June 17, 1974 - On this program of Perspective, MPR’s Connie Goldman interviews John D. Goodell, an author, filmmaker, scientist, researcher, and philosopher. Goodell talks about his book on the ancient strategy board of Go.
June 14, 1974 - On this program of Perspective, MPR’s Connie Goldman profiles radio show host and author Studs Terkel. Program presents Terkel speaking at the Minnesota Press Club.
June 6, 1974 - MPR’s Conie Goldman reports on The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), which recently organized to promote equity for women in the workplace. At their first conference, 58 unions of rank and file female workers participated.
May 24, 1974 - Community education will be examined in a new Minneapolis film, "A Sense of Community." Senator Jerome Hughs of the Senate Education Committee, Minneapolis School Superintendent John Davis, William Grimshaw of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and filmmaker Lee Bobker called a press conference to discuss the making of the film.
May 24, 1974 - Minneapolis' Snoose Boulevard is now the Cedar/Riverside area. But at the turn of the century it was a neighborhood of Scandanavian immigrants. Now days the past is remembered with the Third Annual Snoose Boulevard Festival with song, dance and costumes. The son of the famous Swedish vaudeville commedian, Olle Skratthurt is interviewed.
May 13, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman profiles newly formed organization Minnesota Committee for Gay Rights. Report includes comments from visiting guests and Allan Spear, a co-chair of group, about purpose and goals of organization.
May 7, 1974 - A Peace Rally at the University of Minnesota in May, 1974, Paul Murphy talks about war-making powers and to whom they belong.
May 7, 1974 - Mulford Q. Sibley, a professor of political science at University of Minnesota, speaks about the anti-war movement during a campus peace rally in May, 1974.
April 16, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman has a conversation with author Robert Pirsig about his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Pirsig shares how he started the book while also writing computer manuals, and finished it while spending time in a camper on the North Shore.
April 4, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman interviews Michael Novak, a philosopher and author, about his book Choosing Our King: Powerful Symbols in Presidential Politics.