August 28, 1981 - MPR’s Bob Aronson gets local sports writer Jay Weiner’s take on various topics regarding the Minnesota Twins, including sudden winning streak, controversial comments from owner Calvin Griffith, and team morale.
September 5, 1981 - On this Weekend program, MPR host and moderator Lee Axdahl speaks with former U.S. senator Eugene McCarthy, who speaks about his possible candidacy for United States Senate in 1982 and other issues.
October 7, 1981 - 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Czeslaw Milosz, born in Poland but now living and teaching in the United States, talks about his poetry, the United States, his native country of Poland, and writing in this interview with MPR's Nancy Fushan.
October 29, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Tom Scallen, president of the Minnesota Kicks. The local professional soccer team is in dire financial straits as a new owner is sought.
October 31, 1981 - MPR’s Dale Connelly interviews Fred Suppe, a medieval professor at the University of Minnesota. Suppe provides details on the Celtic origin of Halloween, and its adaptation over the years.
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November 12, 1981 - MPR’s Rich Dietman presents audio profile within the cockpit of a Republic Airways commercial airline during air traffic controller strike.
November 13, 1981 - MPR's Nancy Fushan talks with playwright Edward Abee about theater, his work, and the Chimera's recent production of his play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
December 2, 1981 - Marilyn French, feminist writer and novelist, shares her thoughts on writing, the feminist movement, and society. French’s books include “The Women’s Room” and “The Bleeding Heart,” amongst others.