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  • Discussing the Northlight Theater's production of "Quartermaine's Terms," with Mike Nussbaum, and the book "Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out," with Susan Nussbaum

    Dec. 18, 1984
  • Discussing the Middle East with author and activist Reuven Kaminer

    1980
  • Discussing the loss of innocence with novelist Irini Spanidou

    Mar. 9, 1989
  • Discussing the Library of America series with Daniel Aaron

    Jun. 17, 1982
  • Discussing the history of music with author and musicologist Joseph Machlis ; part 2

    Nov. 1, 1985
  • Discussing the his biography "Life Work," and the book of poetry "The Museum of Clear Ideas" with poet Donald Hall

    Nov. 12, 1993
  • Discussing The Hammonds of Redcliffe, with Carol Bleser

    Dec. 2, 1981

    After discovering the family letters of James Henry Hammond in the archives of a South Carolina library, Carol Bleser set about telling a rather troubling saga - of slavery, sexual assault, and hypocrisy in the South, before and after the Civil War.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the Great Depression with Larry Van Dusen

  • Discussing the dangers of nuclear war and interviewing Frank Barnaby, author of several books on the subject

    Oct. 22, 1979

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the current state and history of voting practices in the United States with Frances Fox Piven

    Feb. 23, 1984
  • Discussing the contemporary American theater with members of the Dramatists Guild of America; Jules Feiffer, Michael Weller, Terence McNally, and David Levine

    Apr. 19, 1983
  • Discussing the Chicago International Film Festival's screening of "Latino," with the film's writer and director, cinematographer Haskell Wexler

    Nov. 15, 1985
  • Discussing the character of Edith Ann with creators Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner

    Oct. 20, 1994

    The comedic creative force of Lily Tomlin and comedy writer Jane Wagner discuss the character of Edith Ann as well as the bag lady, Trudy, upon the release of their book "Edith Ann: My Life So Far".* Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations. 

  • Discussing the books written by Nat Hentoff for young people

    Apr. 28, 1982

    Discussing the books written by Nat Hentoff for young people: "The First Freedom: The Tumultuous History of Free Speech in America," and the novel, "Does This School Have Capital Punishment?" Includes oral reading from the books.

  • Discussing the books "The Cheese and the Worms: the Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller" and "The Enigma of Piero: Piero della Francesca: the Baptism, the Arezzo cycle, the Flagellation" with author Carlo Ginzburg

    Nov. 26, 1985
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