Discussing the play "Bleacher Bums: A Nine-Inning Comedy" with Richard Fiere and creator and actor Joe Mantegna.

Discussing Samuel Beckett's play "Happy Days: A Play in Two Acts," with actress Jo Henderson and director Frank Galati.

Discussing the book "Damon Runyan," (published by Ticknor & Fields) with the author Jimmy Breslin.

Discussing the book of poetry "Civil Blood" (published by Milkweek) with the author Jill Breckenridge.

English poet

Interviewing author and journalist Jeff Cohen.

Interviewing producer, director and screenwriter Jean Bach about her Oscar-nominated documentary "A Great Day in Harlem".

Discussing "Zero Mostel: A Biography" (published by Atheneum) with the author Jared Brown.

Interviewing sportswriter Ira Berkow.

Indian poets Professor Vinda Karandikar and Professor A. K. Ramanujan discuss their inspirations and read Marathi poetry. Changes to another interview at 19:38. This second interview is about capital punishment.

Indian poets Professor Vinda Karandikar and Professor A. K. Ramanujan discuss their inspirations and read Marathi poetry.

Discussing Bertolt Brecht's "A man's a man."

Discussing the book "In the Mecca" and interviewing the author Gwendolyn Brooks.

Discussing the book "In the Mecca" and interviewing the author Gwendolyn Brooks. Rebroadcast or different version of 1917972-3-1.

Interviewing poet Gwendolyn Brooks.