Interviewing members of the Geese Theatre Company; Mike Bail, Jill Reiner, Tom Swift, and Artistic Director John Bergman. The Geese Theatre Company specializes in drama therapy in prisons, for correctional staff, and for sexual and violent offenders.
Discussing the book "Citizen Hughes" (published by Holt, Reinhart, & Winston) with the author Michael Drosnin.
Studs Terkel montage
Past radio transcripts of former President Ronald Reagan were being hidden or suppressed. Ronnie Dugger worked tirelessly at getting the transcripts so that people would learn the truth about Reagan. In Dugger’s book, “On Reagan: The Man & His Presidency,” Dugger points out that President Reagan was against the ERA. He didn’t believe in anti-trust, and he opposed every civil rights act every placed in front of him. Dugger said Reagan’s genius was that he’d get elected without people knowing of his records.
Discussing the Black Sash movement and the struggle for democratic rule in South Africa with Black Sash President and political activist Sheena Duncan.
Terkel presents musical performance by Martin Hayes
Interviewing Chicago educator Andres Hernandez, students Sarah Mellman and Danny Leonard, and teacher and parent Larry Shapiro. A first-year teacher at Oak Park-River Forest High School, Hernandez's contract was not renewed by the school district.