Discussing the Equal Rights Amendment with Illinois Representative Susan Catania and political activists Clara Day and Margaret Klimkowski.

Stokely Carmichael, Charlie Cobb, and Courtland Cox discuss civil rights and African Americans in politics. Discussing the philosophy of SNCC.

A sprawling conversation with R. Buckminster Fuller including his great aunt Margaret Fuller, future communication, the nature of work, human nature, and physics.

Discussing "New approaches to man and technology

Interviewing Jack Beatty, author and editor of the Atlantic Monthly.

Discussing the book "The eagle forgotten: the life of John Peter Altgeld" with the author Harry Barnard.

Discussing the book "Who Built America?: Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture and Society," (published by Pantheon) with one of the authors, Stephen Brier.

Interviewing Tony Kujala and Billy Crowe.

Discussing the book "Downsize This!" (published by Crown) with the author, filmmaker and social critic Michael Moore.

Laurel Snyder describes to Studs Terkel her journey into prostitution and her involvement in the organization COYOTE, which advocates for the rights of sex workers and the decriminalization of prostitution.

Discussing the book "Eugene V. Debs: citizen and socialist" with the author Nick Salvatore. Nick Salvatore discusses Eugene V. Debs' life. Includes song "Ballad of Eugene Victor Debs" sung by Joe Glazer in the beginning. Includes the song "Hold the Fort" song sung at the end.

Discussing the book "Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983" (published by ILR Press) with the author Barbara Kingsolver.