August 18, 1979 - Highlights of President Jimmy Carter's Citizens Energy briefing held at the Landmark Center in Saint Paul prior to his departure on a week-long trip down the Mississippi River to St. Louis on the sternwheeler riverboat the Delta Queen.
August 18, 1979 - MPR’s John Gaddo reports on President Jimmy Carter’s visit to Wabasha, Minnesota. Segment includes clip of an energy speech by President Carter, followed by a group birthday celebration for Rosalynn Carter and comments from people in the crowd about the visit.
August 23, 1979 - A Midday broadcast of comedian Dick Gregory speaking before a youth session of the NAACP. [Content Warning: some content, language, and statements used in this story may be triggering to listeners]
August 29, 1979 - Michael Novak, author and scholar at the American Enterprise Institute gives speech, titled “Ethnicity and The Democratic Process.”
September 20, 1979 - American Indian writer Jamake Highwater talks to a group of TV producers, artists and business people attending Minneapolis Conference on Children's Television Programming, sponsored by Action for Children's Television, an advocacy group based in Boston.
October 9, 1979 - MPR’s Mary Stucky reports on amateur historian John J. Koblas’ study of local places connected to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Report includes excerpt of Koblas speaking about various locations and their historical tie to the famous author.
October 16, 1979 - MPR’s Claudia Hampston profiles Minnesota author Sigurd Olson as he receives honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Minnesota. Olson was honored for his environmental writing and efforts in protecting the wilderness of Minnesota.
October 20, 1979 - Patricia Kane, professor of English at Macalester College, discusses the life and works of St. Paul author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
October 30, 1979 - A Midday broadcast of John M. Bach, a coworker with Reverend Philip Berrigan, speaking as part of the Prisons and Prisoners lecture series at Moorhead State College, held in the fall of 1973. Bach shared views from a prisoner perspective.
October 30, 1979 - Human rights activist Joan Baez speaks before the National Press Club on the plight of the refugees of Kampuchea.