Studs Terkel interview with Wanda Wilkomirska about her life as a violinist. They discuss her childhood and her musical family. Wilkomirska talks about the people and music that influenced her, and she describes the differences in audiences between large cities and smaller ones. She expresses her deep love for music and her need to play her music with emotion. Music performances are cut from this particular recording with Wanda Wilkomirska. Studs quotes Ray Erickson, critic from the New York Times and discusses other critiques of her work.

As the co-founder of Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater, Peter Zeisler's goal was to show that first-rate productions can be produced outside of New York. He talks about how the audiences and the artists have changed. He also discusses the various problems of theaters like funding for the arts.