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  • 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 and Bob and Joan Ericksen

    Studs Terkel, Dr. Bertram Carnow, and Joan and Bob Ericksen discuss health hazards in work environments

    Jun. 5, 1974

    Discussing health hazards in work environments and environmental pollution. 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.

  • Discussing women's changing roles in society and related mental health problems and solutions with physician Anne Sidon, psychiatrist Susan Fisher, and attorney Sandra Nye

    Nov. 6, 1985

    Interview with Dr. Anne Sidon, Susan Fisher and Sandra Nye

  • Discussing the book "The Serpent on the Staff: The Unhealthy Politics of the American Medical Association" with the authors, journalists Howard Wolinsky and Tom Brune

    Sep. 8, 1994
  • Discussing Oxfam's work in Nicaragua with Joseph Short, M.D.

    Mar. 7, 1984

    Oxfam partners with local organizations and provides funding and technical expertise to help find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering, and social and economic injustice.

  • Discussing the Beyond Beef campaign with executive director and family farmer Howard Lyman

    Apr. 1, 1993

    The Beyond Beef campaign opposes the "cattle culture" of over-production and over-consumption of beef and advocates a fifty percent cut in beef consumption.

  • Discussing mad cow disease with the Director of the Humane Society of the United States, Howard Lyman

    Apr. 11, 1996
  • Dr. Tessa Fischer, Dr. Mark Bonnell & Dr. David Moore

    Studs Terkel interviews three Cook County Hospital doctors about their 1975 strike

    Nov. 12, 1975

    Studs interviews three Cook County Hospital doctors: Dr. Tessa Fischer Dr. Mark Bonnell Dr. David Moore Main topic of conversation is the 18-day residents and interns strike at Cook County Hospital, Chicago, October-November 1975. At the time it was the longest doctors’ strike in U.S. history. Topics include: Patient care, benefits and wages, and working conditions. The distinction is made between a "strike" and what the doctors call a "job action".

  • Laurie Abraham

    Interview with Laurie Abraham

    Oct. 1, 1993

    Interviewing author Laurie Abraham.

  • 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.

  • Discussing medical ethics with physician Dr. Quentin Young and theologian and medical school professor Dr. Kenneth Vaux

    Apr. 16, 1987
  • Jerry Dinson and Michael Sternberg discuss Thresholds, a social service organization

    May. 14, 1975

    Discussing the work of Thresholds, a Chicago social service organization, and interviewing Jerry Dinson and Michael Sternberg. They discuss what Thresholds provides and how it helps people with their confidence and mental health. Includes a song called "Young Paul".

  • Discussing the book "The managed heart: the commercialization of human feeling" with the author Arlie Russell Hochschild

    Oct. 14, 1983

    Discussing the book "The managed heart: the commercialization of human feeling" with the author Arlie Russell Hochschild.

  • Discussing the book "Healing the Wounds: A Physician Looks At His Work" with the author Dr. David Hilfiker

    Oct. 3, 1985
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