October 14, 1977 - Socialist writer and critic Michael Harrington and Conservative columnist William F. Buckley debate the question "We Welcome the Growth of the Public Sector" at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.
October 20, 1977 - Judge Leon Higginbotham, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, speaking at From Brown to Bakke and Beyond conference, held at Carleton College in Northfield. Higginbotham’s speech was titled “The Roots of Brown and Bakke", and addressed what has happened since the case Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education decision declared separate but equal to be unconstitutional. Higginbotham was for 13 years a U.S. District Court Judge for Eastern Pennsylvania. He has written a book about race and the law in this country titled, "The Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process."
October 21, 1977 - A report providing excerpts from National Meeting of State Committees for the Humanities conference held in Minneapolis. Representatives from state councils gathered to discuss the task of defining what their studies involve.
October 23, 1977 - President Jimmy Carter makes a stop in Minnesota to visit and celebrate Hubert H. Humphrey with a signing of bill that will name the newest building of the Health Education and Welfare Department after Senator Humphrey.
October 26, 1977 - A Midday broadcast of economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith speaking before the National Town Hall meeting. Speech topics include inflation and unemployment.
November 5, 1977 - Minneapolis social activist Marv Davidov and Congressman Don Fraser of Minneapolis, speaking to a group of DFL activists from the 1st and 4th Districts. Davidov and Fraser discuss the effectiveness of working for social change within and outside of established political parties. The two compared political philosophies, and how they pursue similar goals through different means.
November 5, 1977 - As part of Home for the Weekend series, this program presents excerpts and highlights from a public session in Fargo, discussing homosexuality in society. Among the attendees were clergy, counselors and mental health officials. Program includes speeches, interviews and segments of music.
November 7, 1977 - A report on the march and rally in support of striking steelworkers held in Virginia, Minnesota. Includes a sound portrait and interviews with members of rally. Among the speakers were Lloyd McBride, president of the International Steelworkers Union.
November 11, 1977 - Isabel Letelier, wife of slain Chilean economist Orlando Letelier, speaking in Minneapolis at a meeting sponsored by Minnesota Clergy and Laity Concerned and the United Church of Christ. Isabel speaks of her husband and conditions in Chile. Orlando Letelier was an economist in Chile during Allende regime, and was assassinated September 26th, when a bomb attached to his car exploded on a Washington, D.C. street. An associate of Letelier's, Ronni Moffitt, was also killed as the two drove to work at the Institute for Policy Studies.
November 11, 1977 - Shawn Kenny, an Irishman and a member of the Chile-Ireland Solidarity Committee, speaking in Minneapolis at a meeting sponsored by Minnesota Clergy and Laity Concerned and the United Church of Christ.