May 6, 1973 - Part one of the MER documentary series “A Sense of Place.” This program, titled Anishinaabe Means Original People, focuses on conversations with Indian people about their feelings about the place where they live.
May 13, 1973 - Part two of the MER documentary series “A Sense of Place.” This program, titled Prairie People, River Folk, and Denizens of the Big Lake Region, focuses on how geography influenced the settlement of various regions in the state.
May 14, 1973 - MPR’s Connie Goldman visits Al’s Breakfast in Dinkytown. Goldman interviews customers about why they like to eat at restaurant, and owner Al Bergstrom about the changes over the twenty years he's had the restaurant.
May 14, 1973 - Walter Mondale talks about the Watergate prosecution of political crimes, corrupt practices, violations and conspiracies. In interview, Mondale says it's becoming obvious these crimes which affect democracy and freedom are rarely prosecuted and investigated as they affect political allies.
May 16, 1973 - Kevin McKiernan, who was inside the occupied village of Wounded Knee, describes his experience and plays taped actualities of fire-fights between federal marshals and those inside the village. In tape audio, one hears conversations between the federal government radio “Red Arrow” and the central command radio of Wounded Knee-Clearwater.
May 20, 1973 - Part three of the MER documentary series “A Sense of Place.” This program, titled A Region Within Walls, focuses on motherhood with young children.
May 26, 1973 - A desperate act, a scream for attention, a cry for help: a discussion on adolescent suicide. Connie Goldman interviews members of the staff of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center and youth counselors from the Center for Death Education and Research at the University of Minnesota.
May 27, 1973 - Part four of the MER documentary series “A Sense of Place.” This program, titled How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?, focuses on life on the farm and of the farmer.
May 29, 1973 - MPR’s Connie Goldman interviews Peter Mass, author of The Valachi Papers and Serpico: The Cop Who Defied the System. This recording was made available through a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission.
May 31, 1973 - Singer, composer, and political activist Malvina Reynolds performs her satirical work “Watergate Song.”