Discussing health hazards in work environments and environmental pollution. Interviewing Dr. Bertram Carnow and Bob and Joan Ericksen.

Interviewing Dr. Bertram Carnow about environmental health, air pollution, and occupational diseases.

Interviewing George Wald, biologist and philosopher, on the hazards of pollution, the environment, and peace. Wald talks about his speech at MIT "A Generation in Search of a Future".

Stuart Chase, John Hawkinson, and Nancy Campbell Hayes discuss the "Save the Trees Program". They discuss saving the trees in Hyde Park. Includes Studs Terkel reading Mike Royko's poem.

David Attenborough, Jacques Cousteau, Jane Goodall, Barry Lopez are just a handful of the great communicators about the environment who appeared on Studs Terkel's show and articulated visions for a more delicate balance between human society and the planet as a whole.

Dorothy Andrers, Berlene Bernette, and Fay Williams talk about the rapid and repetitive work they do inspecting Hanes tee shirts. Without a union to protect them, the women said they are treated like animals. They all suffer from tendonitis but the company refuses to acknowledge that their suffering is from work on the job.

Interviewing Dr. George Wald, Professor of Biology at Harvard University, who often spoke on the social aspects of science, human ecology, and the environment.

Studs Terkel interviews Sweden Prime Minister Olaf Palme at the House of Parliament. They discuss socialist political viewpoints and touch on a large variety of subjects. Major topics include work environment, working women, issues of ordinary people, industrialism, the post-industrial society, technology, and communities. Studs gives a short post script to inform listeners about the arrest of five journalists in Sweden, who were charged with exposing information about a secret police called the Information Branch. It was said that they jeopardized Sweden's security.

Francis S. Chase discusses education, art, and science. Chase also discusses creativity, human behavior, and technology among other topics.

Oil, natural gas, water, and pollution are main topics covered in James Ridgeway's book, "The Politics of Ecology." According to Ridgeway, conservationists are not interested in saving the land but rather they are interested in profits. What's best for the environment is not necessarily their biggest concern, explained Ridgeway.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations