Part 3. Alec Wilder and Harry Bouras discuss Wilder's book "American popular songs", published in 1972.

The sometimes controversial biographer of celebrities takes on the life of sometimes controversial comedian Lenny Bruce.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Interviewing Ulick O'Connor, biographer of the Irish poet and politician Oliver St. John Gogarty.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing the depression in Sweden and interviewing Sture Kjellberg while Studs was in Sweden.

Steve Allen, the versatile entertainer and musician, discusses his travels and his book, "Explaining China."*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations   

Discussing "Afro-American cross-currents" and interviewing St. Clair Drake, George Shepperson and Professor Lorenzo Turner.

The blue-collar writer and poet joins Studs to reminisce about the hard times of the 1920s and 1930s and the founding of his Chicago-based College of Complexes.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Interviewing actor and author Simon Callow.

Interviewing Swedish writer and political activist Sara Lidman while Studs was in Sweden.

Discussing the book "Passion and Prejudice: A Family Memoir" (published by Knopf) with the author Sallie Bingham.

Discussing the book "On Distant Ground: A Novel" (published by Knopf) with the author Robert Olen Butler.

Discussing German theologian Dietrich BonHoffer with biographer Rev. Eberhard Bethge.

The historian and scholar describes how the suicide attempt which lead to his blindness gave him a new appreciation for life. Studs also plays a clip of a blind Chicago housing project resident.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations