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  • Discussing the book, Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, with the author, nature writer David Quammen

    Aug. 19, 1985
  • St. Clair Drake and Paul Mundy discuss prejudice ; part 4

    1965

    Discussing prejudice in communities with Dr. St. Clair Drake and Dr. Paul Mundy. They discuss discrimination, racism, integration, and other similiar topics.

  • Discussing the book "Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague" with Richard Rhodes

    Mar. 26, 1997
  • Discussing and reading poetry from the books "The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New, 1950-1984" and "Sources" with Adrienne Rich

    Jul. 17, 1985
  • Tommy Titmus and residents of West Ham Old People's home discuss the British Depression

    Sep. 30, 1970

    Police officer Tommy Titmus recalls what it was like when people marched and protested at Clerkenwell Green. Titmus said the people marching resembled a rejected lot. Their marching had a purpose, explained Titmus, to demonstrate their plight to the queen. Residents of West Ham Old People's Home all agreed when people speak of the "Good Old Days," that there is no such thing. Jim Field, 79, Ted Blurton, 77, Mrs. MacClaine, 82, and Mrs. Mansfield, 69, said there were no jobs and there was no food. Mr. Field had to sell his pet canary to obtain money to get food.

  • Interview with Ulla and Thomas Cremer and Karl Selander

    Nov. 16, 1973

    Interviewing Ulla, a Finnish girl living in Stockholm; Karl Selander; and Thomas Cremer, an ombudsman for Swedish Laplanders, while Studs was in Sweden.

  • Quentin Crisp

    Interview with Quentin Crisp

    Nov. 15, 1983

    Discussing the show "An evening with Quentin Crisp" with Quentin Crisp.

  • Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy

    Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn discuss acting

    May. 13, 1975

    In addition to talking about Noel Coward's plays, both Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn talk about the difficulties in acting. Getting rid of her accent is one of Tandy's hurdles. Cronyn revealed being able to give the same performance night after night and get the same reaction from audiences was his difficulty.

  • Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy

    Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy discuss the play "Gin Game"

    Jun. 1, 1979

    Topics of old age, the elderly and retirement homes are all found in the play, "Gin Game, " starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. The play, says Cronyn, shows the struggle people have with their own characteristics and their inability to change. This program also includes a couple of excerpts of interviews with Eliot Wiggington.

  • Interview with Basil Davidson ; part 2

    1968

    Discussing the book "Lost Cities of Africa" with author Basil Davidson while Studs was in London.

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