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Social Scientists American History & Politics
  • Robert Jay Lifton

    Robert Jay Lifton discusses his book "Home from the War"

    Jun. 21, 1973

    In his book, "Home From the War: Learning from Vietnam Veterans", Robert Jay Lifton reflects on what he's learned from talking with soldiers who came home from the Vietnam War. For some men, guilt and betrayal were common issues -- guilt in what they had done while in Vietnam and betrayal of what their superiors and the government had told them about the war itself.

  • Irving Howe discusses "World of our fathers"

    Apr. 8, 1976
  • Interviewing members of the Northwestern University Political Science Professors John Simpson, Leonard Rieser, and Bruce Cummings

    Dec. 8, 1995
  • Interviewing Kevin Phillips

    Aug. 1, 1990

    Program includes an excerpt from Hard Times (T3452B).

  • Interviewing author, historian and sociologist Riane Eisler discussing "Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body"

    Jun. 26, 1995
  • Horace Cayton

    Horace Cayton discusses Long Old Road: An Autobiography, part 3

    Sep. 7, 1966

    Horace Cayton discusses Long Old Road: An Autobiography (part 3 of 3).

  • Horace Cayton

    Horace Cayton discusses Long Old Road: An Autobiography ; part 1

    Sep. 7, 1966

    Horace Cayton discusses his autobiography Long Old Road (part 1 of 3). Includes song "Long Old Road" by Bessie Smith.

  • Eric Goldman

    Eric Goldman discusses his experiences as special consultant to President Lyndon Johnson

    1967

    Historian Eric Goldman discusses his time as special consultant for President Lyndon B. Johnson and his book "The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson."

  • Discussing the current state and history of voting practices in the United States with Frances Fox Piven

    Feb. 23, 1984
  • Discussing the book, "The Pulse of Politics: Electing Presidents in the Media Age," with the author James David Barber

    May. 30, 1980
  • Discussing the book "When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor" with the author, sociologist William Julius Wilson

    Oct. 3, 1996
  • Discussing the book "The Next Left: The History of a Future" with the author Michael Harrington

    Feb. 20, 1987
  • Discussing the book "The New American Poverty," with the author Michael Harrington

    May. 1, 1984
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "Remembering Denny" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    May. 4, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Power Struggle: The Hundred-Year War Over Electricity" with Scott Ridley

    Feb. 25, 1987
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