April 6, 1987 - MPR’s Jim Bickal takes a look at what the 1987 MLB baseball season may hold for the Minnesota Twins. The team has new uniforms, a new manager in Tom Kelly, and field replacement to a less spongy turf.
April 7, 1987 - Dr. David Henry Feldman and Dr. Sylvia Feinburg, members of the department of child study at Tufts University, discuss childhood development and creativity. Topics include prodigies, autism, art, and gender differences. Feldman and Feinberg also answer listener questions.
April 7, 1987 - Howard Sinker, sports commentator for the Minneapolis Star & Tribune, provides a promising outlook that a potentially “good” Minnesota Twins team will take the field during 1987 MLB season. Topics include new manager in Tom Kelly and quality of player roster.
April 8, 1987 - MPR’s Jim Bickal gets fan reactions to the Minnesota Twins new uniforms and new dome turf. One is a winner; the other a mixed bag.
April 21, 1987 - Deborah Howell, executive editor for St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch, talks about what goes into the newspaper and why. Howell also answers listener questions.
May 1, 1987 - MPR’s Jim Meumann reports on protests against Chippewa tribe spearfishing at Butternut Lake in Wisconsin.
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May 4, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on the Minnesota Composers Forum. Friend interviews various members of group about organization’s purpose in supporting local composers.
May 6, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. He answers listener questions about his work and his impressions of artistic expression in the USSR.
May 9, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Joe Alexander, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), discusses a wide range of activities under his purview: fish and wildlife management, forestry, parks, state-owned mineral rights and more. The dangerous fire conditions in northern Minnesota is also mentioned. Alexander also answers listener questions.