WBAI

Priscilla Laws, author of "X-rays: More harm than good?" (Rodale Press, 1977) is interviewed by Lynn Samuels. She talks about the overuse (and misuse) of radiation in routine medical and dental procedures and urges people to learn as much as they can about it before consenting to X-ray exposure.

Scottish poet Helen Adam (1907 - 1993) reads and discusses her ballads and other poetic efforts with Susan Howe and Charles Ruas. Adam was born in Glasgow, Scotland, educated at Nairnshire and Edinburgh University, worked as a journalist in Edinburgh and London, and moved with her family to the US in 1939, settling in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1949.

A film for radio produced by the Audio-Experimental Theatre with assistance by Charles Ruas.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India from 1975-1977, now known as The Emergency, during which Gandhi was granted rule by decree and all elections were suspended. This is a documentary that traces the economic and political developments that led to the Emergency in India in 1975.

Performance of an epic Finnish song-cycle.