Program

Israel : thanking God you're not a woman / Shulamit Aloni

Shulamit Aloni (1928-2014), lawyer, politician, and according to Ruth Hirschman "a leading figure in the emerging feminist movement in Israel," talks with Hirschman about the difficulties in the struggle for women's liberation in Israel, including the establishment image of Israeli women, the distinction between the United States and Israel, and the problem of religious doctrines

Sex and birth control for the teenager

Barbara Cady talks with Ellen Peck (1942-1995) and Stewart Mott (1937-2008). Ellen Peck is a columnist, co-author of "Sex and Birth Control: A Guide for the Young," and founder of NON (National Organization of Non-parents). She talks about how society fails to prepare its youth for the "new sexuality".

A Private joke that got out of hand / reported by Phil Williams, Bob Bender and Marc Haarz.

Report on the world's first underground comic convention. Includes discussions of sex and sexism, science fiction, overground vs. underground comics, and women's comics. Music by R. Crumb and His Keep on Trucking Orchestra. Contains sensitive language. Participants include: Clay Geerdes, one of the organizers of the convention; cartoonists Bill Griffith (Mr.

Sylvia Plath program / produced by Anita Barrows and Debbie Sweeney.

This program presents a mix of readings of Sylvia Plath's poetry, excerpts from her novel The Bell Jar, and writings about Plath by others, including Elinor Friedman Klein's "A Friend Recalls Sylvia Plath" (Glamour Magazine, Nov. 1966) and A. Alvarez's book "The Savage God: A Study of Suicide" (New York: Random House, 1972). No intro or outro.

Huey Newton-Charles Garry press conference

KPFA volunteer Claude Marks reports from the office of San Francisco attorney Charles Garry to report on the press conference hosted by Garry and Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party. Newton had just been released from a two-year jail sentence on $50,000 bail and planned to appeal his conviction on manslaughter charges.

Women on Watergate.

Gloria Steinem, Frances FitzGerald, Brett Vuolo and Nanette Rainone discuss the Watergate affair. Their discussion touches on how all of the coverage on the Watergate hearings on WBAI has been by men; the impression one gets of the absence of women; and whether past observations tells us anything about Watergate at all. They take phone calls from listeners. Recorded at WBAI June 27th, 1973.

Roadies vs. groupies / Cherry Vanilla ; interviewed by Richard Gollance.

Cherry Vanilla (née Kathleen Dorritie), publicist for David Bowie, talks with Richard Gollance of the Gay Community Services Center and Doug Weaver. They discuss Bowie's sexuality and career, male rock stars wearing makeup, and closeted gay and lesbian rock musicians.

Amalia Fleming (Lady Fleming) on the Greek junta / introduced by John Brademas.

Amalia Fleming (Lady Fleming) speaks on the situation in Greece under the General's right wing junta--a speech given before the Women's National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C.

Special program commemorating Negro History Week (Part 2 of 2)

Special program in honor of Negro History Week produced by Elsa Knight Thompson and Mike Tigar. The entire program provides a brief history of Blacks in the United States, highlighting the Civil Rights movement.

Vernon Bellecourt interviewed by Lincoln Bergman

Discussion of the Native American movement, specifically about the conditions at Wounded Knee. At the time of the interview, Vernon Bellecourt, representative to the United Nations of the Ojibwe (Chippewa) Nation, was founder and National Director of the American Indian Movement (AIM), on a tour of the U.S. to raise awareness and money for the Wounded Knee Defense Fund.

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