August 14, 1980 - University of Minnesota professor Arthur Harkins discusses his recent trip to the Global Conference on the Future.
August 20, 1980 - MPR’s Tom Meersman profiles some of the operations that take place at the Minnesota State Fair, including safety and commerce.
August 20, 1980 - Thomas Pearsall, professor of rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, talks with MPR's Dan Olson about how the English language evolved and how it is still changing. Program includes listener participation.
August 25, 1980 - MPR’s Mary Stucky talks with various vendors and food lovers about saltwater taffy, lefse, Czech sausage, kolache, and Tom Thumb donuts, amongst other delicious fare at the Minnesota State Fair.
August 28, 1980 - MPR's Tom Meersman talks with Irish American author J. P. Donleavy, who discusses living in Ireland, his novel Schults, and other matters.
September 9, 1980 -
September 27, 1980 - MPR’s Tom Meersman interviews Hamid Algar, professor of Islamic studies and history at the University of California at Berkeley. Algar discusses the Iranian revolution, and outlines what he thinks are the greatest misconceptions the United States has of the revolution and the Ayatollah Khomeini.
October 2, 1980 - Actor Martin Sheen is volunteering his services as the narrator for a Twin Cities-made film on the effects of on Vietnam veterans of exposure to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange. The film's producer, Jim Gambone, joins Sheen for a live interview on the film and on Sheen's career.
October 6, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews Gerd Sander, whose grandfather's, August Sander art works are on exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
October 8, 1980 - As the first part of Walker Art Center's 1980 Literature Series with guest Imamu Amiri Baraka begins, MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles the author. Program includes a re-broadcast of audio from 1978 North Dakota Writers Conference, in which Baraka, William Burroughs, and Tillie Olson participated.