WBAI

  • Puerto Rican protest theater (Part 2 of 2)

    Music, poetry and performance from the Puerto Rican Independent Movement’s new nightclub, Cafe Teatro de Protesta. Includes performances by Suni Paz, Estrella Artau and Joanna & Cris. Also includes an interview with Ana Marta Morales, the Teatro’s coordinator. Produced by Elena Paz and the WBAI Music Department.

  • Debate on the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.) (Part 2 of 2)

    Intro: Next we hear a debate on the Equal Rights Amendment held before a meeting of the American Women in Radio and T.V. on March 27, 1975. The debate between Karen DeCrow, President of N.O.W. and Phyllis Schlafly, leader of “Stop E.R.A.” is chaired by Maureen Christophe, radio and T.V. editor for Advertising Age. The…

  • Cooking with author Li Ling-Ai

    Nina Mende interviews Chinese-Hawaiian writer, lecturer and actor Li Ling-Ai (1908 – ?), author of the memoir “Life Is for a Long Time,” as she gives a Chinese cooking lesson.

  • The Varied Voices of Black Women: an Olivia Records concert

    This is a recording of the final concert from the Olivia Records tour “The Varied Voices of Black Women,” which began in California and ended here at Medusa’s Revenge on November 7, 1978 at Medusa’s Revenge. The concert features musicians Gwen Avery, Mary Watkins, Linda Tillery and poet Pat Parker, accompanied by a band of…

  • High Heeled Women: ca. 1982

    The High Heeled Women Show starring Mary Fulham, Cassandra Danz, and Tracy Berg. Mick played by George Manoff. Join them as they have “Breakfast at Blimpies.” Part one: High Heeled Women meet Leona Helmsley in the ladies room of Helmsley Palace. Part two: High Heeled Women do generic news. Spine label: High Heeled Women Show…

  • Science reporter Laurie Garrett speaks about the AIDS epidemic

    Interview with science reporter for National Public Radio, Laurie Garrett, about the political and scientific history of the AIDS epidemic. This recording is likely from the late 1980s. Only the answers in this interview are audible.

  • Women’s Poetry Reading to benefit Ikon Magazine

    The second half of the excerpted version of the benefit reading held for Ikon Magazine on October 16 1982 at New York University. The event was emceed by poet Patricia Spears Jones. Readers are Lois Elaine Griffith (one of the founding poets of the Nuryorican Poets Cafe), Hettie Jones (b. 1935, ex-wife of Leroi Jones/Amiri…

  • A reading and interview with Diana Chang

    A reading and interview with Chinese-American novelist and poet Diana Chang. Chang first reads from her latest novel, A Perfect Love (Jove Books), speaks with Brown and then reads several of her poems. Produced by Wesley Brown.

  • Reading and interview with novelist and artist Ursule Molinaro

    Ursule Molinaro (1916 – 2000), Paris-born social-satirist, novelist, playwright, and artist reads “Eating Melons in Marseille,” from her new collection of short stories “Night School For Saints.” Later she is interviewed by host Tom Vitale.

  • A reading and interview with Diana Chang (Part 2 of 2)

    A reading and interview with Chinese-American novelist and poet Diana Chang.