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Focus of the interview is Gibson's record Makin' a Mess.
Part 3. Alec Wilder and Harry Bouras discuss Wilder's book "American popular songs", published in 1972.
Interviewing singer and songwriter Thom Bishop.
Discussing Illinois, its prairies, rivers and cities through music and poetry with singer and poet Marita Brake and documentary photographer Rhondal McKinney.
Discussing "It Ain't Necessarily So: An Autobiography" (published by Grove) with the author, musician Larry Adler.
Interviewing producer, director and screenwriter Jean Bach about her Oscar-nominated documentary "A Great Day in Harlem".
Interviewing pianist, painter and essayist Alfred Brendel.
Singer-songwriter and activist Holly Near discusses her work for fighting for social justice through outlets such as her music. Near a prominent proponent for the LGBTQ community has streamlined her work using folk and protest-inspired songs. Near has been awarded multiple honors from organizations such as the ACLU and the National Organization for Women for her work for social change.
Studs interviews Harry Chapin about his music and career. They discuss Chapin’s style of writing songs. Chapin describes some of his songs such as “Cats In the Cradle,” “Sniper,” “WOLD,” and “Mr. Tanner.” He stresses that his songs tell stories and often are influenced by real-life events. For example, “30,000 Bananas Pounds of Bananas” came from a trip he took on a Greyhound bus through Pennsylvania where there was a truck accident.
Haig Allahverdian discusses Armenian music and culture as well as the Armenian massacre and its effects on the Armenian people on the whole. Copyrighted material has been removed from this program.
Nicolai Malko was a Russian-born American symphonic conductor, who wrote the book, "A Certain Art." According to George Malko, his father's technique in conducting orchestras had nothing to do with showmanship but rather the senior Malko was more concerned with giving his audiences a theatrical experience by conveying the music at hand.