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  • Presenting a debate on nuclear energy with Nuclear Communications Specialist for Commonwealth Edison Jim Toscas, and author of "Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation"

    Jun. 3, 1983

    Presenting a debate over nuclear energy

  • Peter van der Linde discusses his book “Time Bomb”

    Mar. 1978

    Discussing the book "Time bomb" with the author Peter Van der Linde.

  • Pete Seeger discusses music and the Hudson River ; part 1

    Feb. 10, 1969

    Pete Seeger discuss music and his plan to build a sloop to sail on the Hudson River.

  • Paul Watson discusses his book "Sea Shepherd: My Fight for Whales and Seals"

    Jan. 22, 1982

    In not saving the whales, there are no healthy oceans, and we, as humans, doom ourselves. Paul Watson expands on this in an interview about his book "Sea Shepherd: My Fight for Whales and Seals."*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Panel discusses nuclear warfare and its consequences

    Jun. 19, 1981

    Discussing nuclear armageddon and the medical consequences of nuclear war with panel Herbert Scoville, George Kistiakowsky, Dr. Jack Geiger and Dr. Quentin Young.

  • Orville Schell

    Orville Schell discusses his book "Modern Meat: Antibiotics, Hormones, and the Pharmaceutical Farm"

    May. 22, 1984

    Discussing the book "Modern meat: antibiotics, hormones and the pharmaceutical farm" with the author Orville Schell.

  • Oria and Iain Douglas-Hamilton discussing their book "Among the Elephants"

    Jul. 7, 1975

    Oria and Iain Douglas-Hamilton discuss their lives among the elephants at Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania. They talk about the elephant life-cycle and the elephant social behavior. The two also discuss conservation and preservation of elephants across Africa.

  • Jacques Cousteau

    Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau talks with Studs Terkel

    Aug. 26, 1976

    Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau discusses man's effect on the planet. Includes a clip with whale sounds and statements by Joan McIntyre.

  • Naturalist May Theilgaard Watts and Julie Nadelhoffer discuss "Reading the Landscape of America"

    1969

    Julie Nadelhoffer and Illinois naturalist May Theilgaard Watts discuss the changing landscape of America and the conflict between nature and development.

  • Monte Lloyd and Terry Turner discuss deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

    University of Chicago Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Monte Lloyd, and Professor of Anthropology, Terry Turner, discuss the environmental and human rights impact of the Amazon rainforest deforestation. Studs plays "Whose Garden Was This" - Tom Paxton (1970).

  • Miles Horton and Elliot Wigginton

    Miles Horton and Elliot Wigginton discuss the Foxfire Project

    Jun. 1, 1977

    Discussing the Foxfire books and interviewing Miles Horton and Elliot Wigginton. Wigginton is one of the editors/compilers of several of the books in the series about traditional handicrafts and practical methods used in rural life.

  • Mildred Loomis discusses the green revolution and the back to the land movement ; part 2

    Mar. 6, 1968

    Discussing the green revolution and the "modern homestead" and interviewing Mildred Loomis. Mildred Loomis discusses the back to the land movement.

  • Mildred Loomis discusses the green revolution and the back to the land movement ; part 1

    Mar. 6, 1968

    Discussing the green revolution and the "modern homestead" and interviewing Mildred Loomis. Mildred Loomis discusses the back to the land movement.

  • Michael H. Brown discusses his book "Laying Waste"

    May. 16, 1980

    "Laying Waste: The Poisoning of America by Toxic Chemicals," is Michael H. Brown's study of the Hooker Chemical Company and of toxic waste being dumped into the Love Canal. The toxic chemicals caused some women to suffer miscarriages. Some children were born with deformities, and some people developed cancer.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Louis Font and Ed Fox

    Louis Font and Ed Fox discuss their time in the military and the Vietnam War

    Jun. 11, 1971

    Louis Font and Ed Fox discuss their time in the military, the Vietnam War, military rituals, and West Point military academy. They express their anti-war sentiments and describe atrocities committed in Vietnam.

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