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  • Valentin Pluchek and Stanislaw Pchenikov discuss Russian theater, specifically Moscow ; part 1

    Jan. 19, 1962
  • Laurie Abraham

    Laurie Abraham reads from and discusses her book "Mama Might Be Better Off Dead"

    Oct. 1, 1993
  • Interview with Margarite Ekstrom and Per Wastberg

    1973
  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" ; Program 5 ; part 1

    1971
  • Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Atwood discusses her novel "Life Before Man"

    Mar. 3, 1980
  • Ken Wooden discussing "Weeping in the playtime of others"

    May. 12, 1976
  • Ursula Bender

    Ursula Bender leads a tour to the Berlin Wall

    1986
  • Interview with Les Brown

    Mar. 12, 1992
  • Discussing the book "Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity" (published by University of Chicago Press) with the author Mitchell Duneier, photographer Ovie Carter, Nate "Slim" Douglas and Ed Watlington

    Sep. 2, 1992
  • Discussing the book "William Henry Jackson and the Transformation of the American Landscape" with author, art historian Peter Hales

    Aug. 18, 1988
  • Lyle Kessler in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 7, 1985
  • Lewis H. Lapham in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 22, 1988
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