Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

More Than Half the World - Jeannie Pool

Item

Title

More Than Half the World - Jeannie Pool

Subject

Breast cancer
Women's music
Jeannie Pool
Audre Lorde

Description

Broadcast of More than Half the World, hosted by Jeannie Pool, and inscribed as “More Than Half the World - Jeannie Poole” on both side A and B. In this broadcast, Pool: plays several songs by women musicians, including multiple by Meg Christian; interviews Audre Lorde on The Cancer Journal; takes calls from listeners; discusses the upcoming First National Congress on Women in Music and plans to move the conference to NYU in March; discusses Heresies magazine issue No. 10 on Women in Music; interviews Sue Fink, the conductor of the Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus; and plays live recordings of the LA Women's Community Chorus performing. There are severe audio issues at the beginning of the access copy, which resolve after a couple of minutes. Note the discrepancy in Pool’s name as written in the inscribed title.

Publisher

WBAI Radio

Rights

This item is protected by copyright. You are free to use this item for personal and educational purposes, as outlined in CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Requests for further uses and licensing questions should be forwarded to Pacifica Radio, owner of WBAI and other historical stations. See also LHA Copyright Statement.

Series Title

More Than Half the World

Interviewee

Audre Lorde

Host

Jeannie Pool

Physical Format

Audio cassette

Duration

2:35:32

Music/Sound Used

"Face the Music" by Meg Christian

Citation

“More Than Half the World - Jeannie Pool,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed May 9, 2026, https://www.herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/1550.