*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing the book "Family web: a story of India" with the author Sarah Hobson.

Discussing the book "Edgar Snow's China" with the author Lois Wheeler Snow.

Discussing the book "Blue Money: Pornography and the Pornographers - an intimate look at the two-billion-dollar fantasy industry" and interviewing the author Carolyn See. Includes Carolyn See reading an excerpt from the book at the beginning.

Discussing the book "Blue highways: a journey into America" with William Least Heat Moon.

Professor Charles V. Hamilton

Professor Charles V. Hamilton

Nick Rudall talks about directing his 7th play by George Bernard Shaw. Three cast members, Daria Martel, Tom Amandes and David New are part of the interview, too. The actors reenact various scenes of the play. Rudall explains Shaw wrote "Candida" as a way to sort through his complicated feelings with a woman.

Visiting Professor of History at the University of Chicago Denis Mack Smith discusses the book “Italy: Modern History.” Smith primarily focuses this discussion on the political history of Italy.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations