April 10, 1979 - A profile of Leland Sateren, Augsburg College choir director and composer. Nancy Fushan interviews Sateren, and they discuss the choir, writing, recording, touring and his upcoming retirement. Program also includes music excerpts.
April 11, 1979 - A profile of Minnesota poet and writer Paul Grukow. Program is a presentation of his work “The Tramp."It also includes commentary and music elements.
October 9, 1979 -
October 16, 1979 - MPR’s Claudia Hampston profiles Minnesota author Sigurd Olson as he receives honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Minnesota. Olson was honored for his environmental writing and efforts in protecting the wilderness of Minnesota.
March 31, 1980 - Independent film maker Kenneth Anger describes his work, including his latest film "Lucifer Rising", and talks about his career, his relationship with Hollywood, and the influences on his films in this interview with MPR's Nancy Fushan.
April 12, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles and interviews poet Galway Kinnell.
January 18, 1981 - An examination of the life of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, in commemoration of his birthday.
July 29, 1982 -
May 6, 1983 -
January 3, 1984 - Part Two of the George Orwell radio biography, "In Search of Poverty".The years 1927-1936 are covered. Scenes in Paris and London find the hopeful writer in search of a subject. As Orwell matures as a writer, his social commitment growns. He marries Eileen O'Shaugnessy.