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  • Carl Sagan

    Discussing the book "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are"

    Oct. 5, 1992

    Discussing the book "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are" about the evolution and the future of the human species. Includes an excerpt of the astronomer Harlow Shapley speaking at the beginning. Includes Carl Sagan reading an excerpt from the book at the end.

  • R. Buckminster Fuller

    R. Buckminster (Richard ) Fuller talks with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 20, 1965

    A sprawling conversation with R. Buckminster Fuller including his great aunt Margaret Fuller, future communication, the nature of work, human nature, and physics.

  • Dr. Bertram Carnow and Bob and Joan Ericksen

    Dr. Bertram Carnow and Bob and Joan Ericksen discuss occupational illnesses and pollution

    Nov. 21, 1974

    Discussing pollution and health hazards at work and in the general environment and 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.

  • Marshall McLuhan

    Marshall McLuhan discusses a wide range of philosophical topics

    Jul. 1, 1966

    Marshall McLuhan discusses a wide range of topics including conformity, changes in entertainment media, cultural change, art and artists, originality in dance, reading and language, human interaction with nature, and technology. Recorded in front of a live audience at Kendall College, McLuhan takes several questions from the audience throughout the program.

  • LeRoy Bannerman

    Interview with LeRoy Bannerman ; part 1

    Nov. 4, 1988

    Interviewing LeRoy Bannerman, a Professor of Radio and Television at Indiana University (part 1 of 2).

  • LeRoy Bannerman

    Interview with LeRoy Bannerman ; part 2

    Nov. 4, 1988

    Interviewing LeRoy Bannerman, a Professor of Radio and Television at Indiana University (part 2 of 2).

  • Philip Stern discusses his book "The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial"

    1970
  • Interviewing journalist, television critic and novelist Ron Powers

    Jun. 12, 1989
  • Studs Terkel discusses, through music, inventions that made the lives of men and women easier

    Jun. 10, 1988

    Songs include "Hello, Frisco" sung by Sam Ash and Elida Morris; "He'd Have to Get Under - Get Out and Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)" sung by Will Halley; "Come Josephine in my Flying Machine" sung by Blanche Ring; "Jay Gould's Daughter" sung by Ed McCurdy; "Mr.

  • Discussing streetcars and railroads with Chicago transportation expert Joseph Zucker

    Jul. 5, 1995
  • Discussing the book "Murrow, His Life and Times" with the author, biographer Ann Sperber

    Mar. 11, 1986
  • Discussing the book "The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon" with the author, historian Michael Sherry

    May. 3, 1988
  • Barbara Garson discusses her book "The Electronic Sweatshop"

    Jun. 16, 1988

    Discussing the book "The Electronic Sweatshop: How Computers are Transforming the Office of the Future into the Factory of the Past" (published by Simon & Schuster) with the author, journalist Barbara Garson.

  • Discussing "The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists," with Mike Moore, David Cartwright and John Mearsheimer

    Jul. 25, 1995
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