July 20, 1978 - MPR’s John Merli interviews state official on non-mandatory guidelines in opening various state positions to women.
July 21, 1978 - John Paulus, Senior Vice President for Economics, Federal Reserve Bank, talks with Bob Potter on the economy of the United States. Includes topics of GNP and inflation.
July 24, 1978 - Hennepin County Juvenile Judge Lindsay Arthur discusses causes and prevention of juvenile delinquency, new laws, and need for a separate juvenile security facility in Minnesota.
July 27, 1978 - Nutritionist Dr. Rudy Ballentine discusses nutrition and its relationship to meditation. Topic includes comparison on west and east approaches. Ballentine also answers listener calls.
July 29, 1978 - John Beecher has worked as a steelworker, English instructor, government official, newspaperman and sociology professor but is best known for his poetry. He writes widely of The South.Here he is interviewed by Kim Hodgson, former manager of KRSW and now with KUOW, Seattle. He delivered a commencement address at Worthington Community College.
August 5, 1978 - On this regional public affairs program, guests Sherry Gio, assistant manager of World Division at AAA; and Jack Grimm, of Delaney-Joyce and O'Dell, discuss overseas travel, slowdowns at airports, decline of the dollar overseas, standby fares and other travel issues.
August 5, 1978 - MPR’s Alan Searle reports on Boundary Waters Canoe Area blockade initiated by Boundary Waters Conservation Alliance as an act of protest to the pending Dayton-Walls BWCA agreement going through Congress. Report includes various interviews with alliance members blocking BWCA entry points.
August 7, 1978 - Father Robert Carlson discusses the death of Pope Paul VI, evaluates his papacy, and describes the process involved in the election of a new Pope.
August 9, 1978 - I. F. Stone is a journalist and the man who began I. F. Stone's Weekly, a Washington publication that used sections of seldom seen documents to highlight governments inefficiency. Stone spoke in Iowa recently on the subject of President Jimmy Carter.Former political reporter I. F. Stone, who for years published I. F. Stone's Weekly, talks about Carter in the White House, the pros and cons.
August 16, 1978 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Susan B. Anthony the second, grandniece of Susan B. Anthony. Anthony discusses the history of the women's movement in the country along with personal recollections of her great aunt.