Alfred McCoy discusses the history of heroin trafficking within the context of American foreign policy.

Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Verna Bloom continues to talk about how scared she was when being arrested. Bloom said she was hand-cuffed for an hour. One of Bloom's friends was able to smooth things over with the police and she was finally released.

The day after being arrested in Chicago, Verna Bloom talks about the outrage and humiliation she felt. In great detail, she describes what led up to her arrest. Bloom contends she was doing nothing other than enjoying the nice weather when a police officer arrested her.

The Chicago writer tells Studs of the seventeen-month ordeal of searching for his missing grandson, as further described in his book, Where is Joey?: Lost Among the Hare Krishnas.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Joy Humes, a teacher of poetry at Virginia State Penitentiary's continuing education program, describes her experiences working with death row inmates.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The son of Supreme Court associate justice Hugo Lafayette Black, also an attorney and author himself, discusses his book, My Father: A Remembrance.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing the book, The First Century: The Chicago Bar Association, 1874-1974, and interviewing the author Herman Kogan.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Helene Schwartz Kenvin joins Studs to discuss her autobiography, Lawyering. As she describes it, she did not initially want to be a lawyer, but was drawn to the profession after witnessing so much unfairness in a nation of laws.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author and history professor join Studs to discuss her book, Rural Radicals: Righteous Rage in the American Grain.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations