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Native American women : a Thanksgiving day special

View of contemporary Native American women's activities.

Alcohol and domestic violence / produced by Nancy Delaney and Liz Hendrickson.

A panel discussion with Susan Hanks, director of the Domestic Violence Project; Elaine Lee, director of Women Against Violence emergency services; and Sue Martin, development director of the Family Violence Project of San Francisco.

Household workers rights in the Bay Area / produced by Nancy Delaney, Nava Mirrachi, and Ambar Borenstein.

Debra Lynn Dodd, author of "Natural and Nontoxic," Kathleen Kahler of the American Lung Association, and others discuss the potential health hazards of housecleaning products, how to protect oneself, and alternative products.

Sober musicians / produced by Nancy Delaney.

Linda Tillery, Vicki Randle, Gorman Lee, Tony Karasch, and Bill Bent discuss why they quit drinking, how they quit, and how quiting changed their lives.

1985 feminist retrospective / produced by Ginny Z. Berson and and Karen Sundheim.

Examination of the women's movement and the conditon on women in 1985. Includes features on the United Nation's Nairobi Conference, the issue of comparable worth, affirmative action, abortion and reproductive rights, lesbian and gay rights, culture, pornography, and more.

One woman's narrative of Nanny of the Maroons / read by Randi Kristensen ; produced by Pat Collins.

Reading of a narrative from a freed Black Jamaican who helped defeat the British in the 1793 rebellion. Based on an oral history, with traditional Maroon music.

War, peace, and terror in the Middle East : an interview with a former hostage / Benjamin Weir ; interviewed by Philip Maldari.

Benjamin Weir, a Presbyterian Minister who lived in the Middle East for 32 years, discusses his capture when living in Beirut, his experiences as a hostage for over a year, and his release in the Fall of 1985.

Failsafe : AIDS Public Policy Averting Disaster / produced by C.L. Moss, Carol Tucker, and Rebecca Ward.

Documentary on the public policy decisions regarding AIDS, the most recent deadly communicable disease. Examines the hunt for scapegoats, the fear among insurance companies, the call for mass testing, and the strain on the American health system.

AIDS education : the trickle down theory / produced by Carol Tucker, C.L. Moss, and Rebecca Ward.

John Lorenzini, Dr. Bob Benjamin, and Randy Shilts discuss the slow growth of public awareness about AIDS. They explore the questions: Who needs to learn about AIDS, How are the facts being presented, and What are the barriers to dispensing information?|AIDS EDUCATION: THE TRICKLE DOWN THEORY / produced by Carol Tucker, C.L. moss, and rebecca Ward.

Cosmonauts and astronauts on the future of space exploration / interviewed by William Mandel.

Soviet and East German cosmonauts, and American and Saudi Arabian astronauts discuss the future of space exploration. This interview is followed by an in-studio discussion with United States austronaut Rusty Schwikart, who examines the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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