December 26, 1981 - Meteorologist Bruce Watson answers listerners' questions on weather in winter.
December 12, 1981 - On this Weekend program, Clyde Allen, Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue, and Gene Merriam, DFL state senator, discuss the budget and revenue crises in Minnesota. Allen and Marriam also answer listener questions.
December 5, 1981 - Midday’s Bob Potter talks with virtuoso violinist Pinchas Zukerman about his role as The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra musical director and conductor. Zukerman discusses arts funding, censoring of certain composers, orchestra alignment, and recording. He also answers listener questions. Program includes music elements.
November 28, 1981 - Host Bob Potter talks with John Kofski, an accountant, and George Covington via telephone from Texas on money, investments, the economy, and personal finances.
November 21, 1981 - Warren Spannaus, Minnesota attorney general and a declared DFL candidate for governor in 1982, answers live listener call-in questions from the MPR studios in St. Paul.
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October 31, 1981 - Jack Cann of the Coalition for Affordable Housing and John Horner of the Minnesota Multi-Housing Association debate the merits of a Minneapolis charter amendment that would provide a system of rent control, and they also answer live listener questions on rent control and housing in general.
October 17, 1981 - Dan Flaherty on energy conservation with listener call-in
October 14, 1981 - Don Fraser, Minneapolis mayor, speaking at Macalester College on the economic, military and defense policies of the Reagan administration. Program includes a brief introductory report from MPR’s Bob Potter.