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  • Jerry Garcia

    Discussing rock music and pop culture and interviewing member of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia assisted by Abe Peck

    Dec. 6, 1979
  • Discussing red-lining with C.A.P. panel; Hazel Montgomery, Bernie Willow, Stanley Nappolomi

    Jan. 14, 1975

    As members of CAP (Citizens Action Program), Bernie Willow, Hazel Montgomery and Stanley Nappolomi all have their questions and concerns about the communities in which they reside and who gave the banks the right to determine which neighborhoods and communities are deteriorating. An outspoken, almost militant member, Bernie Willow, points out that the charters of savings and loans institutions was to loan money out so people could reside in the neighborhoods. Many of the establishments, Willow says, have dropped the word “Loan” from the businesses.

  • Discussing radiation and interviewing Dr. Sheldon Burger and Dr. Lauriston Taylor ; part 2

    Nov. 19, 1963

    Dr. Burger is the Associate Director of Research at Evanston Hospital and Dr. Lauriston Taylor, Associate Director of National Bureau of Standards.

  • Discussing radiation and interviewing Dr. Sheldon Burger and Dr. Lauriston Taylor ; part 1

    Nov. 19, 1963

    Dr. Burger is the Associate Director of Research at Evanston Hospital and Dr. Lauriston Taylor, Associate Director of National Bureau of Standards.

  • Discussing productions of her plays "Path of Ashes" and "Maid's Play," with playwright and director Nicole Dreiske

    Nov. 1, 1983

    Discussing productions of her plays "Path of Ashes" and "Maid's Play," with playwright and director Nicole Dreiske.

  • Discussing prison and reform with Chicago defense lawyer Harold Katz and Jeanette Musinga

    Mar. 19, 1979
  • Discussing police stress with members of the Police Assistance Center in Oak Brook, Illinois; Dr. Clifton Reed, Rory Gilbert, and Jerry Bolger

    Jun. 27, 1989

    Dr. Clifton Reed

  • Discussing poetry with William Stafford

    May. 11, 1979

    The poet and professor talks about his influences - not other poets, but his mother and his childhood in Kansas. Studs plays a clip from an earlier interview with Stafford.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing phonetics and interviewing Alva Davis, Raven McDavid and Lee Pederson ; part 2

    1963
  • Discussing phonetics and interviewing Alva Davis, Raven McDavid and Lee Pederson ; part 1

    1963
  • Discussing parody and interviewing Judith Wax

    Jan. 15, 1974

    The author of The Waterbury Tales, talks about how she was inspired to use the format of The Canterbury Tales to tell the story of the Watergate scandal. Includes recordings of Dorothy Parker and examples of people reading with Middle English pronunciations.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing Paris with professor Henry Knepler

    Jan. 21, 1974

    Henry Knepler, author and professor of English at the Illinois Institute of Technology, shares some of his experiences with French culture after serving as visiting professor at the Sorbonne in Paris.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing Oxfam America with Newell Flather and Joe Short

    May. 3, 1981

    Oxfam America invests privately raised funds in partnership with local organizations across the globe to promote social and economic justice and search for solutions for hunger, poverty, and injustice.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing Oxfam America with Joe Short

    Aug. 8, 1980

    Oxfam America invests privately raised funds in partnership with local organizations across the globe to promote social and economic justice and search for solutions for hunger, poverty, and injustice.

  • Discussing nursing homes

    Discussing nursing homes and aging with panel #2: Murray Berg, Al Neeley and Shelly Tobin

    1970
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