The poet, educator, and editor joins Studs to discuss his process for selecting the English and American poems that made up the Harper Anthology of Poetry.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The long-time media critic talks with Studs about his novel, An Affair of Strangers.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The French-born American writer and literary critic joins Studs to discuss the paperback release of her novel, Lovers and Tyrants.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American poet and writer adapts nursery rhyme forms to address modern day topics like corruption, unemployment, and domestic abuse in her play, Street Dreams: The Inner City Musical, at The Apollo Theater.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The novelist and journalist reflects on his childhood in small-town America, as described in his book, Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The distinguished South African poet and Northwestern University professor joins Studs for a wide-ranging conversation about apartheid, poetry, and sports.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author and photographer discusses companionship, intimacy, friendship, and love among the abled and disabled, as further described in his book, Incurably Romantic.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations   

Discussing the novel, The War Between the Tates, and interviewing the author Alison Lurie.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The writer and Vietnam War veteran gathered various accounts from his fellow soldiers in an effort to document the thoughts and emotions of those who fought. His book, Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War, is discussed here with Studs.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

A conversation about ecology, with the authors of Saving the Earth: A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Action.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Physicist and renewable energy activist Amory Lovins discusses areas of focus for renewable energy, including at-home utility usage and agriculture. Lovins also discusses his two books “Soft Energy Paths: Toward a Durable Peace” and “Energy Unbound: A Fable for America’s Future.” Studs plays "Whose Garden Was This" - Tom Paxton (1970).

Amiya Chakravarty discusses Rabindranath Tagore. Includes song and poem by Rabindranath Tagore.

Discussing the book "Leadership, love and aggression. As the twig is bent: the psychological factors in the making of four black leaders - Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Richard Wright and Martin Luther King Jr." with the anthropologist-author Allison Davis.

Studs Terkel and Allen Ginsberg talk about poetry, meditation, and the shifting of American socio-political consciousness between the 50's and 70's.

Discussing the book "Cosmopolitan Dreams: Poems, 1986-1992" with the poet Allen Ginsberg.