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  • Discussing the book "Our War: What We Did in Vietnam And What It Did to Us" with the author, journalist David Harris

    Oct. 1, 1996
  • Discussing the book "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation" with the author Harvey Wasserman and with Melony Moore, Coordinator of Citizens Against Nuclear Power Illinois

    Apr. 20, 1983
  • Discussing the book "Generation at the Crossroads: Apathy and Action on the American Campus" with Paul Loeb

    Nov. 22, 1994
  • Discussing the book "Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s" with the author Kurt Vonnegut

    Jun. 14, 1991
  • Discussing the book "Democracy in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago" with Jim Miller

    Jun. 22, 1987

    Discussing the book "The Rolling Stone: illustrated history of rock and roll" with editor Jim Miller.

  • Abbie Hoffman

    Discussing the antinuclear movement with Dr. Carl Johnson, Abbie Hoffman; and the author of "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation" Harvey Wasserman

    Nov. 18, 1983
  • Discussing the antinuclear arms movement with Texas Bishop Leroy Matthiesen

    Jan. 27, 1983
  • Discussing the "Symphony for Survival" concert to benefit organizations dedicated to reversing the nuclear arms race with three Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians; oboist Ray Still, horn player Dale Clevenger and trumpeter Adolph "Bud" Herseth

    Nov. 15, 1982

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing South Africa with exiled South African Anglican priest and African National Congress activist Rev. Michael Lapsley

    Nov. 1, 1991
  • Discussing reductions in U.S. military spending with authors and activists Admiral Eugene Carroll (U.S. retired) and Lawrence Korb

    Jul. 28, 1995
  • Discussing peace in Northern Ireland with Betty Williams, co-founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement and winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize

    Feb. 23, 1979
  • Discussing grassroots organizing with folk singer and activist Si Kahn and Rev. James Williams

    Mar. 12, 1992
  • Discussing a trip to the Soviet Union with Sharon Tennison and Barbara Rinnan of The Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI)

    Feb. 1, 1985

    CCI maintains citizen-to-citizen networks between the US and the USSR in an attempt to empower ordinary citizens to take responsibility.

  • Debbie Sweet discusses what happened when she met President Nixon

    Dec. 22, 1970

    On December 3, 1970, Debbie Sweet won the Young Americans Service Award. She talks about what happened when she met President Nixon to receive her award. Upon shaking his hand, Sweet told President Nixon that she didn't believe in his sincerity in giving out the awards until he got us (America) out of Vietnam. Her encounter with President Nixon made headlines around the world.

  • Daniel Ellsberg Discusses the publication of "The Pentagon Papers" ; part 1

    1980

    Daniel Ellsberg, political activist and former military analyst, discuses his release of the Pentagon Papers and his thoughts on how the Vietnam War played out. He also discusses what he believes the next war could look like and how America, and the world, would be affected by nuclear war.

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