March 11, 1976 - Midday presents Martin Bunzl's documentary on U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey. Bunzl traveled with Humphrey for several weeks collecting information for this production. Program contains various speeches, commentary, interviews, and advertising/music clips.
March 11, 1976 - MPR’s Dick Daly reports on debate over traffic on Lake Superior of ships containing oil, and the potential hazardous conditions petroleum spillage could create for the cold waters of lake. Segment includes comments from local residents, environmentalists, scientists, and industry experts.
March 24, 1976 - MPR’s Debbie Gage reports on civil liberties themed speech by Aryeh Neier, author and executive director of American Civil Liberties Union. Neier speaks on government spying.
March 25, 1976 - MPR’s Connie Goldman reports on speech given by Letty Cottin Pogrebin to the Minnesota chapter of National Professional Society for Women in Journalism and Communications.
March 31, 1976 - "Education Today -- How Relevant?" is the topic discussed in this National Town Meeting by Minnesota Representative Albert Quie, ranking Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, among others.
April 7, 1976 - United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger gave the keynote address at the National Conference on the Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice (a.k.a. the Pound Conference) in St. Paul. Speech was titled “Agenda for 2000 AD: A Need for Systematic Anticipation.” Justive Burger was Introduced by Robert Sheran, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice.
April 15, 1976 - Tom Wolfe, the author credited for developing "The New Journalism", speaks at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks on the direction of "The New Journalism" for the 7th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
April 28, 1976 - Businessman Luigino “Jeno” Francesco Paulucci, self-described “peddler from the Iron Range”, speaking in Hibbing about the Range and it's economic problems.
April 28, 1976 - A special conference examining agriculture and foreign policy, the future of Soviet-American relationships, and other foreign affairs that have an impact on Minnesota.
May 1, 1976 - Dr. Robert Bellah, sociology professor from the University of California at Berkeley, gave a speech titled “An Introduction to Civil Religion in America.” This program is part of Civil Religion series designed to explore the issues that rise out of America's religious mythology that has affected the values of Americans. Presentations were held at the Dakota State College, in Madison, South Dakota. Co-sponsors of the series were the South Dakota Committee on the Humanities, the United Ministries in Higher Education, and the Newman and Lutheran Centers at Dakota State College, Madison.