June 5, 1982 - An interview with William Peter Kinsella, author of the novel Shoeless Joe. Book is partially set in Chissolm Minnesota, where "Moonlight Graham" is from - a man who played a half of an inning of professional baseball for the New York Giants before returning to Minnesota. Kinsella talks about the novel and his relationship with baseball.
June 6, 1982 - NPR’s Connie Goldman interviews American poet and writer Allen Ginsberg.
June 8, 1982 - About Books and Writers host Robert Cromie talks about books with the people who write them.
June 9, 1982 - Audio clip of former Minnesota U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy stating why he is running for U.S. Senate seat again.
June 15, 1982 - On this episode of About Books and Writers, Robert Cromie talks with novelist John Gregory Dunne about his novel Dutch Shea Jr.
June 18, 1982 - James Solem, director of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and Kenneth Ford, principal planner at Saint Paul's Department of Planning and Economic Development talk about renting and owning homes. Topics include demand with upcoming impact of baby boomers entering house buying market, affordability, interest rates, and rental vacancy rates. Solem and Ford also answer listener questions.
June 22, 1982 - Host Robert Cromie talks with Taylor Branch, author of Labyrinth, a book on the assassination of Orlando Letelier. =
June 26, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Jane McKinnon, horticulturist at University of Minnesota, discusses flowers and plants. McKinnon also answers listener questions.
June 29, 1982 - About Books and Writers host Robert Cromie talks with American sportswriter and broadcaster Dick Schaap.
July 3, 1982 - On this Midday, host Bob Potter interviews retired University of Minnesota Political Science Professor Mulford Q. Sibley, who talks about his political activism, being an outspoken anti-war activist, his pacifism, and other issues…such as how Garrison Keillor affected his red-sock wearing habit. Sibley also takes listeners' questions.