European correspondent and journalist Daniel Singer discusses the independently published magazine “The Nation” and French politics and government. Singer focuses his discussion on the 1995 strikes in France and the political and economic events leading up to and influencing these strikes. Studs plays the French national anthem “La Marseillaise.”

Eqbal Ahmad and Muhammad Yunus discuss the current state of East and West Pakistan with Studs Terkel. Topics of discussion include current food shortages, United States intervention in South and Southeast Asia, military rule in Pakistan, cultural differences between East and West Pakistan, and the human toll resulting from the military government, disease, and natural disasters. Includes an excerpt of a recording of Shanta Gandhi telling a story about an audience member’s response at the end of a play she performed during the Bengal Famine.(Wav ID: 1863201-3-1, 3-2, 3-3)

After writing the book “Flying High” about her experiences as an airline stewardess, Elizabeth Rich moved on to research the trend of skyjacking in her second book “Flying Scared: Why We Are Being Skyjacked and How to Put a Stop to It.” Rich is one of the first people to conduct a study on these crimes, and criticizes both the US government and Federal Aviation Administration for essentially ignoring repeated skyjacking.

Yehiel De-Nur spent two years as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.  He wrote several books about his experiences there, using his identity number Ka-Tsetnik 135633. His wife Nina served in the British army as a young woman and later helped in the translation and publication of De-Nur's works.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

Yehiel De-Nur spent two years as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.  He wrote several books about his experiences there, using his identity number Ka-Tsetnik 135633. His wife Nina served in the British army as a young woman and later helped in the translation and publication of De-Nur's works.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Edward W. Said talks about the importance of language in shifting perceptions of Middle Eastern people, refutes some opinions about Palestine, identities, and overlapping Eastern and Western cultures.

Discussing the book "Covering Islam" with the author Edward Said.

Bishop C. Edward Crowther discusses racism and oppression in South Africa. His commentary also touches on economic issues, labor policy, and violence as a way of communication.

As the assistant bishop in California, Edward Crowther believed his job was to help the poor and to help all the people who were not a part of the church. Crowther explained many people left the church and he wanted to bring them back. Crowther wants people to think about the important role that theology plays in their lives.

Dr. Samuel Borushek explores the origins of the Tango and what led to its widespread prevalence and adaptation.

Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, psychiatrist and psycho-historian, discusses the acceptance and embrace of nuclear disaster, doctors' opposition to nuclear weapons, difference in Americans' and Europeans' opposition to nuclear weapons, psychological impact of nuclear bombings in Japan, and the mental disconnect experienced by those who build atomic weapons who then see the bombs' effects.

Nuclear physicist, Dr. Leo Seren, discusses atomic fission and nuclear experiments.

Dr. Erich Fromm explains how he believes the Cold War was a moment of change for humanity where it would either bring about a "renaissance of humanism or immense bloodshed and barbarism for decades to come." Using his study into humanism, Dr. Fromm warns about how the love of death can overtake the love of life as nationalism and group narcissism takes hold in different countries. He goes on to explain that humanity has to decide that they have a right to demand independence and freedom.