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  • Stuart Chase, John Hawkinson, and Nancy Campbell Hayes discuss environment conservation and Hyde Park

    Oct. 1, 1965

    Stuart Chase, John Hawkinson, and Nancy Campbell Hayes discuss the "Save the Trees Program". They discuss saving the trees in Hyde Park. Includes Studs Terkel reading Mike Royko's poem.

  • Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis discusses nuclear energy and the politics and dangers surrounding it

    1970

    Richard Lewis discusses nuclear energy, the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, pollution, and his book "Nuclear Power Rebellion".

  • Ralph Nader

    Ralph Nader discusses his book "Unsafe at Any Speed"

    1968
  • Ralph Nader

    Ralph Nader discusses corporate violence and power

    Jun. 23, 1968

    Discussing corporate violence and power with lawyer Ralph Nader.

  • Paul Theroux

    Paul Theroux discusses his book "Mosquito Coast"

    Feb. 23, 1982

    Discussing the book "Mosquito coast" with the author novelist Paul Theroux.

  • Noted Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl discusses his most recent book

    Oct. 9, 1981

    Noted Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl discusses his most recent book "The Tigris Expedition: In Search of Our Beginnings" in which Heyerdahl and a crew of 10 men built a reed boat in Iraq and sailed it through the Persian Gulf, around the Horn of Africa, to Pakistan and eventually the Red Sea. Their goal was to prove that the ancient peoples of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley could have been in contact through marine trade and migration.

  • Jeanne Stellman discusses her book "Work Is Dangerous to Your Health: A Handbook of Health Hazards in the Workplace and What You Can Do About Them"

    Feb. 11, 1974

    Jeanne Stellman discusses her book, "Work Is Dangerous to Your Health: A Handbook of Health Hazards in the Workplace and What You Can Do About Them," and workplace safety issues in a variety of industries. Topics of discussion include the importance of prioritizing health in the workplace and consulting workers on workplace safety issues, and industry responses to occupational hazards.

  • Jacques Cousteau

    Jacques Cousteau discusses his book "The Cousteau Almanac: An Inventory of Life on Our Water Planet"

    Sep. 16, 1981

    Captain Cousteau talks about his book and the environmental movement in the United States and elsewhere.

  • Interviewing George Wald, biologist and philosopher, on the hazards of pollution, the environment, and peace

    1970

    Interviewing George Wald, biologist and philosopher, on the hazards of pollution, the environment, and peace. Wald talks about his speech at MIT "A Generation in Search of a Future".

  • Dr. George Wald discusses the have and the have nots of society

    Oct. 12, 1974

    Interviewing Dr. George Wald, Professor of Biology at Harvard University, who often spoke on the social aspects of science, human ecology, and the environment.

  • 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

    Dr. Bertram Carnow discusses the environment and pollution

    Aug. 24, 1973

    Interviewing Dr. Bertram Carnow about environmental health, air pollution, and occupational diseases.

  • 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.

  • Discussing the opposition to nuclear power and the Clamshell Alliance with Sam Lovejoy

    Dec. 5, 1977

    Sam Lovejoy discusses the opposition to nuclear power, the Clamshell Alliance, politics, environmental concerns, and anti-nuclear sentiments and movements.

  • Discussing the children's anti-pollution film "Down the road" and interviewing the author Allan Kitchell, Jr.

    1960
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