March 17, 1982 - MPR's Bob Potter presents live hearing and debate coverage from the Minnesota capital.
March 19, 1982 - In this Science Town Meeting, Dr. James Rutherford, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, speaks on science education in the school system. Rutherford’s speech is titled “Science Education in the Schools: Are We Failing?” Dick Clark, science program specialist with the Minnesota Department of Education, also provides a regional perspective on the science education debate. MPR’s Rich Dietman hosts and moderates’ program.
April 1, 1982 - Christian feminism is the topic for today's program. Mary Bader Papa is an author and managing editor of Twin Cities Magazine. She spoke at the Minnesota Press Club recently, and these are her remarks.
May 16, 1982 - Maya Angelou speaks her mind at the Ford Hall Forum as she receives the Forum's 1st Amendment Award.
June 2, 1982 - Retiring University of Minnesota Political Science Professor Mulford Q. Sibley expresses his political, social and religious views.
June 7, 1982 - Richard Snelling, Republican Governor of Vermont, speaking to the Humphrey institute at the University of Minnesota. Snelling spoke on a framework for a workable government, on the “New Federalism,” and how to make government work. Snelling was first elected Governor of Vermont in 1976, and he won re-election by a wide margin in 1978, and an unprecedented third term in 1980. He had served previously in his state legislature, serving as majority leader in the House. Since becoming a chief executive, he has assumed a larger role in national affairs, working among other things as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He founded a hardware and ski manufacturing firm in 1959.
June 26, 1982 - Cornell professor and author Carl Sagan, Senator Gary Hart (D-Col.), and the Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr. discuss how to prevent nuclear war. Recorded at a teach-in at Cornell University in November 1981.
July 12, 1982 - Dr. Herbert Schiller, Communications Professor Herbert Schiller at the University of California in San Diego, speaking at the Walker Art Center's symposium, "Art and the Future.”. Schiller addresses the future of arts and communication. Schiller is a long-time outspoken critic of traditional and corporate communications networks. He advocates alternative media and increased public access to communications systems. In speech, he contends that the private sector's increased involvement in cultural communications may result in less diversity and richness in the programs we see and hear.
August 4, 1982 - Dr. Robert Neil Butler, director of the National Institute on Aging speaking at the Minnesota Board on Aging's Silver Anniversary Institute on Aging at St. Cloud State University. Butler’s address was on the topic of “Who Needs Long-term Care?” Butler is the Pulitzer prize winning author of the book, "Why Survive? Being Old in America".
August 16, 1982 - Independent-Republican gubernatorial candidates Lieutenant Governor Lou Wangberg, businessman Wheelock Whitney, and former governor Harold Stassen debate the issues in this live broadcast.