November 13, 1981 - MPR's Mary Anne Tapp talks with playwright Edward Albee about theater, his work, and the Chimera's recent production of his play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
December 2, 1981 - Marilyn French, feminist writer and novelist, shares her thoughts on writing, the feminist movement, and society.
December 12, 1981 - On this Weekend program, Clyde Allen, Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue, and Gene Merriam, DFL state senator, discuss the budget and revenue crises in Minnesota. Allen and Marriam also answer listener questions.
December 19, 1981 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Rich Dietman talks with Mike Collins, University of Minnesota computer analyst programmer, about home computers. Topics include understanding difference between software and hardware, education courses, and various features. Collins also answers listener questions.
December 31, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Paul Overgaard, Al Quie’s campaign manager about comments from U.S. Senator Rudy Boschwitz that Governor Quie step aside.
December 31, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Tom Mason, Rudy Boschwitz’s press secretary about the senator’s comments to Governor Quie about running for re-election.
January 1, 1982 - MPR’s Connie Goldman goes to the Nantucket to visit poet Linda Pastan. The two talk and read poetry along the sea shore.
January 2, 1982 - Firing Line host William F. Buckley Jr. talks with British author Malcolm Muggeridge about religious faith.
January 4, 1982 - With a federal study released indicating that American children today know less about music and consider art less important than the students in the early 1970s, MPR’s Bob Aronson talks with Margaret Hasse, director of the Minnesota Alliance for Arts and Education, to get her reaction on how it relates to Minnesota.
January 7, 1982 - Morning Edition’s Bob Aronson interviews Minnesota author Monica O’Kane about her book Living With Adult Children: A Helpful Guide for Parents and Grown Children Sharing the Same Roof.