Episode

From the Vault 426: The Changing United Nations

This week on From the Vault we journey back with Pacifica flagship station KPFA in Berkeley to October 27th, 1961 and listen to the brilliant public affairs director Elsa Knight Thompson introduce an extraordinary group of speakers gathered to evaluate the importance of the United Nations in international politics, as part of United Nations Week.

From the Vault 425: Honor America Day

This week on From the Vault we present a Fourth of July-inspired episode centering on a 1970 Pacifica Radio Archives recording titled Honor America Day. Organized by President Nixon, hosted by Bob Hope, Honor America Day was a showcase of patriotic observances and entertainment in Washington D.C.

From the Vault 424: Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 - 50th Anniversary

This week on From the Vault, the Pacifica Radio Archives celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 with newly discovered and restored broadcasts. We will present the best of these recordings - primarily the voices from those involved in the voter registration movement in the Mississippi Delta Region in the early 1960's.

Velvet Sledgehammer: March 28, 1984[?]

Production reel for the March 28 (1984?) episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Contains a women's news segment, "Hot Flashes" with Karen Barrett of Majority Report. Next is a women's health update with Eileen Zalisk. She interviews Ann Teicher, co-chair of the Coalition for the International Day of Action and Karen Stamm of the Committee to End Sterilization Abuse (CESA).

From the Vault 423: The Coup d’État in Chile

In this episode of From the Vault, we explore the historic election of Salvador Allende in Chile in 1970 and the forces that conspired to overthrow his socialist government in 1973, through the study of three historical components of this period in Chile's history using recordings preserved by Pacifica Radio Archives.

Jean Garrigue reads at the Poetry Center

Poet Jean Garrigue (1912 - 1972), author of five volumes of poetry, including the recently published "Country without maps," reads from her work in a program recorded at the Poetry Center of the YM-YWHA in January 1965.

May Swenson reads at the Poetry Center

This is a recording of May Swenson (1913 - 1989) reading from her own work at the YM-YWHA Poetry Center in New York City.

Marianne Moore reads at the Poetry Center

In this program, the well-known American poet, Marianne Moore, reads from her work before an audience at the Poetry Center of the 92nd St. YM-YWHA in New York City in 1965. Unfortunately, the entire recording of Moore's reading was unavailable, and this program includes only the second half.

Anne Sexton reads at the Poetry Center

Anne Sexton reads some of her work before an audience at the Poetry Center of the 92nd St. YM-YWHA in New York City in 1965. Some of the poems read are: Her kind -- I remember -- In the deep museum -- The truth the dead know -- Walking in Paris -- For the year of the insane -- The double image. Not self-contained. Tape ends with nearly a minute of applause.

The Crippled Person / lecture and interview with Dr. Carl Faber (Episode 1 of 4)

This is the first episode "The Crippled Person" in a four part series of lectures by Dr. Carl Faber entitled "Woman as slave." This episode is in three parts. In part one, Dr.

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