Program

This is the fifth of seven lectures given by Dr. Albert Ross at UCLA in 1976. The essence of the whole problem with men is the question of openness versus closedness. Per Ross, there is nothing more important to relation to self and women than openness. The most significant barrier to man is his fright by his own possibilities of openness and his security in closedness.

In this program, Carlos Hagen presents a brief survey of the concept of mother and motherhood throughout many periods, styles and cultures. Included are a number of songs and poems that, although originating in many varied cultures and periods, convey the universality of the feelings inspired by mother and motherhood. Produced by Carlos Hagen.

An examination of nuclear power, and efforts by the nuclear power industry to convince a group of women journalists that nuclear power is safe. In November 1975, WBAI's Bonnie Bellow was taken on a trip by the Atomic Industrial Forum to visit Salem I and II, the nuclear power facility under construction in Salem Township, New Jersey.

Bill Monaghan and John "J.D." Davis moderate a roundtable discussion about sexual assault in prison. The panelists are Ed Morris, Bob Martin and David Rothenberg of the Fortune Society. Rothenberg had recently authored (May 1976) a cover story for The Advocate about homosexual prison rape.

Documentary on women in the entertainment business through a collage of recordings of the entertainers themselves. Profiled in the program are Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, Mae West, Ethel Waters, Helen Morgan, Frances Faye, Marlene Dietrich, Billie Holiday, and Belle Barth. Produced by Heather Schoen.