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Discussing the book "The Secret Defector" with the author, novelist and journalist Clancy Sigal
Jun. 11, 1976
Discussing the book "The Second Oldest Profession: Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century" with Phillip Knightley
Feb. 13, 1987
Discussing the book "The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House" Seymour M. Hersh
Jul. 22, 1983
Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion.
Discussing the book "The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America From a Small School in Harlem" (published by Beacon Press) with the author and educator Deborah Meier. Program also includes excerpts from WFMT recordings of "Joy Street, Volume 2," and "D
Apr. 27, 1995
Discussing the book "The People Rising: The Campaign against the Bork Nomination" with Mike Pertschuk
Feb. 17, 1997
Discussing the book "The People of Providence: A Housing Estate and Some of Its Inhabitants" with Tony Parker
May. 27, 1986
Discussing the book "The Pelican and After: A Novel About Emotional Disturbance" with the author Tom Wallace Lyons
Jan. 23, 1984
Discussing the book "The Pantanal" with author Vic Banks
Feb. 19, 1992
Discussing the book "The Other America" with Michael Harrington.
Jul. 1, 1964
Discussing the book "The Night in Question: Stories" with the author Tobias Wolff
Nov. 6, 1996
*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 
Discussing the book "The Next Left: The History of a Future" with the author Michael Harrington
Feb. 20, 1987
Discussing the book "The New Tyranny: How Nuclear Power Enslaves Us" with author Robert Jungk
Jun. 13, 1979
Discussing the book "The New Russians" with the author, journalist Hedrick Smith
Dec. 13, 1990
Program includes an excerpt of a May 1990 interview with Russian journalist Vitaly Korotich.
Discussing the book "The New American Poverty," with the author Michael Harrington
May. 1, 1984
Discussing the book "The Mountain People"with the author, anthropologist Colin Turnbull ; part 1
Mar. 15, 1973
A generation ago, the Iks displayed the human values of devotion to family, caring of the elderly, young, sick, and compassion for human suffering. With the loss of territory and increasing population coupled with limited mobility, the Iks suffered a reversal of compassion and in order to survive became mean, despicable, and inhumane. Examples are drawn from Turnbull's book, "Mountain People" as discussed with the author. Comparisons of the Iks to United States society are drawn.

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