Martin Luther King: The Power of Peaceful Persuasion
Speech and interview about the use of nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement.
Broadcast date: 08/01/1957

Fallout and Disarmament (Linus Pauling and Edward Teller)
Two noted physicists discuss the effects of radiation exposure, the peaceful use of nuclear energy and proposals to ban nuclear testing.
Broadcast date: 03/23/1958

Homosexual in Our Society: A Panel Discussion
Elsa Knight Thompson, Blanche Baker, Harold Call and Leak Sailey discuss the problems of living as a homosexual.
Broadcast date: 05/02/1958

Brecht Before HUAC
Actuality of Bertolt Brecht's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Adopted by Daniel Benzali.
Broadcast date: 10/2000

Howl / by Allen Ginsberg ; produced by Lili Francklyn.
Ginsberg reads his controverial poem. A panel discussion recorded in 1957 follows with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lew Hill, and others discussing the obsenity charges.
Broadcast date: 1957

PAUL ROBESON: WORLD CITIZEN
Robeson discusses his life, his views of socialism, and the problems facing emerging African nations.
Broadcast date: 02/08/1958

DEFINING BLACK POWER (3-CD set)
The classic African-American studies standard from Pacifica Radio Archives, used in classrooms around the world.

Panel on Howl / moderated by Lewis Hill.
Lewis Hill, Pacifica's first president, moderates a panel discussing the issues surrounding the obsenity trial precipitated by Allen Ginsberg's controversial poem, "Howl", one of the classics of the early beat genera
Broadcast date: 06/12/1957

Rosa Parks: Commentary of a Black Souther Busrider
This historic audio recording now greets visitors to The Rosa Parks Bus at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Kenneth Rexroth on censorship.
Speech on the threat to a free society posed by censorship of books.
Broadcast date: 03/28/1957

BLACKS IN HOLLYWOOD (4-CD set)
CD 1: Lena, Dorothy, and Ruby. Lena Horne interviewed at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, April 1966; Dorothy Dandridge at a Freedom Rally, Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, May 1963; Ruby Dee excerpts from The Black Revolution and the White Backlash, 1964. CD 2: Paul Robeson: World Citizen. Noted actor and political activist Paul Robeson relates his personal history and views in the interview with Elsa Knight Thompson and Harold Winkler. He discusses his role as one of the early activists of the Civil Rights Movement. CDs 3 and 4: The Lives of Black Entertainers: Stepin Fetchit, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson. Black history in the Great Depression and World War II, and the U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation decision of 1954. Producer: Pacifica Radio Archives

WOMEN OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (6-CD set)
This new compilation includes archival material that highlights events, speakers, activists, and interviews from Pacifica Radio Archives’ broadcast history: CD 1: Rosa Parks, 1956; Dorothy Dandridge, 1963; Lorraine Hansberry, 1961 CD 2: Florence Kennedy, 1968; Alice Walker, 1978 CD 3: Angela Davis, 1968 CD 4: Lena Horne recorded in 1966 at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco CD 5: Collected speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer CD 6: bell hooks, 1992; June Jordan, 1991; Gwendolyn Brooks, 1964 Producer: Pacifica Radio Archives

Childhood basis of creativity / Margaret Mead
Anthropologist talks on the roots of creativity.
Broadcast date: 04/01/1958

Bertrand Russell on nuclear disarmament.
Talk on the need for world disarmament. Recorded in Manchester, England, 1 May 1959
Broadcast date: 05/01/1959

Living in an Atomic Age / Bertrand Russell , 1953
Six lecutures which examine the human condition in the 1953.

Introduction to Way Beyond the West
A talk by Alan Watts on the scope of the program about the influx of Eastern philosophy into the American consciousness.
Broadcast date: 11/06/1959

KPFA's 8th Birthday: Part 2 of the Brash Experiment
A talk by Lew Hill on the progress of listener supported radio.
Broadcast date: 11/04/1962

Lewis Hill Tape: Part 5
Talk on the development of KPFA and Pacifica Radio.
Broadcast date: 02/02/1956

Alan Watts: Consciousness and Concentration
Talk by Alan Watts on the impact of Eastern Philosophy on Western culture. Includes comments on Pacifica Foundation founder Lewis Hill's suicide.
Broadcast date: 08/11/1959

A Tribute to Henry Miller
Miller discusses his writing, his contributions to the world of literature and art, and his battle against censorship.
Broadcast date: 12/06/1956

World Peace and Revolt in Africa with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois
This discussion with DuBois centers on world peace and revolt in Africa and the problem of minorities in the US.
Broadcast date: 02/20/1955

Bing Crosby Christmas Show, 1946
Recording from the NBC radio musical-comedy series.
Broadcast date: 12/25/1955

Command Performance with Bob Hope and Red Skelton
A Christmas comedy-variety show with Bob Hope and Red Skelton.

FDR Speaks
Recordings of some of President Franklin Roosevelt's most important Congressional addresses and Fireside Chats- radio messages from the President to all of the United States.

Jack Benny Christmas Show 1954
Jack Benny Christmas Show

Richard Wilbur
Poet reads selections of his work.
Broadcast date: 02/10/1957

Marianne Moore at Berkeley
Poet reads from her works.
Broadcast date: 10/19/1956

Noblesse Obliging / Lord Buckley
Discussion of the self-perception of the landed gentry in England.
Broadcast date: 09/16/1959

Frank Lloyd Wright at Berkeley
American architect talks about the failing of most designs, and the need for new expression in architecture.
Broadcast date: 05/1957

The Decline of the Left / C. Wright Mills
Talk on the failure of the socialist movement in America.
Broadcast date: 05/13/1959

How to be Sane though Negro / S.I. Hayakawa.
San Francisco State semanticist discusses the problem of self-fulfilling prophecies for American Blacks.
Broadcast date: 02/23/1958

World Peace and Revolt in Africa with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois
Discussion with DuBois centers on world peace and revolt in Africa and the problem of minorities in the US.
Broadcast date: 02/20/1955

Allen Ginsberg Chants at KPFA
Allen Ginsberg plays the harmonium, chants, and sings "Spring by Blake" at Pacifica station KPFA.

Esquire Writers Symposium
Panel discussions on the role of American writers in society.
Broadcast date: 1958

Dylan as a Youth
Documentary biography of Dylan Thomas, focusing on his early development; includes interviews with his mother, childhood friends and Dylan Thomas reading his own work.
Broadcast date: 1959

Indian tales : Jaime de Angulo
Jaime de Angulo, an anthropologist and linguist among his many accomplishments, became familiar with the oral traditions of the Pit River Indians of Northern California. The year before his death he broadcast the mythic
Broadcast date: 1955

Darwin Centennial Address / Sir Julian Huxley
Sir Julian Huxley Speech on the role of science in the development of civilization.
Broadcast date: 12/18/1959

Whither Evolution: The Darwin Centennial / moderated by Aldous Huxley
Panel on the impact of Darwin's theories on human thought: George Beadle, Garrett Hardin, and James Walter.
Broadcast date: 1959

Talk with Harry Bridges / interviewed by Harold Winkler
On his involvement with the California labor movement in the 1940s and 1950s.
Broadcast date: 1959

Talk with Harry Bridges / interviewed by Harold Winkler
On his involvement with the California labor movement in the 1940s and 1950s.
Broadcast date: 1959

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