October 20, 1980 - Willard Van Dyke is one of America's most respected documentary photographers and filmmakers. He had a show at St. Paul's Film In The Cities and was in town for the opening. He spoke with Nancy Fushan about his work.
October 20, 1980 - University of Minnesota music professor Johannes Reidel talks with Nancy Fushan about political songs of Weimar Republic Germany in the 1920's.
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October 27, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with American writer Marisha Chamberlain about Willa, a play about Willa Cather’s life. The play is presented by the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis.
October 28, 1980 - MPR reporters Mark Heistad, Mark Steil and Barb Myers look at the rising rate of crime in rural Minnesota. Their report is called "Stealin': Country Style".
October 31, 1980 - MPR’s Gary Eichten presents the last live broadcast at MPR’s Park Square Court studios in St. Paul. As a Halloween treat, he shares an audio collage of radio outtakes.
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November 7, 1980 - June Dryer, director of the East Asian programs at the Center for Advanced International Studies at the University of Miami, gives her impressions on life in China today and how the country may change with the modernization now underway.