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Joan Cook discusses her book "In Defense of Homo Sapiens" and talks about research done by other scientists working with Chimps and other primates. She explains her stance that not all humans lean towards violence and that nature, not nurture, and the environment creates aggression and violence. The conversation compares economics and Darwinism for a view of humanistic economics.
Journalist and Author Jessica Mitford discusses her life and her works, including and her books, "The American Way of Death," "Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business," and "Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking."
Journalist and author Jessica Mitford discusses her life and her work as a muckraker journalist including her exposing The Famous Writer's School and her "short and happy life as a professor" at San Jose State University. She also discusses her books, "The American Way of Death," "Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business," and "Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking."
Jadwiga Lopez and Andrew Patner discuss Poland and tell stories about their latest visits before and during the Poland Crisis of 1980-1981. Topics discussed include the economic hardships, food shortages, the Solidarity Union, politics, and the arts. Parts of polish music is played at the start and end.