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Discussing the book "Twentieth century journey: 1930-1940" with the author William Shirer.
Peter Lyon discusses the book "Success Story: The Life and Times of S. S. McClure." Includes recitation of "Immortality" by William Jennings Bryan.
Nicholas Van Hoffman discusses the characters of his novel, "Two Three Many More" about campus protests against the Vietnam War. Political viewpoints, regulations, and character analysis are discussed. Von Hoffman opens the interview with a reading from the opening of the book that mentions peace, solidarity, and disunity. Terkel and Von Hoffman read excerpts together from the book.
Discussing the book "Observations from a Treadmill" and interviewing the author My (pseudonym).
Author-journalist Mike Royko's book, "I May Be Wrong, but I Doubt It" includes 65-70 of Royko's past articles. Royko talks about how his columns come to life. Never having been one to sit in an office, he talks about going out into the world to get the story and to report the facts. Royko includes a funny tale about the word, "clout," in his book.
Discussing the book, "A long time passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation," with the author Myra MacPherson.
Discussing the book "With enough shovels: Reagan, Bush and nuclear war " with the journalist-author Robert Scheer.
Discussing the book "Starving in the shadow of plenty" with the author Loretta Schwartz-Nobel.
Discussing the book "Illusion of peace" with the author Tad Szulc.