Program

Turning on in Terra Linda / interviews by Pat Roberto.

Listeners explain the appeal of Don Chamberlain's California Girls, a KNEW-AM radio sex-talk show. California Girls is one of the most successful sex-talk AM radio programs in the country. Pat Roberto interviews listeners who explain why the program has found such a massive following among Bay Area women.

Angela Davis speaking at the University of Houston World Issues Conference.

A speech by the activist Angela Davis (1944 - ) recorded at the University of Houston on April 2, 1973. The speech was part of the University of Houston World Issues Conference, "Age of Revolution: Agenda for the World," sponsored by the UH Student Association and the UH Program Council.

Touch of the marvelous / Philip Lamantia.

Surrealist poet Philip Lamantia reads selections of his work.

House Select Committee on Crime : testimony of Lt. Julia Tucker of New York Police Dept.

On April 9th, 1973, the House Select Committee on Crime, chaired by Congressman Claude Pepper, began a series of hearings on street crime and the street level response.

International struggle for abortion rights.

On March 10, 1973, the Women's National Abortion Action Coalition (WONAAC) held on International Women's Solidarity Day Meeting at Town Hall in New York City. The subject wsa the history and progress of the International Strugggle for Abortion Rights.

Gloria Steinem speaks on sexism and racism.

Gloria Steinem, feminist and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, speaks about deep-seeded sexism and racism in America at the College of Marin on January 17, 1973. She instructs the audience on the importance of organizing, discusses the origins of political subjugation of women, and encourages women to overcome differences to work together against ruling-class divisions.

The Will to change / written and read by Adrienne Rich.

Poet Adrienne Rich (1929 - 2012) reads selections of her work. Most of the poems read are from her book The will to change (W.W. Norton, 1971).

Vera Johnson, herself

Vera Johnson (1920-2007), a 52-year old native Canadian folk singer (at the time of this recording), sings with her masterful lyrics about her life, politics, and the women's movement. Vera came to Houston in February 1973 to sing for the National Women's Political Caucus, which was hosting their first convention, in Houston, Texas from February 9-11, 1973.

Women and radical psychiatry

Three women from the Radical Psychiatry Center in Berkeley, Savannah Gravich, Hogie Wyckoff, and Anita Friedman, discuss what radical psychiatry is and how women in particular deal with their their oppression in problem-solving groups. They also talk about the radical psychiatry "community" and what it has to offer to people in political movements. The interviewer is Anita Frankel.

The People vs. Alma Andrews / produced by Sheila McAleenan.

This program examines the case of Alma Andrews, a Black woman and a nurse, charged with first-degree murder in San Francisco after defending herself against a Muni driver who attacked her with a razor in an apparent rape attempt.

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