July 13, 1981 -
May 4, 1981 - Everette Dennis, professor and director of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, talks with Dan Olson about journalistic practice. Includes listener call-ins.
February 12, 1981 - Stanley Kiesel, poet in residence for Minneapolis Schools, talks with Dan Olson about education, poetry, and his new book, "The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids."
January 22, 1981 - Dr. Bevan French, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s discipline scientist for planetary materials, discusses the space program. Topics include data from Voyager and Pioneer spacecraft, and the new space shuttle program. French also answers listener questions. Dr. French analyzed rocks brought back from the moon. He also helped train NASA Apollo astronauts in geology.
January 12, 1981 - Roger Ledding, Minnesota state patrol chief, discusses the speed limit, safety on the road, the work of state troopers, and other issues. Ledding also answers listener questions.
December 17, 1980 - University of Minnesota Extension housing specialist Bill Angell answers live listener questions on the current home-buying environment.
December 17, 1980 -
December 1, 1980 - MPR's Dan Olson hosts this live call-in program on the economics of wood heat, how to burn wood safely, and other helpful hints, with University of Minnesota extension forester Lew Hendricks and Elroy Derdahl of the state building code division.
November 7, 1980 - June Dryer, director of the East Asian programs at the Center for Advanced International Studies at the University of Miami, gives her impressions on life in China today and how the country may change with the modernization now underway.
October 31, 1980 - MPR’s Gary Eichten presents the last live broadcast at MPR’s Park Square Court studios in St. Paul. As a Halloween treat, he shares an audio collage of radio outtakes.