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  • Panel discusses nuclear warfare and its consequences

    Jun. 19, 1981

    Discussing nuclear armageddon and the medical consequences of nuclear war with panel Herbert Scoville, George Kistiakowsky, Dr. Jack Geiger and Dr. Quentin Young.

  • Interviewing Richard Gardiner and Dr. H. Jack Geiger

    Feb. 3, 1982

    Interviewing Richard Gardiner and Dr. H. Jack Geiger about the physiological dangers of radiation due to nuclear warfare.

  • Dr. Samuel Epstein discusses his book, "Hazardous Waste in America"

    Mar. 14, 1983

    Dr. Samuel Epstein, author and Director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, at the University of Illinois Medical School, talks about his book, "Hazardous Waste in America." Dr. Epstein explains the four types of hazardous waste, (nuclear, petroleum, mining, and fossil fuels) and describes how they can better be disposed of including burning, recycling/renewing, and interim storage. He also describes a case study of Hoffman-Taff in Verona, Missouri.

  • Dr. Robert Jay Lifton discusses the psychological impact of the nuclear arms race

    1980

    Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, psychiatrist and psycho-historian, discusses the acceptance and embrace of nuclear disaster, doctors' opposition to nuclear weapons, difference in Americans' and Europeans' opposition to nuclear weapons, psychological impact of nuclear bombings in Japan, and the mental disconnect experienced by those who build atomic weapons who then see the bombs' effects.

  • Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich discusses his book "The Population Bomb"

    1969

    At the conclusion of this interview, Dr. Paul Ehrlich predicts that 5 to 6,000 people will have died of starvation. "The Population Bomb," covers why women should stop having children and why the government should pass out $500 every year to women who don't have kids.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • 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. 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.

  • 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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