The English journalist and social critic discusses her life and her work as a muckraker. Her book, Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking, collects some of her most well-known essays and can also serve as a manual for investigative journalists.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing "El Bario in Chicago" and interviewing members of LADO (the Latin American Defense Organization).

Discussing the National Federation of the Blind with Steven Bensen, Debbie Kent Stein, and William Heyford.

Terkel interviews folk singer Patrick Sky on his latest project. A 19 minute film entitled "Down the Road" Sky directs and stars in the film about pollution. He describes how he acquired the help of local children to shoot the film and how he got permission from the city to shoot on location.

Interviewing Abbie Hoffman, Bobby Seale, and Dave Dellinger of the Chicago 8.

Interviewing Mary Hollis and Sandra Maxwell, members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).