Susan Nussbaum, founder of Access Living and Michael Pachovas founder of Disabled Prisoners Program discuss the upcoming Disabled Americans Freedom Rally in the backdrop of the International Year of the Disabled Persons and President Reagan's budget cuts. Society needs to understand that expenditures are required to secure the rights of disabled people to live active, productive lives. They need to be able to get out of their apartment buildings or homes, travel on sidewalks and ride buses. That may require access ramps, working elevators, cut curbs, and hydraulic buses to lower steps.

In order to write her book, "Nobody Ever Died of Old Age", Sharon R. Curtin went undercover and pretended to be interested in nursing homes in order to visit the facilities. Curtin's book also offers praise for older people and outrage for their loneliness.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Author, feminist, and women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem discusses and reads from her book “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem.” The book focuses on the connection between internal and external change necessary for a revolutionary mindset. Steinem discusses several figures of inspiration during the writing of this book such as Steve Biko, Frederick Douglass, and Wilma Mankiller. This program includes an excerpt of a 1982 interview with Steinem discussing the 10th anniversary of "Ms." magazine.

Lily Tomlin and her colleagues, George Boyd, Cheryl Swanek, Louis St. Louis and Larry Freeman talk about their working together. St. Louis says working with Lily is similar to being on an eternal vacation. Freeman says Lily will tell you if there's a problem with the production. Four of Tomlin's comic pieces are included in the interview.

Elizabeth Janeway discusses the women’s movement and her book, “Between Myth and Morning: Women Awakening.” Topics include dominance and equality, women’s history, the power balance between men and women, and relationships and autonomy. Includes a recorded reading of William Butler Yeat’s Crazy Jane poem, “The Solid Man and the Cockscomb” and an excerpt from a previously recorded interview with Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers.

The chair of General Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago, Dr. Christine K. Cassel, discusses gerontology and the problems the field currently faces, such as patient access to, and knowledge of, healthcare. Dr. Cassel is a strong advocate for giving agency back to the patient, primarily by allowing the patient to become knowledgeable of their own health in order to promote successful aging and self-sufficiency when confronted with health concerns. Studs plays “Hello In There” - John Prine (1971).