August 14, 1980 - Live coverage of the Democratic National Convention includes the acceptance speeches of President Jimmy Carter and Vice and President Mondale.
August 14, 1980 - Vice President Walter Mondale delivers his acceptance speech to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.
August 14, 1980 - University of Minnesota professor Arthur Harkins discusses his recent trip to the Global Conference on the Future.
August 16, 1980 - Marvin Mitchelson, a California divorce attorney, speaking at main branch of the Minneapolis Public Library as part of the Minneapolis Public Library's series on justice. Address was titled "Alimony/Palimony: How to Heal a Broken Heart". In speech, Mitchelson criticizes a Minnesota law passed last session dealing with living-together relationships outside of marriage. He accuses the bill's author, Senator Jack Davies, of being a chauvinist. After speech, Mitchelson answers audience questions. Mitchelson who, in the Marvin vs. Marvin case, established that, in a "living together relationship", each member of that couple has definite rights to property. That, even if there is no written agreement between the two parties. The settlements in such cases have come to be called palimony.
August 18, 1980 - MPR's Fred Steiner accompanied the University of Minnesota concert band's tour of the People's Republic of China, and in this program we hear the thoughts and impressions members of the band had about their recent musical tour, with musical excerpts from concert performances.
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August 20, 1980 - MPR’s Tom Meersman profiles some of the operations that take place at the Minnesota State Fair, including safety and commerce.
August 20, 1980 - On this segment of People on Books, Leonard Neal, American literature educator at Worthington Community College, reviews Show Me a Hero by Patrick Alexander.
August 20, 1980 - Thomas Pearsall, professor of rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, talks with MPR's Dan Olson about how the English language evolved and how it is still changing. Program includes listener participation.