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  • Discussing The new Catholic Church, the deputy and moral responsibility with Father Pierre Rikas and Howard Schomer

    Mar. 14, 1964

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  • Frank Zappa

    Discussing the music of the Mothers of Invention and interviewing Frank Zappa

    Aug. 1, 1970

    Discussing the music of the Mothers of Invention and interviewing Frank Zappa. Songs include "Who are the Brain Police," "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," "Concentration Moon," "Mom and Dad," "Bow Tie Daddy," "Harry, You're a Beast," "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" "Trouble Every Day," "Very Distraughtening," "White Ugliness" and "There Will Come a Time."

  • Discussing the music of China with David Golub

    Aug. 27, 1981

    The American pianist and conductor talks about his cultural exchange visit to China as depicted in the documentary, From Mao to Mozart. Studs plays some recordings of Chinese music from his own trip to China.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the Middle East, the American press, and newspaper reporting with Eric Rouleau, Middle East correspondent for the French daily Le Monde

    Nov. 12, 1982
  • Discussing the Library of America series with Daniel Aaron

    Jun. 17, 1982
  • Discussing the law and police, especially the selection of Chicago's new police chief

    Apr. 13, 1978

    Discussing the law and police, especially the selection of Chicago's new police chief, and interviewing a panel on the topic: Chicago Alderman Martin Oberman, Police official Howard Saffold, and social scientist William A. Geller.

  • Discussing the Joffrey Memorial Tour with choreographer Gerald Arpino

    Mar. 27, 1989

    Discussing the Joffrey Memorial Tour with choreographer Gerald Arpino.

  • Discussing the Irish Civil Rights Movement with Mairead Corrigan

    Jun. 8, 1978

    Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, or offensive language. 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.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations  

  • Discussing the industrialization of medicine with physicians Quentin Young, Robert Salinger and Alex Hughs

    Sep. 19, 1986
  • Discussing the industrialization of medicine with Doctors Quentin Young, Bernard Turnock and Jorge Prieto

    Feb. 5, 1987
  • Discussing the Immigration and Naturalization Service's detainment of refugee children from Central America and the National Center For Youth Law with Rita McLennon, Jim Morales and Ida Galvan

    May. 1986
  • Discussing the homeless and homelessness with a panel of guests

    Jul. 24, 1990

    Discussion about the homeless with a panel of guests

  • Discussing the history of the Knights of Labor with John Gerlach, Herb Gutman, and Dave Montgomery

    May. 18, 1979
  • Discussing the his biography "Life Work," and the book of poetry "The Museum of Clear Ideas" with poet Donald Hall

    Nov. 12, 1993
  • Discussing The Hammonds of Redcliffe, with Carol Bleser

    Dec. 2, 1981

    After discovering the family letters of James Henry Hammond in the archives of a South Carolina library, Carol Bleser set about telling a rather troubling saga - of slavery, sexual assault, and hypocrisy in the South, before and after the Civil War.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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