Program

What every woman should know about abortion / Dr. Robert E. Hall ; interviewed by Mary Orovan

Dr. Robert E. Hall, President of the Association for the Study of Abortion discusses his activities. Hall is also a practicing obstetrician, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia Medical Center, and is an activist for abortion reform. Mary Orovan interviews Dr.

The trial of Dr. Spock / Jessica Mitford ; interviewed by Dale Minor.

Dale Minor interviews Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) on her newly published book "The Trial of Dr. Spock" and on Spock's trial for promoting draft resistance.

Dolores Huerta : Vice President of the United Farm Workers / interviewed by Maria Huffman.

Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee discusses the Delano grape strike, racial discrimination, and farm work with WBAI's Maria Huffman.

Lysistrata's daughters / produced by Trevor Thomas and John Harris

Documentary on the Women's Strike for Peace organization, founded by Dagmar Wilson and Bella Abzug. This program includes actualities from the United Nations Plaza protest for peace. One participant says their motivation is "Emotional, not political. We want to save our children." Actualities, interviews, speeches over megaphone.

The Pillow book / by Sei Shonagan ; read by Karen Lindsey

In this 5 part program, Karen Lindsey reads Professor Ivan Morris' translation of "The Pillow Book," (1967) a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi (定子) during the 990s and early 11th century in Heian Japan. In Part 1, Ms.

The Gormenghast trilogy: a discussion with Maeve Peake and Jonathan Williams

American poet Jonathan Williams speaks with Maeve Peake, wife of English author, poet and illustrator Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), about the books that comprise The Gormenghast Trilogy. Permission to use this tape was provided courtesy of the Library at the University of California, Los Angeles and Jonathan Williams.

The Seven poor travelers / by Charles Dickens ; read by Frank Coffee.

Reading of Dickens' Christmas story.|THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELERS / by Charles Dickens| read by Frank Coffee. - Reading of Dicken's short Christmas story. - BROADCAST: WBAI, 28 Dec. 1968.

A thousand years of Vietnamese poetry / translated and read by Robin Morgan and Nguyen Ngoc Bich

A Thousand Years Of Vietnamese Poetry was an evening of poetry translated and read by Robin Morgan and Vietnamese scholar Nguyen Ngoc Bich. Morgan and Nguyen read selections from Vietnamese poems in an anthology collected by the Asian Literature Program of the Asia Society.

Valerie Bettis interviewed by Baird Searles

Valerie Bettis was a famous modern dancer, also known for her dance and acting appearances on Broadway, in films, and on television, but has consistently returned to her first source of fame: modern dance.

A conversation with Doris Lessing / interviewed by Richard Keffler

Doris Lessing, the author of The Golden Notebooks and other novels, talks with free-lance writer Richard Koffler about society and writing. The program was specially recorded for Pacifica at the London studios of the BBC. RECORDED: by the BBC in London, England. BROADCAST: WBAI, 13 Oct. 1963.

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