The sports essayist shares some of the observations that populate his book about baseball in the late 1970s and early 1980s - Late Innings: A Baseball Companion.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Studs speaks with the author, theater scholar, and biographer about her book, W. S. Gilbert: A Classic Victorian and His Theatre.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American editor, journalist, and novelist talks with Studs about his Civil War novel, Unto This Hour, and how he did not set out to romanticize the war, but to show that war does not always lead to glory, despite the bravery of the fighting soldiers.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The architects sit down with Studs to discuss their two-volume book project - Chicago Tribune Tower Competition (about the 1922 Tribune administrative building design submissions) and Late Entries (about a 1980 interpretation of the earlier competition).*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Power, the misuse of power, and the hollowness of one's heart and soul are the main themes covered by Helene Rozenberg in her adult courses on the plays of William Shakespeare.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The British historian and writer relates Shakespeare to modern day sensibilities, reads sonnets, and discusses Elizabethan cultural norms.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The unconventional music teacher returns to the studio to continue lessons from his book, Ways of the Hand: The Organization of Improvised Conduct.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The sociologist, music teacher, and author joins Studs to talk about his book, Ways of the Hand: The Organization of Improvised Conduct, and his unconventional approach to piano instruction.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The British historian and author talks with Studs about the research that went into the creation of his book, Paderweski: A Biography, about the famed Polish pianist and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderweski.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The Australian-born American historian and China scholar discusses his book, Mao: A Biography.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The essayist and biographer discusses her book, Mabel: Hollywood's First I-Don't-Care Girl, and how she attempted to separate the myth from the reality of the life of Hollywood actress, director, and screenwriter Mabel Normand.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The British poet takes on the 1981 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas as the setting for his book, The Biggest Game in Town. He and Studs talk about the many people that inhabit Las Vegas at any given time - the tourists, the gamblers, the professional poker players, and everyone else.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author and professor discusses her biography - Josephine Herbst: The Story She Could Never Tell - about the journalist and novelist who covered the Great Depression and The Spanish Civil War, and wrote proletarian novels on life in the 1920s and 1930s.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author and film critic discusses her book, Eye on the World: Conversations with International Filmmakers.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

While in London, Studs sits down for a discussion about American hobos, with the British author of Hard Travellin': The Hobo and His History.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations