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015 Forum [DRAFT-WIP]
Forum was a 1970s MPR radio program that broadcast various local discussions, as well as NPR distributed speeches, panel discussions, interviews, and documentaries.
24 Collection Items
- Forum: "Mother of Us All" panel discussion
Minnesota Public Radio music announcer Bill Parker moderates a panel discussion and listener call-in on Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's “The Mother of Us All”, preceding the opening night of the Minnesota Opera production.
- Options: Isaac Asimov - Science Fiction Writer as Prophet
Forum presents an Options program of Isaac Asimov speaking at AANS Convention in New York on "Science Fiction Writer as Prophet".
- Options: Dylan Thomas tribute
Forum presents an Options program with tribute to poet and author Dylan Thomas.
- Forum: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Words of Warning to the Western World (aka America: You Must Think About the World)
Forum re-broadcasts a speech by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The exiled Soviet author made his first major public address in the United States at a banquet in his honor given by the AFL-CIO. Solzhenitsyn ‘s address was titled “Words of Warning to the Western World (aka America: You Must Think About The World).”
- Forum: Rosenberg Trial
A radio dramatization and discussion of the controversy over the conviction and execution of the Rosenbergs for giving atomic secrets to Soviets.
- Forum: Hiram Drache - The Depression and the farm
On this Forum program, Hiram Drache, professor of history at Concordia College-Moorhead, speaks on farmers, farms and farming in relation to North Dakota, the 1930s Depression, and other trying times.
- Forum: Millard Gieske - Third Party Politics
On this Forum program, a broadcast of Millard Gieske speech on third party politics in Minnesota. Gieske explains what causes third parties and why they die.
- Forum: G. Theodore Mitau - Minnesota, A State and Its Politics
G. Theo Mitau, Chancellor of MN State College system, gave speech titled “Minnesota: A State and it's Politics.” This was part of summer evening extension classes, U of M’s “Minnesota Parties and Politics” course.
- Forum: Hubert Humphrey - Partnership Between People and Government
Remarks by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey before the annual meeting of Saint Paul Area United Way at the Hilton Hotel. Speech highlights volunteerism.
- Forum: Dr. Isaac Asimov - Utopian Change
The Eisenhower Symposium #9 presents Dr. Isaac Asimov speaking at the 1973 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, held at Johns Hopkins University, Boston. Asimov’s speech is titled “Utopian Change," which deals with the many changes directly affect daily life yet may be forced upon the individual before he can evaluate their benefit or plan for their incorporation in his daily routine.