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  • Dr. Bertram Carnow and Bob and Joan Ericksen

    Dr. Bertram Carnow, and Joan and Bob Ericksen discuss health hazards in work environments

    Jun. 5, 1974

    Discussing health hazards in work environments and environmental pollution. Interviewing Dr. Bertram Carnow and Bob and Joan Ericksen.

  • Dr. Bertram Carnow and Bob and Joan Ericksen

    Dr. Bertram Carnow and Bob and Joan Ericksen discuss occupational illnesses and pollution

    Nov. 21, 1974

    Both Bob and Joan Ericksen ask why is a school being built not only by two highways but right next door to a paint factory. They contend that the paint fumes can't be good for anyone to breath. Instead of asking their patients where they work, Dr. Carnow believes more doctors need to ask, "What do you do?", to determine if they're working with any hazardous materials that may harm their health.

  • Dr. Eugene Mindel

    Dr Eugene Mindel discusses the book "They Grow in Silence: The Deaf Child and His Family"

    1970

    Dr. Eugene Mindel, child psychologist and author, discusses his book, "They Grow in Silence: The Deaf Child and His Family,". Dr. Mindel and Studs talk about deaf children and how they learn to communicate without the ability to hear or speak. Studs reads an excerpt from the book about a deaf person feeling locked into themselves. Studs and Dr. Mindel talk about the the book "In this sign" by Joanne Greenberg a novel that portrays the isolation and loneliness of the deaf couple and the struggle of their hearing daughter.

  • Discussing the revolution in Nicaragua with poet Daisy Zamora and sociologist Oscar Vargas

    Sep. 4, 1984
  • Discussing the history of Maxwell Street with University of Illinois at Chicago historian Bill Adelman, Roosevelt University professor of Sociology and Anthropology Carolyn Eastwood, and Chicago Blues Festival director Barry Dolins

    May. 13, 1993
  • Discussing the current state and history of voting practices in the United States with Frances Fox Piven

    Feb. 23, 1984
  • Discussing the book, "Chicago: An Agenda For Change," with Perre De Vise and the author, Dick Simpson : part 1

    Sep. 24, 1974
  • 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 "What About the Russians - and Nuclear War?" with Roger C. Molander

    1980
  • Discussing the book "The Seduction of Madness: Revolutionary Insights into the World of Psychosis and a Compassionate Approach to Recovery at Home" with the author Dr. Edward Podvoll

    Sep. 13, 1990
  • 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 American Poverty," with the author Michael Harrington

    May. 1, 1984
  • Discussing the book "The Health of China" with the authors, sociologist Ruth Sidel and physician Victor Sidel

    May. 21, 1982

    Program includes an excerpt of an interview with Dr. George Hatem and a Chinese traditional doctor at Xiyan Hospital.

  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

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

    May. 4, 1993
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