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An examination of fraud, fudging, and stretching the truth in the sciences. Includes interviews with Dr. Leon Kamin of Princeton University, who exposed the fraud of Dr. Cyril Burt (father of the genetic theory of intelligence), physicist Norman Milleron, anthropologist Dr. Laura Nader, and Dr. DeWitt Stetton of the National Institute of Health. Also contains a brief comedic sketch. Produced by Laurie Garrett and Adi Gevins, with engineering assistance from Scott McAllister and theatrical assistance from Randy Thom and Bill Sokol.

Previously cataloged as AZ0036.

Dr. Gail Putney Fullerton, author and Professor of Sociology at San Jose State College, delivered this talk to an audience at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco on October 9, 1969. Fullerton says she was asked to speak on "marriage revisited", including the economic and domestic functions of marriage from frontier time to modern communes; shared duties; how the development of the United States has affected marriage through the various ages; and the equally changing roles of children in families. The address was the first in a series of evening talks presented by the Medical Center, on current problems in the woman's world. Dr. Fullerton was the first female president of San Jose State University, and wrote the following books: The Normal Neurosis; The Adjusted American; Marry for Love; Marriage and the Mass Societies; and Survival In Marriage, which was due to come out the spring following this recording. Recorded for KPFA by Sue Blumenberg.
Notes: Watch levels, noticeable rise in the level after 1st 10 seconds.

John Cott, host of the Coconut Grove show on KPFA, and co-hosts Tom Luddy and Juris Svendsen interview Kenneth Anger about his latest film, "Lucifer Rising." At the time of the interview, Anger had not yet begun shooting Lucifer Rising; he discusses his vision for the film as a sequel to "Scorpio Rising", talks about the film's magick symbolism. The hosts play a tape of Anger performing an invocation for the film. He is joined in the studio by Gary (?), who is introduced as the star of the film, and Joy (no last name given), who plays music in the background throughout the interview and performs a song from the film. They are also briefly joined by author and critic Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004), who discusses her love of Anger's films.

Live readings by poet, activist and essayist Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) from her non-fiction work, The Cancer Journals (Aunt Lute Books, 1980). She starts with personal readings in which she shares her experiences with breast cancer. She warns of the dangers of silence and denial, and how to take action by becoming visible to one another about the issue. She goes on to discuss how the established cancer industry is motivated by profit, and that prevention and alternative therapies are not considered within this environment. She concludes with a reading of her poem, "Need," which is dedicated to Black women who were murdered.