December 31, 1975 - Garrison Keillor interviews author J. F. Powers about his book “Look How the Fish Live,” and time overseas.
January 2, 1976 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Isabel Burger, founder and administrative coordinator of the Children's Theater Association in Baltimore, Maryland. Burger is also author of "Creative Play Acting" and is a nationally known authority on creative children's drama.
January 15, 1976 - Studs Terkel has put together a tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with both music and interview with Dr. King.
January 23, 1976 - MPR’s Dulcie Lawrence interviews Phyllis Kahn, representative (DFL-Minneapolis), about prostitution bill going through Minnesota legislature.
February 10, 1976 - MPR’s Kate Williams reports on the funeral of prominent African American Cecil Newman, who passed away on February 8th, 1976. Newman was both a local civil rights leader, active in numerous organizations, and a longtime editor/publisher. Segment includes interviews and remembrances.
February 23, 1976 - A news feature with Rena N. Coen, art historian and author, who discusses early "exploratory" art of Minnesota's first white settlers, including a curiosity with the Native Americans.
February 24, 1976 - A news feature with art historian Rena Coen about the early artist visitors to Minnesota, including Eastman Johnson and a connection to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Song of Hiawatha."
February 25, 1976 - A news feature with art historian Rena Coen on the history of religious art, especially the Norwegian immigrants to Minnesota in the 19th century.
March 4, 1976 - Pledge drive with Garrison Keillor, Bill Kling, and Gary Eichten. Kling asks Dave Peters, executive editor of Minnesota Monthly to talk about the April issue. Bemidji writer Marilyn Heltzer also talks.
March 10, 1976 - An MPR New Feature where poet Robert Bly talks about reading poetry, and about how he doesn't consider himself a Minnesotan poet, and that he rejects the idea of "regional poetry." The feature also includes Bly reading, and a few fans of Bly speaking about the importance of his work.