October 20, 1980 - Willard Van Dyke is one of America's most respected documentary photographers and filmmakers. He had a show at St. Paul's Film In The Cities and was in town for the opening. He spoke with Nancy Fushan about his work.
October 20, 1980 - University of Minnesota music professor Johannes Reidel talks with Nancy Fushan about political songs of Weimar Republic Germany in the 1920's.
October 22, 1980 -
October 22, 1980 -
October 25, 1980 - Federal District Court Judge Miles Lord, a controversial figure in Minnesota politics and jurisprudence, answers listener questions on his career as a judge, the role of the courts, and his political and judicial philosophy.
October 27, 1980 - Carole Simpson, NBC News correspondent, speaking at the Freedom Fund banquet of the Duluth Branch NAACP at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. Simpson shares personal insight into the career of a successful Black American. Simpson's Capitol Hill assignments have included the environment, education, welfare, women's rights, transportation, housing and child care - what she describes as "a real potpourri of people issues".
October 27, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with American writer Marisha Chamberlain about Willa, a play about Willa Cather’s life. The play is presented by the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis.
October 28, 1980 - MPR reporters Mark Heistad, Mark Steil and Barb Myers look at the rising rate of crime in rural Minnesota. Their report is called "Stealin': Country Style".
October 31, 1980 - MPR’s Gary Eichten presents the last live broadcast at MPR’s Park Square Court studios in St. Paul. As a Halloween treat, he shares an audio collage of radio outtakes.
November 1, 1980 - John W. Gardner, former Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) secretary and Common Cause founder speaking about American politics. Gardner shares six key leadership topics.