Huxley probes the possibilities of man responding to his immediate experiences, within the limitations of his particular cutlure. He underlines the importance of educating ourselves in "wise passivity," in receptiveness to the various worlds we experience at any given moment.

Odets analyzes what he terms as our "loss of innocence" by acculturation, our inability to respond to experience directly and honestly.

Presents an interview with Upton Sinclair, author, socialist, and reformer. Discusses his campaigns to achieve industrial democracy and his brief but dramatic contact with the industrial empire of Henry Ford.

A look at Jean Renoir (son of Pierre Renoir) careers in journalism, ceramics, and film-maker, where he became one of the world's great film directors.