All Things Considered is a comprehensive source for afternoon news and information provided by various MPR hosts in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington over the decades. The program contains interviews, reports, speeches and breaking coverage.
January 20, 1975 - MPR’s Kevin McKiernan reports on continued occupation of the Gresham novitiate, which is in it’s in twentieth day. Issues and demands of Indians inside are starting to escalate. At this point 350 National Guardsmen surround the abbey, and tensions remain high.
January 21, 1975 - MPR’s Kim Hodgson reports on the aftermath a little over a week since the “Blizzard of the Century” on the Northern Plains. Damage estimate numbers on livestock lost at about 1% to 3% of livestock inventory, totaling $1.3 million for seven county area.
October 31, 1975 - Lorraine and Edward Warren, psychic researchers discuss the rise of anti-Judeo Christian faiths, witchcraft, ghosts, and the astral plane as a precursor to their Halloween talk at North Dakota State University.
November 11, 1975 - With the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald the day prior during a gale storm on Lake Superior, MPR’s Dick Daly interviews Dr. Julius Wolff, a maritime historian at University of Minnesota Duluth, about the dangerous history of shipping on the massive lake in November.
November 11, 1975 - MPR’s Claudia Hampston talks with Erling Hanson, of the Harbormasters' Club, to get his reaction of news that the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a gale storm on November, 10th 1975.
August 11, 1976 - MPR reporter John Merli looks at the growing popularity of soccer in the state and local professional team, the Minnesota Kicks.
November 5, 1976 - On the anniversary of the Sioux Uprising of 1862, this program presents the historical events that culminated in the hangings of 38 Indians after the uprising. Program includes members of All Things Considered reading from the writings done at the time of uprising.
May 2, 1977 - MPR’s Kate Williams profiles Earl Craig, Jr., president of the Minneapolis Urban Coalition and chairman of the political organization of the Black Unity and Futurism Conference. Craig says it's been hard for Blacks to organize a political force here in the Twin Cities because what few Blacks live in this area don't live in a centralized place as in many larger cities.
May 3, 1977 - MPR’s Alan Searle looks at Minnesota DNR attempts to bring more order to smelting activities along the North Shore with a Smelt Information Center. The goal is to provide better communication and education to public, both local and from afar.
July 12, 1977 - MPR’s Rich Dietman presents “Wisdom of the Children,” which explores the thoughts, mindsets, and wisdom of children battling cancer and terminal conditions. Dietman interviews Dr. Lawrence Singher, who describes what he has witnessed from young patients.