This episode, the second of three exploring the subculture of poverty in United States, focuses on medical care and the experiences of Southern white families.
Smith’s connections with the community as a social worker allowed him to record hours of interviews with people about their lives and their opinions on contemporary issues. This episode features interviews with a group of young hippies as an example of a discontented group in American society.
This is the seventh episode of Seeds of Discontent, the 1968 radio documentary series created by Hartford Smith Jr. and distributed by Wayne State University's WDET in Detroit.