Skotnes, Pearl.
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Our angry earth / Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl ; interviewed by Pearl Skotnes.
Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl discuss their book which presents what they think is the greatest challenge of our time: the environmental crisis. Pohl describes the extent of our troubles, including ecological effects of the war in the desert, global warming, and the deterioration of the ozone layer. He concludes with what is necessary for…
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A Visit with the Peace Pilgrim / produced by Pearl Skotnes.
The woman who is self-proclaimed as the Peace Pilgrim (née Mildred Norman) has been walking for peace since 1953. In this interview she discusses her psychology and philosophy and tells how she will continue to walk until there is peace in the world. Mixed with music by Malvina Reynolds, Holly Near and Chad Mitchell Trio.…
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Ourselves, our children / produced by Pearl Skotnes.
February 14th, 1979 episode of “Holding up more than half the sky”. Segments include: a tribute to Susan B. Anthony, including a dramatization of her trial for “having voted knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully”; Janet Dodson interviews Ruth Bell and Joan Ditzion, members of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective and co-authors of “Ourselves and our…
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For her own good : an interview with Deirdre English / produced by Pearl Skotnes.
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The Karen Silkwood story / produced by Pearl Skotnes.
On the death of Karen Silkwood. Includes an interview with Silkwood, with Steve Wodka, attorney Danny Sheehan, congressional investigator Peter Stockton, and reporter Rich Pollack.|THE KAREN SILKWOOD STORY / produced by Pearl Skotnes. – This program is on the death of Karen Silkwood including updating of a recent trial and findings at Kerr McGee. The…
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If I can’t sell it, I’ll keep sitting on it before I’ll give it away / produced by Susan Anderson.
A documentary about the image of woman in TV advertising and programming in two parts. The first part of the program deals with the happy homemaker. who is busy, cautious, satisfied, plagued by modern maladies, and an ideal consumer unit. The second part of the program considers the ideal beauty, wherein women are either portrayed…
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Exploding the myths of apartheid South Africa / Donald Woods ; produced by Pearl Skotnes.
Woods, an exiled South African newspaper editor and author of Asking for Trouble and Biko, speaks at U.C. Irvine about the realities of life in South Africa, and the troubles facing those who resist. Includes music from Rhythm of Resistance, a film about contemporary Black South African music, and The Spear of a Nation, the…