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Latvian women / William Mandel
Interview with a 36-year old woman of white formerly-tribal Livonian minority within Latvia, which is in turn a republic of the Soviet Union. Born into an extremely poor family of fisherfolks “bread was a holiday dish” (they lived on potatoes and a little fish). She now has a PhD and studies relationships people-to-people among socialist…
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Pressure groups, censorship, and the First Amendment : a journey through the marketplace of ideas (Episode 2 of 15)
The second in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode won a Corporation for Public Broadcasting award in 1982 in the field of Arts & Humanities. Produced by Patricia Neighmond.…
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He went and preached unto the spirits in prison : freedom of religion in American penal institutions (Episode 9 of 15)
The ninth in the 15-part series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode is on prisoner’s rights. Principal production by Amina Hassan; with associate producer Carol Jones; narrated by Brenda Wilson. Adi Gevins,…
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On the road to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.
Actualities — Democratic Party Convention coverage. New York, 1980 (Aug.) Includes: Ron Dellums, Gene LaRoque, Bella Abzug, Leo McCarthy, Coretta Scott King, Jerry Brown, Phyllis Schlafly, Jimmy Carter, Majorie Phyfe, Harvey Milk, and the voices of several male and female reporters, including Brenda Wilson. Opens with recording of phone call that gets repeated twice. Much…
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A Visit with Annea Lockwood / with interview by Charles Amirkhanian.
One of the most remarkable avant-garde composers in the world is Annea Lockwood, who was born in 1939 in New Zealand. Charles Amirkhanian visits her at her home in the English countryside to find out about her remarkable sonic experiments. Lockwood’s “Glass Concert” and “Tiger Balm” are heard, and you will take a walk through…
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The Fifties ; Allen Ginsberg ; Puerto Rican revolutionaries ; Rosa Parks ; and Black anger rises. (Episode 7 of 10)
The Fifties: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”; Puerto Rican revolutionaries; Rosa Parks takes a front seat in Montgomery, AB; Black anger arises. Material: HOWL–an early Ginsberg reading, a KPFA recordings; music of Charlie and Inez Foxx, MOCKINGBIRD; Eddie Palmieri; poetry of Julia de Burgos from WNET-TV Realidades production, with translation by Christina Medina; Nina Simone I WISH…
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Galapagos Islands discovered : evolution of the ocean floor / Dr. John Corliss ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett.
Laurie Garrett interviews Dr. John Corliss of Oregon State University, Corvalis, co-head of the Galapagos Research Mission, about the recent discoveries off the Galapagos Islands. Corliss, plunging two miles to the sea floor, found enormous volcanic activity, high concentrations of radioactivity and rare elements, and strange new life forms. The new biology of the ocean…