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  • Discussing the triple revolution ; part 1

    Aug. 15, 1964
  • Ravi Shankar with sitar

    Discussing the techniques, philosophy, histories, and instruments of classical Indian music and interviewing Ravi Shankar

    Oct. 26, 1961

    Discussing the techniques, philosophy, histories, and instruments of classical Indian music with Ravi Shankar. Includes Ravi Shankar playing the sitar, tambura, and tabla among other instruments.

  • Dan and Marge Sorkin

    Discussing the Synanon organization in California for rehabilitation from drug addiction and interviewing Dan and Marge Sorkin

    Sep. 23, 1974
  • Discussing the suppression of objective reporting with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Sydney Schanberg

    Apr. 21, 1987

    Schanberg was a foreign correspondent and columnist for the New York Times until he resigned in 1985 after the paper reassigned him.

  • Discussing the Soviet military, with Andrew Cockburn

    Jun. 30, 1983

    The British journalist assesses the real military power behind the Iron Curtain in his book, The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Machine. He and Studs attempt to separate the myth from the reality of the late Cold War USSR.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the show "Tomfoolery" with Tom Lehrer

    Dec. 3, 1982
  • Discussing the Samuel Beckett play "Waiting For Godot; Tragicomedy in 2 Acts," with Irish actors Barry McGovern and Johnny Murphy. McGovern portrays Vladimir and Murphy portrays Estragon in a production staged by the Dublin Gate Theatre

    Jun. 15, 1992
  • Discussing the reissued book "Nuclear Culture: Living and Working in the World's Largest Atomic Complex" with the author Paul Loeb

    Apr. 23, 1986
  • Discussing the quality of modern nursing home care with Elma Holder, Michele Brandhandler and Dr. Nicholas Rango

    Nov. 10, 1983
  • Discussing the Prologue Alternative High School with Chris Daniels, Tanya Jones, Donna Brogan and Lenore Schuman.

    Nov. 17, 1986

    Prologue Alternative High School is a not-for-profit community-based organization that operates three alternative high schools in Chicago.

  • Discussing the play "Your Home In the West," with Estelle Parsons

    Oct. 30, 1991
  • Discussing the Persian Gulf War with Rev. Howard Schomer

    Jan. 31, 1990

    A theologian and civil rights activist, Schomer refused ministerial exemption from the draft during World War II and, instead chose to register as a conscientious objector.

  • Discussing the opposition to nuclear power and the Clamshell Alliance with Sam Lovejoy

    Dec. 5, 1977

    Sam Lovejoy discusses the opposition to nuclear power, the Clamshell Alliance, politics, environmental concerns, and anti-nuclear sentiments and movements.

  • Discussing the Northlight Theater's production of "Quartermaine's Terms," with Mike Nussbaum, and the book "Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out," with Susan Nussbaum

    Dec. 18, 1984
  • Discussing the new edition of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (published by Random House) with editor Victor Doyno

    May. 24, 1996

    Discussing the new edition of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (published by Random House) with editor Victor Doyno.

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