May 15, 1995 - Carl Bildt, author and former prime minister of Sweden, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Bildt’s address was on the topic of European unification. Following speech, Bildt answered listener questions. Harlan Cleveland, president of the World Academy of Art and Science, former Ambassador to NATO and the former Dean of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute, introduced Bildt. 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.
April 1, 1992 - Midday airs Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Buchanan’s address was on the topic of politics, policy, and the campaign. Following speech, Buchanan answered audience questions.
May 28, 1985 - Morris Abram, the past chairman of the first Presidential Commission on the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and current vice chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Abram’s address was titled "A Matter of Life and Death: Biomedical Ethics.” Abram discusses how the 11-member commission looked into many ethical problems that have arisen with the advance of medicine's ability to keep people alive. Abram says he learned a lot about biomedical ethics personally in 1973, when he successfully conquered leukemia. He has written a book about the experience entitled, "The Day is Short". The moderator was Harlan Cleveland of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. 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.
November 10, 1981 - A discussion on the grain export boom, with participants Willard Cochrane, Philip Raup and Vernon Ruttan, all professors of agriculture and applied economics at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul; and Bill Larson, a USDA soil scientist based at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Harlan Cleveland, Director of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs moderates the discussion. He opens with brief intro which refers to the Spring 1981 article in the magazine, "Foreign Affairs", where author Lawrence Soth discusses his view that our reliance on the export of agricultural products is mining our soil. The panel members discuss that view and other topics.