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This series of conversations focuses on ideas in relation to reading.This discussion series, produced by the American Library Association, features noted authors, critics and scholars on various topics related to reading.This discussion series, produced by the American Library Association, features noted authors, critics and scholars on various topics.

Available Episodes

#1: The American Genius for Self-Examination00:30:00

#19 "The US and the Western Alliance" with Quincy Howe00:29:44

#20 "The Job of the Presidency"00:29:45

#12: Are The Arts Becoming Incomprehensible?00:29:55

#14: The U.S. and the Far East00:29:37

#7: Changing Attitudes Toward Women00:29:45

#5: Freud and 20th Century Literature00:29:35

#10: Let's Redefine Tolerance00:29:44

#9: Each to the Other00:29:47

#11: Biography?00:29:45

#3: Wanted: A Redefinition of the Classics00:29:44

#17: Spiritual Poverty00:30:00

#13: The Changing Roles of Magazines00:29:45

#16: Books Into Mass Media00:29:57

#8: Should We Be Educating For Excellence00:29:30

#15: Can Attitudes be Legislated00:29:40

#2: Labor Leisure and Automation00:30:00

#6: Who Sets Standards and Values00:29:15

#18 "Africa: Past, Present, and Future" with Quincy Howe00:29:55

Present-Day Immigration Waves00:29:33

#4: Books That Formed My Opinions00:29:07

1965-06-04Education and social change00:28:44

1965-05-26Shifting role of the university00:29:44

1965-05-13Is science sterilizing humanistic thought?00:29:42

1965-05-12Will man be modified?00:29:27

1965-05-11Protestant ethic today00:29:33

1965-04-29Present-day immigration waves00:29:15

1965-04-21The job of the presidency00:29:40

1965-04-19The U.S. and Western alliance00:29:37

1965-04-09Africa: Past, present and future00:29:42

1965-04-06Spiritual poverty00:29:53

1965-03-30Books into mass media00:29:45

1965-03-18Can attitudes be legislated?00:29:25

1965-03-16The U.S. and the Far East00:29:26

1965-03-08The changing role of magazines00:29:33

1965-03-01Are the arts becoming incomprehensible00:29:39

1965-02-18What makes a good biography00:29:22

1965-02-15Let's redefine tolerance00:29:36

1965-02-04Each to the other00:29:41

1965-01-28Should we educate for excellence?00:29:23

1965-01-25Changing attitudes toward women00:29:36

1965-01-14Who sets standards and values?00:29:05

1965-01-12Freud and twentieth century literature00:29:13

1965-01-04Books that formed my opinions00:28:56

1965-01-04Wanted: Redefinition of classics00:29:41

1964-12-18Labor, leisure and automation00:29:19

1964-12-17American genius for self-examination00:29:31

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Subjects: Africa; Arts; Asia; Asia-Pacific; Automation; Books and reading--United States; Broadcasting; Civics; Economy & Business; Education; Emigration and immigration; Europe; Fiction; Film criticism--United States; Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939; Gender & Women's History; Labor; Law; Law and legislation; Leisure; Mass media; Mass media criticism; Media Arts; NAEB Region I; NAEB Region I: The Northeast; Novels; Presidents--United States; Psychology & Mental Health; Radio panel discussions; Reading; Religion; Science; Science & Technology; Social attitudes; Sociology; Spiritual life; Travel & Leisure; U.S. Government; U.S. Literature; U.S. Politics; Women; World Politics
Creators: American Library Association; Bell, L.U.; WRVR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Contributors: Backlund, Ralph; Bell, Daniel, 1919-2011; Bell, L.U.; Frankel, Charles, 1917-1979; Gustafson, James M.; Hardwick, Elizabeth; Marcus, Steven, 1928-; Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978; Meyer, Eva; Nelson, Benjamin, 1911-1977; O'Day, Thomas F.; Robbie, I.I.; Sager, Ruth; Scheinfeld, Amran; Taylor, Harold, 1914-1993; Tumin, Melvin M. (Melvin Marvin), 1919-1994
Genres: Educational; Panel; Talk
Time Periods: 1960-1969