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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre |
PRA Archive # |
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| Civil defense in the nuclear age : what survival does it promise? / Jennifer Leaning. (Episode 1 of 16) |
Jennifer Leaning, M.D., National Executive Committee Member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, describes the problem of understanding the concept of civil defense in regard to nuclear war when survival is questionable. This is a presentation from the "On the Fate of the Earth" conference held October 19-21, 1982 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Columbia University, New York City. On this weekend physicians, environmentalists, physicists, writers, economists, professors, biologists, and others gathered together to share their perspectives on the peaceful preservation of life. The recordings and excerpts were produced by Raffaelo Mazza and Bob Rufsvold, KPFK. All have intros, none have outros. The introductions were done by David Brower, President, Fate of the Earth Foundation. |
Leaning, Jennifer., Environmentalists., Nuclear warfare., Peaceful change (International relations)., Survival (after nuclear warfare)., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | KZ1199.01 | |
| Psychic stress analysis of Patty Hearst / by Larry Atterbury |
Unidentified interviewer talks with Larry Atterbury of KTTV Channel 11 Television in Los Angeles and Jim Barnes, who has performed a before-and-after psychological stress test on the voice of Patty Hearst based on two communiqués from the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Barnes used a machine called the Psychological Stress Evaluator which measures the amount of stress in various phrases and words, to see if there was any difference in Patty Hearst's voice between the first SLA tape and the last. |
Atterbury, Larry., Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), Hearst, Patricia, 1954-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy | KZ1173 | |
| Nicaragua / Mona Field interviewed by Dorothy Healey |
Mona Field shares her observations from a visit to Nicaragua from July through August, 1980 for the first anniversary of the Sandinist (FSLN) overthrow of the Somoza government. Field describes the brutality of Somoza's National Guard, the optimism of the Nicaraguan people after the revolution, and the impact of Reagan's election on the Caribbean and Nicaragua. Aircheck. |
Healey, Dorothy, 1914-2006, Field, Mona., Nicaragua -- Politics and government., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | KZ1167 | |
| International Union of Socialist Youth / Hilary Barnard interviewed by Dorothy Healey |
Hilary Barnard, British president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, discusses the aims and objectives of the IUSY with Dorothy Healey. Topics discussed include youth workers and unemployment and the role of "green" (environmental) movements in Europe. |
Barnard, Hilary., Socialism and youth., International Union of Socialist Youth, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Work and unions | KZ1164 | |
| Poland / Karel Kovanda interviewed by Dorothy Healey |
Karel Kovanda, a Czechoslovakian who emigrated to the United States in 1970 at the age of 25, speaks with Dorothy Healey on conditions in Poland. He gives his opinions on the significance of recent events in Poland which culminated in victories for trade unions, as well as the topic of censorship. Left channel (Kovanda's mike) quit recording sometime before 30 minutes into program and then came back. Belatedly realized tape threaded wrong. |
Kovanda, Karel, 1944-, Healey, Dorothy, 1914-2006, Czechoslovakia., Poland--Politics and government--1980-1989. | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Work and unions | KZ1163 | |
| Vietnam and Kampuchea / Judy Coburn interviewed by Dorothy Healey |
Correspondent Judy Coburn reports on her trip to Southeast Asia and compares it with previous visits from 1972 and 1973. Topics discussed are the economy, the status of women and the lingering effects of American military presence. Features listener call-ins. This recording is an aircheck that started approximately one minute late. |
Kampuchea., Cambodia, Coburn, Judy., Vietnam, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Vietnam conflict, American Women -- Authors and journalists | KZ1160 | |
| The Right to Life movement and reproductive rights / Louise Sherley and Katherine McMahon interviewed by Dorothy Healey |
Dorothy Healey talks with Louise Sherley and Katherine McMahon, members of the New American Movement's Socialist Feminist Reproductive Rights Task Force about the Family Protection Act, the Human Life Amendment, the goals and targets of the New Right, and abortion vs. sterilization funding. Healey begins the program by pleading with her audience to express solidarity with the people of El Salvador. |
McMahon, Katherine, Sherley, Louise., Right-to-life movement., New Right., Sterilization (Birth control)., Abortion, Reproductive rights, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | KZ1153 | ||
| Tribute to Barbara Nestor by her daughter Dorothy Healey |
This program is Dorothy Healey's personal tribute to her mother Barbara Bass Nestor, who died November 23, 1979 at the age of 95 (quickly, of a heart attack). Includes the broadcast of a September 1974 aircheck of Dorothy's interview of her mother when she was 90 (33 min.) The songs heard at end of interview tape were recorded on Nestor's 85th birthday celebration in 1969. Aircheck. The 1974 interview with Nestor is the same recording as KZ0401.01 and is played here in its entirety. |
Women, Nestor, Barbara., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Communists -- United States. | American Women -- Radical Feminism, American Women -- Work and unions, American Women -- Women's history | KZ1152 | |
| Malvina and Dorothy / produced by Dorothy Healey. |
Folk singer Malvina Reynolds talks with Dorothy Healey and sings some of her own songs about the workers' movement, computers, nuclear power, non-realism, the KKK, and rape. Reynolds and Healey talk about communicating with people of all ages, her life and her family, the movement against nuclear power and the basis for her political beliefs. Songs sung by Reynolds include The little mouse -- Wheels -- Power plant reggae -- Carolina cotton mill song -- The judge said -- World in their pocket -- Don't push me. Same program as KZ0712 (Note: KZ0712 has slightly better audio quality for production). |
Healey, Dorothy, 1914-2006, Political ballads and songs., Women musicians., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Rape -- Songs and music., Radicalism -- Songs and music., Protest songs., Topical songs., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Music and musicians | KZ1151 | Malvina and Dorothy / produced by Dorothy Healey. (CD) |
| Academic freedom, academic attack: women's studies under siege at Cal State Long Beach |
The women's studies department at Cal State Long Beach is under siege by a group of "concerned citizens," from the Christian Right who monitored a few classes and attacked the department for its openly pro-feminist and pro-lesbian syllabus. Eloise Klein Healy and Helene Rosenbluth talk with Sondra Hale, Sherna Gluck, and Betty Brooks of the women's studies department at CSULB about the Christian Right's attack on the curriculum. Program opens with a reading of an article written by Charlene Spretnak, "The Christian right's holy war, manipulating women's fears" from the book "The politics of women's spirituality." Music by Deadly Nightshade, BeBe K'Roche, and Alix Dobkin interspersed throughout the article and opens and closes the program. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth 5/26/82. |
Gluck, Sherna., Hale, Sondra., Brooks, Betty., Spretnak, Charlene, 1946-, New Right., Academic freedom., Feminism, Education -- Curricula., Women's studies, Lesbianism, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, California State College, Long Beach | American Women -- Education | KZ1143 |