Riane Eisler discusses her book "The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future"
Riane Eisler, anthropologist and historian, discusses the history of gender roles, religious influences, and cultural mythology.
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Riane Eisler, anthropologist and historian, discusses the history of gender roles, religious influences, and cultural mythology.
Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis.
Interviewing Bertrand Russell and Phyllis Evans while Studs was in England.
Austrian-born American historian, woman's history author and feminist Gerda Lerner focuses on the origins of misogyny in society in her latest book
Discussing the book "Blue Money: Pornography and the Pornographers - an intimate look at the two-billion-dollar fantasy industry" and interviewing the author Carolyn See. Includes Carolyn See reading an excerpt from the book at the beginning.
Discussing the book "Fanny Wright: rebel in America" with the author Celia Morris Eckhardt.
Sir Bertrand Russell says scientists have a fundamental obligation to let the authorities know if and when what they're working on could lead to or cause a war. Russell claims, no matter the side, there are no winners as a result of war. The world could be a far better place, Russell explained, if it weren't for the fact of man's hatred toward other men. If one lives in the United States and has a grave illness or needs a major surgery, Phyllis Evans says one should not have to go into bankruptcy because of all the costs.
Anita Miller and Jeanne Madeline Weimann discuss their book, The Fair Women, published in 1981, a book that talks about the women's role in the World's Columbian Exposition, especially in the creation of the Women's Building.