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Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.
Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.
Terkel interviews anthropologists Richard and Patricia Waterman. This interview is done in two parts.
Riane Eisler, anthropologist and historian, discusses the history of gender roles, religious influences, and cultural mythology.
Discussing the book "BAD, or, The Dumbing of America" (published by Summit Books) with author Paul Fussell.
In the book, "By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age," Paul Boyer covers people's feelings and attitudes after the bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. Boyer admits he, himself, when he was a young boy, he sent away for a free atomic ring that was being advertised. The program includes an excerpt of David Lilienthal talking.
Laura Fermi discusses Benito Mussolini and her book "Mussolini."
A discussion with sociologist and anthropologist St. Clair Drake at the time of his receiving an honorary award from Roosevelt University on the themes of his convocation address. A fascinating deep-dive into race relations from the Revolution to the Bicentennial, touching on the contradictions, crises, and struggles that led to Black institutions and liberation. Studs plays several excerpts from previous programs with St.
Discussing "A Natural History of the Senses" with the author Diane Ackerman.
Discussing the book "The civilizing process" with the author Norbert Elias.
Discussing the book "Family web: a story of India" with the author Sarah Hobson.