The author of The Waterbury Tales, talks about how she was inspired to use the format of The Canterbury Tales to tell the story of the Watergate scandal. Includes recordings of Dorothy Parker and examples of people reading with Middle English pronunciations.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing "The Understudy : a Novel" and interviewing Elia Kazan.

Studs interviews Christopher Durang, playwright, about his plays. "A History of the American Film" is the highlight of the interview, which is playing at the Heron Theater in Chicago. Durang describes parts of the play and it's characters. He explains that it portrays the different eras and famous moments of movies and references real actors and actresses. Durang reads several times from the play, but all musical numbers are removed from this edited version of the original recording.