August 22, 2012 - Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who died in June 2012, giving a Pen Pals lecture in the Minnesota back in 2000 about the influences on his life and work. He was born Aug. 22, 1920.
June 7, 2012 - Legendary American author Ray Bradbury died June 5, 2012, at the age of 91. Back in 2000 he was the featured speaker in Minnetonka at the Pen Pals Lecture Series. He spoke about the greatest influences on his life and career of more than seven decades, and gave this insightful and entertaining speech apparently without notes.
November 11, 2011 - On this special Veterans Day Midday program, a remembrance of legendary radio dramatist Norman Corwin with a short documentary on his career, and excerpts from his masterpiece, "On a Note of Triumph," which remains the most listened to radio drama in U.S. history. Later in the hour, author Tim O'Brien reads and discusses his critically acclaimed short story collection on the Vietnam War, "The Things They Carried."
August 22, 2000 - On his 80th birthday, a rebroadcast of the popular Pen Pals Lecture by science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. He's best known for The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 and he is working on several new books.
May 16, 2000 - Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. He spoke as part of the Pen Pals Lecture Series sponsored by the Hennepin County Library Foundation.