April 15, 1978 - MPR’s Neal St. Anthony presents an opening day profile of the 1978 Minnesota Twins. Includes audio clips on days of old and an interview about current players with pitching coach Camilo Pascual (a former Minnesota Twins pitcher…and eventual Minnesota Twin Hall of Famer).
September 14, 1978 - MPR’s John Ydstie talks with Minnesota author Frederick Manfred. Manfred participated in a symposium in Moorhead that explored the effects of place on a writer's works.
October 23, 1978 - The 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy is celebrated in a special radio profile produced by Radio Moscow. Includes readings from Tolstoy's works.
November 15, 1978 - MPR’s Kim Hodgson visits poet Bill Holm’s residence in Minneota, Minnesota. Holm talks about his small town and the people who live there.
February 12, 1979 - On this Options program, a piece for Black History Month on Frederick Douglas.
March 20, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part one highlights Woolf. The series presents excerpts of their works and is hosted by Fred Calland.
March 21, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part two highlights Browning.
March 22, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part three highlights Alcott.
March 23, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part four highlights Bronte.
April 10, 1979 - A profile of Leland Sateren, Augsburg College choir director and composer. Nancy Fushan interviews Sateren and they discuss the choir, writing, recording, touring, and his upcoming retirement.