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Donna Blue Lachman reads from and discusses her play "The Language of Birds"
Oct. 20, 1993 Being enamored with Rosa Luxemburg's life resulted in Donna Blue Lachman's play, "The Language of Birds: Rosa Luxemburg and Me." The play is of Luxemburg reading letters or of her talking to birds. At one point, Lachman wanted to quit writing the play, noting it was too difficult to finish. Remembering the strong and courageous revolutionary Luxemburg was made her complete the play.
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Millard and Ramona Lampell discuss their book "O, Appalachia"
Oct. 23, 1989 According to Ramona Lampell, Appalachia is often associated with hillbilles and poor people. The Lampells wanted to change that stereotype with their book, "O, Appalachia: Artists of the Southern Mountains". By showing off the work of 20 artists', the Lampells hope the people of Appalachia feel good about themselves and where they come from.
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Carole Langer discusses her documentary film "Radium City"
Feb. 4, 1988 Truth be told, Carol Langer was doing research for another film when she stumbled upon the silent enemy in Ottawa, IL, and then as a result, she made the film "Radium City". Back in the 1920's, young women had jobs to paint clock dials with radium-dipped brushes. The interview includes personal narratives and accounts from the film.
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Stephen Langfur discusses his book "Confession from a Jericho Jail"
Jun. 17, 1992 The Israeli Army is the backbone of Israel and refusing to serve is something worse than taboo, according to Stephen Langfur's "Confessions from a Jericho Jail: What Happened When I Refused to Fight the Palestinians". While sentenced to jail for 21 days, he witnessed guards deprive prisoners of water, and he questioned what had made these Israeli guards become so inhumane.
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Discussing the documentary film "Shoah," with the director Claude Lanzmann
Jan. 9, 1986 In making this film, Lanzmann interviewed death-camp survivors and Nazi functionaries.
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Lewis H. Lapham in conversation with Studs Terkel
Feb. 22, 1988 Discussing the book "Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on Our Civil Religion" (published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson) with author and editor and chief of Harper's magazine Lewis Lapham.
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Frances Moore Lappe in conversation with Studs Terkel
Oct. 13, 1986 Discussing the book "World Hunger: Twelve Myths" (published by Grove Press) with author and world hunger policy analyst Frances Moore Lappe.
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Basil Davidson discusses Africa and his book "Lost Cities of Africa," part 2
British historian and writer Basil Davidson discusses Africa and his book "Lost Cities of Africa," part 2. This recording also includes a discussion with Anne Graham Bell and Tony Mott about London's youth (recorded while Studs was in England) beginning at 00:20:14. Mott and Bell portion of the interview cuts off abruptly at the end.