Peace Talks Radio: Peace Elders Part 2 / Dr. Bernard Lown (29:00)
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Length: 00:28:55
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Today on Peace Talks Radio, part two in the series called "Peace Elders"- spotlighting citizens, all well into their eighties, who continue to place peace work at the center of their lives. This time, a man who, at 87, wrote a book called Prescription for Survival recounting this path to a Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. Bernard Lown is a doctor who is known as the original developer of the cardiac difibrilator around 1960. Lown also became deeply involved in the drive to reduce nuclear weapon arsenals, forming Physicians for Social Responsibility and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
This can be paired with another half hour episode that also utilizes the "Peace Elder" theme featuring Juanita Nelson and Ruth Imber. http://www.prx.org/pieces/33384-peace-talks-radio-peace-elders-part-1-juanita-n
There is also a one hour version that combines both segments: http://www.prx.org/pieces/33380-peace-talks-radio-peace-elders-59-00-54-00
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