July 8, 1981 - Daniel Willard, associate professor in School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, talks about wetlands planning and the need to preserve the country's wetlands.
July 18, 1981 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Joyce Bichler, a survivor of DES cancer and author of the book "DES Daughter: The Joyce Bichler Story,” about Diethylstilbestrol (DES), what it was prescribed for, and the effects on children whose mothers used the drug during pregnancy. Bichler also answers listener questions. Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic form of the hormone estrogen that was prescribed to pregnant women between 1940 and 1971 to prevent miscarriage, premature labor, and related complications of pregnancy.
July 23, 1981 - MPR’s Bob Aronson interviews Arne Carlson, Minnesota’s state auditor, about what his office is focused on, including a fiscal stress program. The goal of program is to prevent a serious economic problem.
August 1, 1981 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with classical pianist Jeffrey Siegel about his work, composition, public enjoyment of classical music, and “Keyboard Conversation” program at Summerfest. Siegel also answers listener questions.
August 5, 1981 - MPR’s Bob Aronson interviews Eugene McCarthy on the possibility of him running again for Minnesota U.S. Senate seat.
August 7, 1981 - Lou Breimhurst, executive director of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, discusses various environmental and hazardous waste issues in the state. Breimhurst also answers listener questions.
August 11, 1981 - Olive Niles, professor at the University of Lowell in Connecticut, talks with KCCM's Craig Hertsgaard about reading and teaching. Niles spoke before the Concordia College Readers Conference in Moorhead. Niles is former president of the International Readers Association professor at the University of Lowell in Connecticut, taught high school English, and spent years teaching in schools and universities.
August 22, 1981 - Maggie Arzdorf-Schubbe, director of the Minnesota Battered Women Program, and Catherine Settanni, a member of Women Against Women Against Women, discuss Women Against Violence Against Women and the annual "Take Back the Night" march in Minneapolis.
August 26, 1981 - MPR’s Dale Connelly interviews neighbors of the Minnesota State Fair in the Como area. Not surprisingly, there are differing opinons about the human masses that appear in late August every year.
August 27, 1981 - MPR’s Dale Connelly visits the Minnesota State Fair horse barn. Connelly talks with Elmer Jones, who raises Belgian horses, and trainer-rider Simone Tremblay.