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  • Interviewing labor and women's rights activist, and educator June Rostan

    Jul. 1, 1992

    Program includes an excerpt of a 1978 interview with songwriter and labor rights activist Florence Reece.

  • Interviewing Jane Stern

    Dec. 18, 1975

    Jane Stern discusses her book, Trucker: A Portrait of the Last American Cowboy, and the life, culture, and myths of truck drivers. The program includes an excerpt from an interview with a truck driver named Paul Deitch.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing former "Porgy & Bess" cast members William Warfield and Etta Moten Barnett along with choral conductor Dr. Eva Jessye

    Jun. 11, 1985
  • Interviewing Emily Hahn

    Jul. 15, 1963
  • Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis

    Dec. 8, 1997

    Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis.

  • Eugene Smith

    Interviewing Aileen and W. Eugene Smith

    May. 22, 1975

    Aileen and Eugene Smith discuss their photographic essay book, "'Minamata', Words and Photographs," documenting the mercury poisoning of residents and their legal battles with the polluting company Chisso.

  • Interviewing Cris Williamson and Tret Fure

    May. 7, 1993
  • Margaret Atwood

    Interview with Margaret Atwood

    Feb. 28, 1989

    Discussing the book "Cat's Eye," (published by Bantam Books) with the author Margaret Atwood.

  • Joan Baez

    Interview with Joan Baez

    Jun. 13, 1986

    Interviewing folksinger Joan Baez.

  • Joan Baez

    Interview with Joan Baez

    Nov. 9, 1989

    Interviewing folksinger Joan Baez.

  • Interview with Jill Conway

    Mar. 7, 1984

    Discussing women in American society, politics, economics, social ethics and the educational system with the President of Smith College, Jill Conway.

  • Interview with Jean Bach

    Oct. 10, 1994

    Interviewing producer, director and screenwriter Jean Bach about her Oscar-nominated documentary "A Great Day in Harlem".

  • Interview with Father John O'Brien

    1969

    Father John O'Brien discusses Humanae Vitae. Includes an interview of a nameless Catholic mother.

  • Interview with Diana Russell

    Mar. 28, 1977
  • Interview with Dagmar Wilson

    1967

    Terkel interviews activist and children's author Dagmar Wilson. She discusses how she goes from a children's author to an activist for anti-nuclear testing.

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