Episode

Rape and punishment / Paul Leser (Episode 4 of 10)

Paul Leser talks about differing attitudes about rape between America and Europe, and how in the United States (at that time, ca. 1946), it's often be considered the worst crime possible. He also discusses the difficult legal process in rape trials. Control through fear. Arrest and kill only the innocent. Nazi Germany, the Daniels cousins and Willie Magee.

Gayness : American and European attitudes / Paul Leser

Discussion of popular views in both Europe and the United States about gay people.

Mrs. Gunthert : clairvoyant / interviewed by Paul Leser. (Episode 1 of 10)

Paul Leser (1899 - 1984), German-American anthropologist, discusses ESP and clairvoyance with Mrs. Gunthert, a clairvoyant.

Women in China / Linda Gordon and Jean Tepperman (Episode 12)

Talks by Linda Gordon and Jean Tepperman. Gordon is an historian teaching at the University of Massachusettes and is writing a history of the birth control movement in the U.S. Tepperman is a high school teacher. Both were members of Bread and Roses, a Boston Women's group. They traveled to China in December, 1972.

Speaking of exotic dancing : unlearning to not speak / Zenia Daragahey and Donna Whitley ; interviewed by Betty Mayer and Marina Bostead.

A discussion originally broadcast live November 15, 1971 on Unlearning to Not Speak. It brings out the differences between American nightclub "belly dancing" and the meaning of such dancing in Moroccan and Indian villages. And the subject of dance is but the point of departure for an interesting comparison of women's lifestyles in these different societies.

Programming the human biocomputer / John Lilly ; produced by Jeffrey Mishlove.

Lilly discusses his L.S.D. research during the 1950s and early 60s, and his recent work with dolphins.

House Judiciary Committee prison hearings (Episode 2 of 7)

Raymond Procunier, Faye Stender, Ron Dellums and Henry Kerr participate in the Federal hearings into conditions in American prisons. PRA has only reel 2 of 7.

Feminist art workshop / Judy Chicago, Sheila De Bretteville and Arlene Raven; interviewed by Clare Loeb.

Judy Chicago and Sheila De Bretteville, artists, and Arlene Raven, art historian and critic, discuss the goals and philosophy of the Feminist Art Workshop they are in the process of forming at the Woman's Building in Los Angeles.

Chelsea (magazine) / Sonia Raiziss ; interviewed by Leonard Chabrowe. (Episode 2 of 6)

Leonard Chabrowe, exploring the aims and workings of little magazines, talks with Sonia Raiziss, editor of Chelsea magazine. Raiziss discusses the magazine's origins and literary vision, the vagaries of the publishing industry, and the magazine's emphasis on works in translation, especially on French and Italian authors.

The fairer sex : portraits of five women / produced by Marie Blazek

This is an intimate set of interviews with five women whose lives are both typical and unique; unique portraits of women outside of traditional gender roles. Subjects include a domestic worker, a Chicana who wanted to be a dancer, an elderly executive into Zen, and a teenage "biker chick" (motorcyclist), and a lower class White mother. Produced by Marie Blazek at KPFT.

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