August 15, 1987 - On this Sportfolio program, Allen Barra, co-author of “Football by the Numbers” and columnist for the Village Voice, discusses the National Football League. Topics include the number of games, fallacies, rules, and fantasy football trend. James also answers listener questions.
August 15, 1987 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Kathy Heidel, naturalist with the Hennepin County Park Reserve System. They discuss the “dog days” of summer. Topics include the high temperatures, birds, and bees. Heidel also answers listener questions.
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August 17, 1987 - MPR’s Mark Heistad presents commentary from historian Gary Clayton Anderson, author of Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux. Anderson shares the tragic story of the Dakota leader.
August 17, 1987 - David Larsen, tribal chairman at the Lower Sioux Agency Reservation near Morton, Minnesota, answers questions about Minnesota's four Dakota reservations and other Indian issues on the 125th anniversary of the start of the Dakota conflict.
August 19, 1987 - Minnesota Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III answers listener questions about his office's recent activities, and about his future political plans.
August 20, 1987 - The 10th annual Summer Conference on Theology and the Church, held at Concordia College in Moorhead, presenting a debate on religious fundamentalism. Erling Jorstad, professor of history and American studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, shares his views on fundamentalism and the religious right. Jorstad has studied and written extensively about fundamentalism. Countering Jorstod, Reverend Edward Dobson, editor of "The Fundamentalist Journal" and board member of the Moral Majority, presents his viewpoint on the Religious Right. Dobson is also co-author of a book with the Reverend Jerry Falwell, former vice president for student affairs at Liberty Baptist University at Lynchburg, Virginia.