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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Bob Dylan, Erich Fromm and beyond / by Donna Mickleson |
Donna Mickelson, a graduate student in English & Creative Writing at San Francisco State College, delivers a talk entitled "Bob Dylan, Erich Fromm and Beyond: A Look at the New Politics." One of a series of talks by SF State College students exploring student concerns about American culture, politics and education. Originally broadcast in 1966 by KPFA, this talk was published in book form by Harper & Row under the title To Make a Difference, ed. Otto Butz of the Department of Social Science at SF State College. |
Peace., College students -- Political activity., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Students -- San Francisco (Calif.). | American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Politicians and politics | BB0522.04 | |
| A tribute to Malvina Reynolds / produced by Pearl Skotnes. |
Tribute to folk singer and activist Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978), which aired several days after her passing on March 17, 1978. Commentary by Pearl Skotnes, featuring recordings of Reynolds interspersed with many of her recordings: If you love me -- Somewhere between -- World in their pockets -- Little boxes (Sung by Pete Seeger) -- Magic penny -- It isn't nice -- We hate to see them go -- The world's gone beautiful -- There'll come a time -- Little red hen -- Turn around -- Daddy's in the jail -- Boraxo -- On the rim of the world -- Dump the judge -- Plutonium -- This world. Produced by Pearl Skotnes. |
Women musicians., Folk-songs., Political ballads and songs., Reynolds, Malvina., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Activists | KZ0577 | |
| Womantruth / Megan Terry ; produced by Clare Spark. |
Originally titled "Woman Fibbers." A funny and fast-moving collage of songs, poetry and prose readings built around an interview with feminist playwright Megan Terry, to expose the myth that women are deceitful and need a man to reveal them to themselves. The structure of the program echoes the principles of surrealism; stream of consciousness, chance, transformation, surprise, and the aura of madness. Antoinette Bower reads "The Neutral Man" by surrealist painter and writer Leonora Carrington. Roscoe Lee Brown plays Jarry's Ubu, and reads poems by Wallace Stevens and Bea Lillie. Program begins with a reading of Brecht and a discussion of his work. Songs include "Surabaya Johnny" sung by Lotte Lenya and "You can leave your hat on" by Randy Newman. Interview with Megan Terry begins at 00:11:00, interviewed in New York City in December 1973. "Women fibbers" was produced, written, and directed by Claire Spark for Pacifica Radio with the partial support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. End credits: We've heard the voices of Lotte Lenya, David McCann, John Willett, Roscoe Lee Browne, Antoinette Bower, and Randy Newman, interpreting Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Alfred Jarry, Jacques de Lacretelle, Leonora Carrington, Wallace Stevens, Ian Dunlop, Fred Lonidier, Karl Marx, and Randy Newman. |
Terry, Megan., Women in literature., Poetry., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, The Sour Apple Tree, Spark, Clare. | American Women -- Art and artists, American Women -- Poetry, American Women -- Theater | BC1681 | |
| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference, 1981 |
Two speakers at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference, recorded May 27, 1981. Joanna [no last name given] on U.S. strategic policy and its impact on Europe; 24:00--Edith Ballantyne, General Secretary for the League Office in Geneva, Switzerland speaks about her European perspective on the U.S. armament policy. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Armaments., Ballantyne, Edith, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. | American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | IZ0904 | |
| New writers forum: October 19, 1976 (Episode 1 of 7) |
First episode in a monthy series of "New Writers Forum" recorded at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarians in Berkeley, CA Episode 1 of 7. Readers are: Brother Antoninus, George Hitchkock, Laura Ulewicz, and Kenneth Rexroth, and Rexroth introduces each of the writers. |
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982, Hitchkock, George., Brother Antoninus, 1912-1994, Ulewicz, Laura., Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | BB1854.01 | |
| Jean Ritchie in concert (Part 1 only) |
Jean Ritchie performs folk music in concert at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, California, April 26, 1972. Songs performed: Darby Ram -- One I Love -- John Riley -- Sean O'Reilly from the County Leitrim -- What'll I Do With the Baby-O -- The Bluebird Song -- Cold Mountains -- On Jordan's Stormy Banks -- Johnny Collins (a.k.a. George Collins) -- The Courting Song -- Come Fare Away With Me. Recorded by Warren Van Orden. This is reel 1 of 2, reel 2 is currently missing (2014-01-08). |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Ritchie, Jean., Women musicians., Folk music -- United States | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1670 | |
| The Senate investigates CIA funding in Angola / testimony by Henry Kissinger ; reported by Katherine Ferguson. |
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on African Affairs questions Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on U.S. aid to Angola. The subcommittee includes: Senator Dick Clark (D-IA), Sen. Charles Percy (R-IA), and Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE). Part 1 of this program features WBAI reporter Katherine Ferguson giving a background of the Angolan conflict, followed by the subcommittee's opening remarks, and Henry Kissinger presenting his views on Angola to the Subcommittee. In Part 2, the subcommittee questions Kissinger. Recorded live in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Room on January 29, 1976. |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Angola., C. I. A., Clark, Dick., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-, Percy, Charles H., 1919-, Biden, Joseph R., Revolutions -- Angola., Intelligence service -- United States., Economic assistance, American -- Angola., World politics -- 1975-1985., Senate investigates CIA funding in Angola / testimony by Henry Kissinger ; reported by Katherine Ferguson.**The, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Politicians and politics | IZ0212 | |
| Texas texts / produced by Patricia Meredith |
Documentary examining hearings in Austin at the State Board of Education concerning sexism in children's textbooks. Program is comprised of interviews, music, and tapes on the hearings. The purposes of the hearing were to draw attention to the fact that sexism is in textbooks, and that the state of Texas is the largest buyer of text books in the world. Music by Dory Previn, Buffy Sainte Marie, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Joy of Cooking. Note: three books recommended by task force were adopted and two that didn't were changed in 160 places. Much is field recording of questionable quality. |
Sexism, Education -- United States -- Aims and objectives., Sexism -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States, Education -- Curricula., Children's literature., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Education, American Women -- Parenting and children | BC1592 | |
| Lesbian moms / produced by Kim Brown and Janet Cuddihy |
Kim Brown talks with three lesbian mothers, Betty, Cheryl, and Joann, and Gardener, her five-week-old baby. The panel have children from artificial insemination, and they talk about how they found donors, getting pregnant, what it was like being pregnant within and outside of the lesbian community, alternatives they have found to the nuclear family, the problems and joys of motherhood from this different perspective, and legal questions they have to deal with. This is an episode of "Women's Saturday magazine" hosted by Kim Brown. Intros and outros with pre-recorded song "Baby-Rocking Medley" by Rosalie Sorrels. Produced by Kim Brown and Janet Cuddihy; engineered by Jean Robertson; with technical assistance from Karla Tonella. |
Lesbians, Lesbian mothers, Artificial insemination., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Parenting and children | AZ1365 | |
| Prostitution and the law |
In April 1977, the sixth annual "Women and the law" conference was held at University of California, Los Angeles. This is the panel discussion on prostitution and the law. The participants are San Francisco Municipal Court Judge Ollie Marie-Victoire (ca. 1924-2012), and attorneys Jeff Bear and Jill Jakes. The first to speak is Judge Marie-Victoire. This program was recorded and edited for broadcast for KPFK by Lynn Davidoff. |
Bear, Jeff., Jakes, Jill., Sex and law, Women -- Legal status, laws, etc., Prostitution., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Law | KZ0338 |