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  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents "Hard Times: an Oral History of the Great Depression"; chapter 6

    1971

    Presenting "Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression" Chapter 6: Three Strikes. Dr. Lewis Andreas talks about being at the 1937 Memorial Day massacre and providing medical care during the Depression. Justin McCarthy discusses his job conditions at Ford Assembly Plant prior to the unions implementation. Mike Widman remembers heading up union negotiations and the strike at the Ford Plant in 1940-41. Bob Stinson discusses working at General Motors and how the sit-down strike began. Union songs performed by the Almanac Singers are played throughout the episode.

  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents "Hard Times: an Oral History of the Great Depression"; chapter 6

    1971

    Presenting "Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression" Chapter 6: Three Strikes. Bob Stinson discusses working at General Motors and how the sit-down strike began. Justin McCarthy discusses his job conditions at Ford Assembly Plant prior to the unions implementation. Mike Widman remembers heading up union negotiations and the strike at the Ford Plant in 1940-41. Dr. Lewis Andreas talks about being at the 1937 Memorial Day massacre and providing medical care during the Depression.

  • Muriel Gardiner discusses her books "Code Name Mary" and "The Deadly Innocents"

    Nov. 26, 1984

    Muriel Gardiner's background and her time spent in Austria are the topics of "Code Name 'Mary': Memoirs of an American Woman in the Austrian Underground". With her book, "The Deadly Innocents: Portraits of Children Who Kill," Gardiner studies the lives of 10 kids who kill or attempt to kill.

  • Jane Kennedy talks with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 14, 1971

    Jane Kennedy talks about her political views and her view of society as a whole. She also discusses her experience in an all women's prison and how the prison system dehumanizes the inmates.

  • Interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott

    Mar. 8, 1984

    Discussing the book "Missile Envy: The Arms Race and Nuclear War," (published by Murrow) with the author, humanist and physician Dr. Helen Caldicott. Program also includes the opening of Studs' inaugural address.

  • Interview with Dr. Charles Clements

    Apr. 29, 1985

    Discussing Nicaragua with author and activist Dr. Charles Clements.

  • Dr. Ronald J. Glasser discusses his book "Another War, Another Peace"

    May. 10, 1985

    Discussing the book "Another War, Another Peace: A Novel" with the author Dr. Ronald J. Glasser.

  • Dr. Linda Murray and Dr. Quentin Young talks about Cook County Public Hospital and the dynamic of public hospitals around the country

    Jan. 10, 1979

    Interview with Dr. Linda Murray and Dr. Quentin Young which discusses how closing public hospitals can affect minorities and less privileged communities. Also talks about the expectations of medical students and the dynamics of medical school.

  • Dr. Helen Caldicott discusses the ill-effects of a nuclear bomb going off

    Apr. 7, 1981

    The world spends 600 billon dollars on the arms race, which is rather puzzling to Dr. Helen Caldicott when 2/3 of the world's children are starving. Caldicott explained if a bomb went off in Chicago, there'd be a crater a half a mile wide and 300 feet deep. In addition, 90% of the people will be dead, some from being vaporized.

  • Dr. Charles Clements talks with Studs Terkel

    Apr. 13, 1984

    Discussing observations and experiences as a medical practioner in Vietnam and then Central America, principally, El Salvador with Charlie Clements M.D.

  • Discussing national health care with Dave Gajewski, Dr. Linda Murray, and Bill Phillips

    Apr. 26, 1990
  • Discussing her experiences in the Soviet Union and in the United States with peace activist, nurse, and housewife Sharon Tennison

    Apr. 9, 1984
  • Presenting a rebuttal to editorials opposing the nuclear arms freeze.

    Discussing a rebuttal to editorials opposing the nuclear arms freeze

    Oct. 27, 1982

    Presenting a rebuttal to editorials opposing the nuclear arms freeze with Dr. Jack Geiger, Dr. George Kistiakowsky, Dr. Herbert (Peter) Schoville and Dr. Kosta Tsipis of MIT.

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