include Beirut bombing of marine barracks, arms control negotiations, and Middle East peace talks. Cleveland also answers listener questions.
December 27, 1983 - Rozanne L. Ridgway, the U.S. Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), discusses U.S. relations with East Germany and other eastern bloc nations. Ridgway also answers listener questions.
February 1, 1984 - A tour on foot and snowshoe of parts of the Lowry Nature Center Park Reserve with naturalist Kathy Heidel.
February 8, 1984 - MPR’s John Biewen reports on concerns over National Weather Service’s response to a blizzard that struck Minnesota and South Dakota region on February 4, 1984. Congressman Arlan Stangeland questions why NWS did not issue a blizzard warning sooner.
February 9, 1984 - MPR’s Deborah Fisher presents part one of a series on the police profession. Report highlights the state's police skills training course, focusing on two students who took the course hoping to become police officers. Includes various interviews and commentary.