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Wood, the first (ca. 1950s) Executive Secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, about her experiences as a social worker in the United States and at international programs funded by the Ford Foundation, and about public housing.
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.
Author Ross Miller discusses his latest work, which centers around Chicago and the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire and its effects on rebuilding the metropolis and the advantages of gaining a new take on architecture and society.
Studs Terkel discusses the energy and environment with Scott Bernstein, Frank Clark, and Amory B. Lovins. They talk about the company, Commonwealth Edison, and how the city has the right to grant or not grant franchises.
Discussing "Silent Spring," by Rachel Carson with environmental activist Lee Botts and botanist Dr. Orie Loucks.
Tribute to architectural photographer Richard Nickel, who passed away in 1972, with architectural historian and restoration expert John Vinci and Bill Newman.
A sprawling conversation with R. Buckminster Fuller including his great aunt Margaret Fuller, future communication, the nature of work, human nature, and physics.
Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Discussing the book "By Design: Why there are no locks on the bathroom doors in the Hotel Louis XIV, and other object lessons" with designer and author Ralph Caplan. Includes an interview with George Nelson.