December 31, 1987 -
January 2, 1988 - MPR's Mainstreet Radio team presents a documentary entitled Against the Grain, which collects conversations with rural Minnesotans about how they are adapting to the forces of economic change.
January 4, 1988 - Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota, discusses the ethical issues surrounding recent advances in medicine. Caplan also answers listener questions.
January 7, 1988 - MPR’s Jim Bickal reports that the Minnesota Twins have renewed their contract with third baseman Gary Gaetti, signing the older player. Gaetti has played for the Twins since 1981.
January 8, 1988 - MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Minnesota poet and author Bill Holm about teacher exchange program. Holm also answers listener questions.
January 9, 1988 - On this Sportfolio program, John Feinstein, a sportswriter, discusses his book on Indiana coach Bobby Knight, titled “A Season on the Brink”. He also speaks on college basketball in general. Feinstein also answers listener questions.
January 11, 1988 - Report about Hubert H Humphrey and his election.
January 11, 1988 - Marsha Battles-Jenks and Phil Smith from the energy division of the Minnesota Department of Public Service answer listener questions about energy policy issues and practical home owning energy tips.
January 12, 1988 - A Midday broadcast of an American Forum panel discussion titled “Covering the Crash: The Media and the Markets,” held at the American University in Washington, D.C.
January 15, 1988 - Philip Johnson, famed architect, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Johnson reminiscences about Minneapolis architecture and the IDS Center. Johnson is perhaps best known to area residents as the designer of the IDS Center in Minneapolis. To many of his colleagues he is the Dean of American Architecture and has to his credit the AT&T Headquarters in New York, where he is based, Pennzoil Plaza and Republic Bank Tower in Houston, and the IBM Atlantic Center project in Atlanta. With Atlanta real estate developer Blaine Kelley, he is currently involved in a project that will bring yet another Philip Johnson building to Minneapolis. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.