October 24, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with writer William Burroughs, whose credited by some as the father of the beat generation. Segment also includes Burroughs reading his work.
October 26, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews independent filmmaker Stan Brakhage, who discusses autobiographical filmmaking.
October 31, 1979 - George Covington, investment executive for Blyth, Eastman and Dillan company in Minneapolis, discusses the stock market. Topics include inflation, interest rates, tax shelters, and investments. Covington also answers listener questions.
November 1, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews director Scott Rubsam, playwright Lance Belleville, and actor Jim Lawless about the COMPAS-St. Paul History Theater production "James J. Hill: The Man Who Bought Minneapolis" performed at the Landmark Center.
November 3, 1979 - Dr. Gerald Webers, a geologist at Macalester College in Saint Paul, talks about his upcoming three-month expedition to Antarctica, studying everything from seal behavior to upper atmospheric radiation. The expedition is being funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and will be based at Camp Macalester in the Ellsworth Mountains. Webers has agreed to send back his observations on tape from time to time so that we can hear firsthand how things are going.
November 3, 1979 - MPR’s John Ydstie interviews William Henry Waters, a North Dakota farmer during the 1930s and 40’s, who reflects on the struggles of living through the Great Depression. This program was presented in marking the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Depression.
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 - An interview with Marisha Chamberlain, who compares her new play "Snow in the Virgin Islands" to her poetry, and who talks about the source of her play.
November 9, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews electronic composer Morton Subotnick, who describes how he develops the sounds and forms of his pieces.
November 21, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews writer Meridel Le Sueur and choreographer Margaret Fargnoli about dance interpretation of Le Sueur’s poetry.