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  • Discussing the Soviet military, with Andrew Cockburn

    Jun. 30, 1983

    The British journalist assesses the real military power behind the Iron Curtain in his book, The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Machine. He and Studs attempt to separate the myth from the reality of the late Cold War USSR.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the revolution in Nicaragua with poet Daisy Zamora and sociologist Oscar Vargas

    Sep. 4, 1984
  • Discussing the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Somoza regime, and the United States government's reaction to both with Sister Mary Hartman and Sergio Garcia

    Apr. 1, 1982
  • Discussing the new Socialist government in Greece, traditional Greek culture, and U.S. and Greek diplomatic relations with former actress and Greek Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri and Former First Lady of Greece and peace activist Margarita Papandreou

    Mar. 8, 1984
  • Discussing the Middle East, the American press, and newspaper reporting with Eric Rouleau, Middle East correspondent for the French daily Le Monde

    Nov. 12, 1982
  • Discussing the Middle East with author and activist Reuven Kaminer

    1980
  • Claude Lanzmann

    Discussing the documentary film "Shoah," with the director Claude Lanzmann

    Jan. 9, 1986

    In making this film, Lanzmann interviewed death-camp survivors and Nazi functionaries.

  • Discussing the current political situation in Nicaragua with Dr. Ray Hooker

    Mar. 1, 1985

    Discussing the current political situation in Nicaragua in comparison to the state of politics and society before the overthrow of Samoza's government with Dr. Ray Hooker, a member of the Nicaraguan National Assembly

  • Discussing the Chernobyl disaster with Dr. Christine K. Cassel and Dr. Michael McCally

    Jul. 1, 1986
  • Discussing the books "Shielding the Flame: An Intimate Conversation with Dr. Marek Edelman, the Last Surviving Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising," by Hanna Krall, and "Letters From Prison and Other Essays," by Adam Michnik

    Sep. 16, 1986
  • Discussing the book, "Taken on Trust" with the author Terry Waite

    Oct. 22, 1993

    A hostage negotiator for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Waite was himself taken hostage in Lebanon in 1987 and held for 1,760 days.

  • Discussing the book, "Global Reach: The Power of the Multinational Corporations," and interviewing the author Richard Barnet

    Feb. 7, 1975
  • Discussing the book "What About the Russians - and Nuclear War?" with Roger C. Molander

    1980
  • Discussing the book "Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy and El Salvador" with foreign correspondent and author Raymond Bonner

    Jun. 8, 1984
  • Discussing the book "The New Russians" with the author, journalist Hedrick Smith

    Dec. 13, 1990

    Program includes an excerpt of a May 1990 interview with Russian journalist Vitaly Korotich.

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