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  • Stan Steiner

    Stan Steiner talks with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    1967

    Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.

  • Stan Steiner

    Stan Steiner talks with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    1967

    Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.

  • Stan Steiner discusses his book, "La Raza: the Mexican Americans," with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    Several aspects regarding the plight and history of indigenous people in what's now known as the United States of America are discussed.

  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 4

    1965

    Discussing prejudice in communities with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. They discuss discrimination, racism, integration, and other similiar topics.

  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 3

    1965

    Discussing prejudice in communities with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. They discuss stereotypes, racism, and race relations.

  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 2.

    1965

    Discussing prejudice in communities with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. They discuss prejudice towards the races, religions, and ethnicities of people.

  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 1

    1965

    Discussing the community and prejudice with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. Includes an interview with a boy named Tony discussing relations with African American people.

  • Rev. George Morey and Jim Osborne continue their discussion with Studs Terkel about the War on Poverty; part 2

    Jul. 29, 1966

    Interview with Rev. Georg Morey and Jim Lee Osborne. They discuss Jim's work and involvement with the War on Poverty and the reason the Chicago Commission fired him after the War on Poverty conference in Washington, DC.

  • Rev. George Morey and Jim Lee Osborne discuss life in the Appalachas compared to life in Chicago; part 1

    Jul. 29, 1966

    Interview with Rev. George Morey and Jim Lee Osborne. They discuss southern country living and compare it to urban life and stereotypes. Studs reads a short excerpt from an article written by Mike Royko, columnist from the Chicago Tribune, who also interviewed Jim Lee Osborne. Also includes a short excerpt from an interview with Billy Jo Gatewood, another Appalachian transplant to Chicago.

  • June Terpstra and two women, Ann and Donna, discuss battered women

    Oct. 28, 1983

    Discussing battered women with the director of the Evanston Shelter for Battered Women, June Terpstra. Two women, Ann and Donna, talk about their experiences of abuse with their husbands.

  • Joseph Collins discusses the book "Food First"

    Oct. 28, 1977

    Dr. Joseph Collins co-authored the book, "Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity". Among the topics in the book include world hunger, famine, food policies and politics. Collins asks the readers to think about being ok with eating food grown in another country when the workers of that country are so poor, they themselves are starving for food.

  • Interviewing St. Clair Drake, author of "Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City."

    May. 10, 1976

    A discussion with sociologist and anthropologist St. Clair Drake at the time of his receiving an honorary award from Roosevelt University on the themes of his convocation address. A fascinating deep-dive into race relations from the Revolution to the Bicentennial, touching on the contradictions, crises, and struggles that led to Black institutions and liberation. Studs plays several excerpts from previous programs with St.

  • Elizabeth Janeway

    Elizabeth Janeway discusses her book "Man's World, Woman's Place"

    1970

    Elizabeth Janeway discusses her book "Man's World, Woman's Place" and the gender role women are taught since birth; reads passage from book; includes interview at 16:01 with a woman speaking against the Women's Movement during an outdoor protest.

  • Discussing the book "We Gave Away A Fortune: Stories of People Who Have Devoted Themselves and Their Wealth to Peace, Justice, and the Environment" with Christopher Mogil and Anne Slepian along with Grace Ross, Charles Gray

    Nov. 24, 1992
  • Discussing El Salvador with Sister Betty Campbell and Father Peter Hind

    Sep. 3, 1981
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