November 7, 1975 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Dr. Roland Dille on Sinclair Lewis, author of “Main Street.”
November 6, 1975 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Marisha Chamberlain about her experience in Poetry Out Loud and the subject of poetry in general.
October 31, 1975 - Lorraine and Edward Warren, psychic researchers discuss the rise of anti-Judeo Christian faiths, witchcraft, ghosts, and the astral plane as a precursor to their Halloween talk at North Dakota State University.
October 17, 1975 - University of Minnesota Professor John Brantner, a psychologist, talked to a group at North Dakota State University on coping in middle age. He says hardship in one's childhood is beneficial if the child's family is loving and supportive. These coping skills will serve the child in adulthood. All difficult situations present an opportunity for personal growth.
October 17, 1975 - Anheuser-Busch is planning on building a malting plant in Moorhead, but this type of operation requires a million and a half gallons of water a day and additional electrical needs. However, the plant will mean new jobs for the city. Mayor Dwayne Hoberg and the city council mull over the pros and cons of the new plant.
October 13, 1975 - The visit of Norway?s King Olaf and the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebration of Norwegian immigration offers an opportunity to learn more about both. Harvard linguistics and Scandinavian studies professor Einar Haugen visited Concordia College where he was interviewed. He describes King Olav as democratic, friendly, not an intellectual, who hasn?t played a great role in political development because as king he?s a figurehead without veto rights over bills passed by Parliament. He?s primarily interested in sports, above all he?s a yachtsman, has won awards for sailing. Haugen responds to a question about why the Norwegians, from a mountainous region, settled on the prairie. He says the Norwegians who came in the early decades of immigration were nearly all farmers. Their first settlement was a somewhat mountainous region near Lake Erie, which they discovered was impossible economically as it would take several years before they?d get a crop. They didn?t have money to wait, they had to go where go soil was available. The U.S. was giving land away free in the West to sow a crop; this was much better than anything in the East where land was poor or expensive. In a sense they come not from the mountains of Norway but from the agricultural soil. They missed and loved the mountains of Norway.
September 17, 1975 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Marisha Chamberlain, St. Paul's Poet in Residence, about her experience teaching poetry to mentally handicapped communities.
September 4, 1975 - MPR’s Bill Siemering presents a feature on the Poetry Out Loud program in Minnesota. Siemering interviews John C. Rezmerski, the coordinator of poetry readings in local communities, who highlights the importance of poets in conversation with their audiences.
August 27, 1975 - KCCM’s Bill Siemering reports on Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street" and small town life. Report includes commentary and interviews.
August 15, 1975 - As part of KCCM's Our Home Town series, this program is a sound portrait of Mayville, North Dakota. Highlights discussion with residents on the economy, importance of sports in community, views on work and leisure, and future plans of young people.