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Probe (NBC) | 1960-1964 | Probe (NBC) | 1960-1964 — First program to be broadcast nationally on 40 TV stations</span> | ||
Prominent Yale academic and author Dr. Albert E. Burke hosts Probe — an examination of political, social, and environmental issues of the day. Topics considered were extremely prescient for the time: pesticide use; the plight of Native Americans; third world poverty; juvenile delinquency; trends in agriculture toward corporate farming; dual standards in the US judicial system regarding people of color; political issues of the middle east, Latin America, China, and the Soviet Union; and the coming collapse of the natural resources of the US. | Prominent Yale academic and author Dr. Albert E. Burke hosts Probe — an examination of political, social, and environmental issues of the day. Topics considered were extremely prescient for the time: pesticide use; the plight of Native Americans; third world poverty; juvenile delinquency; trends in agriculture toward corporate farming; dual standards in the US judicial system regarding people of color; political issues of the middle east, Latin America, China, and the Soviet Union; and the coming collapse of the natural resources of the US. | ||
— Chris Cooling [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15053590/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl IMDB] | — Chris Cooling [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15053590/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl IMDB] | ||