Author, grassroots organizer, and activist Linda Stout discusses her book “Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing.” Growing up in a low-income family, Stout discusses poverty as “the lack of knowing about options” and how this served as the driving force in her activism. Studs plays “Bread and Roses” - Judy Collins (1976).*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

After listening to some field recordings of staff and customers at a downtown Chicago toy store, social worker Olga Kreisberg and toy manufacturer Jack Wright speak with Studs about the proliferation of toys that glorfiy warfare. A clip of an earlier recording of designer Charles Eames is included.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Roger Baldwin one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) discusses his life as an pacifist and activist for civil rights and true freedom for all.

Folk singer Mary Travers - of the group Peter, Paul & Mary - talks about some of the artists that inspired her, like Pete Seeger and The Weavers.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Sister Betty Campbell and Father Peter Hind discuss their missionary trips to Latin America. They talk about their time in Peru, Brazil, and El Salvador and working against difficult governments to help struggling people. They also recall some of violence they witnessed or heard about during the El Salvador Civil War, including the execution of four American missionary women.

Discussing the National Federation of the Blind with Steven Bensen, Debbie Kent Stein, and William Heyford.

Interviewing members of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, John Donahue and Calvin Hill.

Studs Terkel discusses gang life with Allan Evans and Henry Jordan, members of the Vice Lords, an urban street gang based in Chicago. Evans and Jordan were both born and grew up in Chicago.