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  • Victor Banerjee

    Victor Banerjee discusses the film "Passage to India"

    Apr. 23, 1985

    In addition to talking about the film "Passage to India," Victor Banerjee, also talks about Gandhi and India's class system. Included in this interview are excerpts of Satyajit Ray and Shanta Gandi.

  • Peace Pilgrim

    Peace Pilgrim talks with Studs Terkel about her prilgrimage as a peace activist

    Jul. 12, 1976

    Peace Pilgrim talks about her pilgrimage journey as a peace activist. Starting on January 1, 1953, in Pasadena, California, she adopted the name "Peace Pilgrim" and walked across the United States for 28 years.

  • Lanza Del Vasto

    Lanza Del Vasto discusses his book "Return to the Source"

    1970

    Philosopher and nonviolent activist Lanza Del Vasto discusses his work as a nonviolent activist and his book "Return to the Source." Terkel refers to del Vasto as "Shantidas" occasionally during the interview.

  • Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau discusses birth control ; part 2

    Feb. 12, 1965

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, president of the International Planned Parenthood Association, discusses the significance of birth control availability, the link between birth control and population, and India's take on birth control.

  • Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau discusses birth control ; part 1

    Feb. 12, 1965

    Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, president of the International Planned Parenthood Association, discusses the significance of birth control availability, the link between birth control and population, and India's take on birth control.

  • John Cage

    John Cage discusses his music, life, influences, and career

    Aug. 13, 1992

    John Cage discusses his music, life, influences, and career. Rebroadcast of an interview with John Cage to celebrate his life and what would have been soon his 80th birthday. Includes a clip of John Cage reading/ telling a story in 1969 to Studs Terkel.

  • Jennifer Davis, Bill Sutherland and Zola Zembe discuss South Africa and apartheid

    Feb. 27, 1979

    Jennifer Davis, Bill Sutherland, and Zola Zembe discuss the South Africa and their experiences with apartheid. Jennifer Davis grew up in the white middle class society of Johannesburg, whereas Zola Zembe, a native black man who lives in Capetown. They, along with Bill Sutherland, an American who works as a Representative for the American Friends Service Committee, talk about the changes that need to made and how American people and companies can help. An earlier interview of Carl Douglas Fuchs is also played.

  • Allison Davis

    Allison Davis anthropologist, writer and educator, discusses his book "Leadership, Love and Aggression"

    Sep. 26, 1983

    Discussing the book "Leadership, love and aggression. As the twig is bent: the psychological factors in the making of four black leaders - Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Richard Wright and Martin Luther King Jr." with the anthropologist-author Allison Davis.

  • A. J. Muste

    A. J. Muste talks with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 15, 1965

    Peace advocate and labor activist, A. J. Muste, discusses war and how human conflict can be overcome; recorded at the home of Sidney Lens shortly after Muste's 80th birthday.

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