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Cheryl Payer, author of "The Debt Trap" and member of the Rome Declaration Group, gives a critical analysis of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, how loans disrupt developing economies, solutions to world poverty.

First audio heard is William Mandel introducing the phone-in portion of the show (about 9 seconds), which is cut off and there is a brief news report on the PLO's relations with Syria and Cairo, reported by Russ Stetler for Internews. At 35 seconds, an unidentified speaker announces Soviet Lives with William Mandel. Mandel says that "last week" he interviewed a Kyrgyz woman named Rosa about her mother and how she raised 12 children while maintaining a full-time job. This recording can be found at AZ0358. This week, the interview is with Rosa, regarding her own balance of child-rearing and working.

Rosa is a 32-year old Kyrgyz woman from Kirghizia (now Kyrgyzstan). At the time of the interview, Kirghizia was a Soviet republic on the Chinese frontier. Rosa is a mother of three, and she discusses how she manages with her three kids while working as a tour guide, and how her husband shares in the family's responsibilities. Details on home delivery meals, costs and availability of laundry, system of after-school-hours public supervision of children for working mothers, children's attitudes toward her work, etc. The interview is conducted by William Mandel and his wife in Russian. The original audio from the interview in Russian plays in the right channel, while Mandel simultaneously translates into English in the left channel. The interview portion lasts about 18 minutes and is followed by calls from listeners. Broadcast 2/2/78.

Jewish woman describes her life in Galicia (formerly "Galitsia"), Ukraine and her experiences with Ukrainians during WWII; her husband, a Jewish man discusses his experience fighting in the Soviet Army in WWII. Other people present participate in the conversation with questions and comments. A Jewish man, a weight-lifter, journalist, and former construction worker, and the man who brought Mandel to this gathering speaks on Cuba in Spanish. As with other Mandel Russian-language interviews, the Russian track plays in the right channel while Mandel's English translation plays in the left. Mandel does not offer a direct, real-time translation for the portion of the recording where the man speaks in Spanish, but paraphrases after the man finishes speaking. The interviews conclude after about 17 minutes, after which Mandel fields listeners' calls.

Note on label: "Bad intro"

Announcer introduces the program as Soviet Scene, but tape box is labeled Soviet Lives, both of which were series by William Mandel.

On the previous episode of Soviet Lives, William Mandel interviewed a 16 year-old girl at her home in Samarqand (AZ0355). Her family were friends of a Russian journalist, whom was also an associate of Mandel. The two journalists were invited to the family's home for dinner. While the father, a college teacher, prepared the meal in the kitchen, Mandel interviewed the mother, who is Uzbek by nationality. They discuss their Jewish relatives, co-workers, and neighbors; the relationship between Israel and the Arab countries in the Middle East. The Russian track of the interview is played in the right channel, English translation by Mandel is played in the left channel. The interview is a little less than 17 minutes, after which Mandel fields phone calls from the listening audience.

Tape box labels this program as an episode of the series Soviet Lives, but the KPFA Folio lists it as Soviet Scene.