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  • Interviewing Alec Wilder discussing his music and his book: American Popular Songs ; part 3

    1980

    Part 3. Alec Wilder and Harry Bouras discuss Wilder's book "American popular songs", published in 1972.

  • Interviewing Albert Goldman

    Jul. 24, 1974

    The sometimes controversial biographer of celebrities takes on the life of sometimes controversial comedian Lenny Bruce.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing actor, singer, songwriter, and playwright Ewan MacColl and singer and songwriter Peggy Seeger

    Apr. 29, 1986
  • Interview with Ulick O'Connor, with an introductory clip of Micheál Mac Liammóir

    Apr. 9, 1965

    Interviewing Ulick O'Connor, biographer of the Irish poet and politician Oliver St. John Gogarty.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interview with Thom Bishop

    Sep. 27, 1990

    Interviewing singer and songwriter Thom Bishop.

  • Interview with Sture Kjellberg

    1973

    Discussing the depression in Sweden and interviewing Sture Kjellberg while Studs was in Sweden.

  • Interview with Steven Bensen, Debbie Kent Stein, and William Heyford

    May. 9, 1990

    Discussing the National Federation of the Blind with Steven Bensen, Debbie Kent Stein, and William Heyford.

  • Interview with Steve Allen

    May. 3, 1981

    Steve Allen, the versatile entertainer and musician, discusses his travels and his book, "Explaining China."*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations   

  • Interview with St. Clair Drake, George Shepperson and Lorenzo Turner

    Apr. 27, 1966

    Discussing "Afro-American cross-currents" and interviewing St. Clair Drake, George Shepperson and Professor Lorenzo Turner.

  • Interview with Slim Brundage

    1960

    The blue-collar writer and poet joins Studs to reminisce about the hard times of the 1920s and 1930s and the founding of his Chicago-based College of Complexes.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interview with Simon Callow

    Feb. 8, 1996

    Interviewing actor and author Simon Callow.

  • Interview with Sara Lidman

    Nov. 6, 1973

    Interviewing Swedish writer and political activist Sara Lidman while Studs was in Sweden.

  • Interview with Sallie Bingham

    Feb. 17, 1989

    Discussing the book "Passion and Prejudice: A Family Memoir" (published by Knopf) with the author Sallie Bingham.

  • Russell Banks

    Interview with Russell Banks

    1980
  • Russell Banks

    Interview with Russell Banks

    May. 25, 1995
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