Program

The Llano colony

Walter Millsap, one-time board member of the Llano Del Rio colony, talks with Art Wadsworth about this American experiment in "equal ownership, equal wages, and equal social opportunities."

Household workers / produced by Nanette Rainone and Bonnie Bellow.

This report is on the recent and unprecedented organization of household workers, and includes interviews recorded during the 2nd National Committee on Household Employment (NCHE) conference held in New York (ca. October 1972). At the conference, six hundred household workers met to hear speeches from the likes of Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm.

Freedom is an inside job / Mercedes McCambridge.

Actor Mercedes McCambridge (1916 - 2004) speaking before the Women's National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C. on the subject "Freedom is an inside job," and the ways to maintain freedoms in America. She is introduced by Senator Harold Hughes (D-IA).

Growing up female in the 50s / produced by Brett Vuolo.

Documentary on sex stereotyping in American during the 1950s. Producer Brett Vuolo introduces it this way: "I'm here with Ronnie, Sheila, and Barbara, and we're going to be rapping about what it was like to grow up female in the '50s.

Doris Lessing interview / interviewed by Josephine Hendin.

Josephine Hendin, Current Fiction teacher at the New School for Social Research and author of "The World of Flannery O'Connor," interviews writer Doris Lessing (1919 - 2013), who discusses her work and the life of a woman author. The discussion mostly focuses on her forthcoming collection of short stories, The Temptation of Jack Orkney. She also discusses a forthcoming novel.

Robin Menken and F.T.A. / interviewed by Alan Farley.

Robin Menken is one of the writers of "F.T.A. (Fuck the Army)," a show that starred Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland, and played near military bases and the Pacific Rim. Ms. Menken talks with Alan Farley about her involvement with the show, including the feminist "takeover" of the production.

Press conference of his trickiness / Richard M. Nixon.

Bill Northwood introduces the first press conference President Richard Nixon had given in 19 weeks on December 10, 1970, from a feed from radio station KGO-ABC in San Francisco. Nixon speaks on U.S. policies in Vietnam, the U.S. economy, and forced integration of suburban housing. Disruption in audio begins at 00:07:03 and runs until 00:07:28, part of the original recording.

The limits of growth

A review and examination of the study done by a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers into the limits of growth as they affect the world population, energy and food supplies, and the world economy. The program is produced by Terry and Mike Hodel.

She also ran / produced by Jan Legnitto, Ruth Rosen and Isabel Welsh.

In 1872, Victoria C. Woodhull (1838-1927) became the first woman to run for President of the United States. On this Election Day, exactly 100 years later, Jan Legnitto, Ruth Rosen and Isabel Welsh explore the personality of the most notorious woman of the late 1800s, with excerpts from Woodhuff's writings on feminism, free love and birth control.

Menstrual blood / produced by Jan Legnitto and Isabel Welsh.

The audio track (actuality) to a theater-piece about the psychology, sociology, and physiology of menstruation produced by Isabel Welsh. Presented at the U.C. Art Museum during the Festival of Bay Area women artists, October 1, 1972. Second half of program is Isabel Welsh being interviewed by Jan Legnitto about the piece.

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