August 8, 1979 - KCCM reporters Brigid Shea and John Ydstie present a sound portrait on the National High School Rodeo finals in West Fargo, North Dakota. The report includes various interviews and highlights of the week-long competition with some of the best young cowboys and cowgirls in the world.
August 8, 1979 - Michael Fedo, author, talks with Claudia Hampsten, talks with author Michael Fedo about his book They Was Just Niggers about the the Duluth lynching of three Black men in 1920. Fedo describes how it affected the community and attitudes long after the murders of the young men. [Content Warning: some content, language, and statements used in this story may be triggering to listeners]
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August 9, 1979 - Brian Jenkins, of the Rand Corporation and author of International Terrorism; a New Mode of Conflict, speaks on the book subject at an Iowa State University symposium on "Humankind in the 1980s."
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August 10, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Daphne Krause, president of the Minneapolis Age and Opportunity Center, reviews the book Your Second Life: Vitality and Growth in Middle and Later Years by Gay Gaer Luce.