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Discussing the book, "Freedom and beyond," and interviewing the author John Holt (includes an excerpt of A. S. Neill 1962-12).
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).
Condit wrote the book The Chicago School of Architecture: A History of Commercial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875-1925, and English edited The Testament of Stone: Themes of Idealism and Indignation from the Writings of Louis Sullivan.
Interviewing Dr. George Wald, Professor of Biology at Harvard University, who often spoke on the social aspects of science, human ecology, and the environment.
Dorothy Hajek and Sylvia McDonnel discuss Studs Terkel's life. Includes Studs talking about his life, early career, and opinions on American society. Cuts off at 31:38 to 31:50.
Studs Terkel interviews Debbie Zack and Denise Hennessey about their careers as nurses and why they decided to go into home nursing services.
According to Barry Commoner's book, "Making Peace with the Planet," we, as the human species, are in and are witnessing a war between the ecosphere and the technosphere. Commoner explains that today's cars emit a lot of smog into the big cities. Trucks move consumer goods from place to place, using four times more fuel than trains. Everyone should ask themselves what is their interest in the quality of the environment and that of nature.