Music by Robert Ward and text based on the Arthur Miller play.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author of A Great and Glorious Romance joins Studs to discuss her search into her parents' past, including their families' roots in Sweden and Luxembourg.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The British-American theater critic and playwright joins Studs to discuss the work of German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author of Ballots and Bandwagons gives an overview of many of the presidential campaigns and conventions of the first half of the 20th century.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

After listening to some field recordings of staff and customers at a downtown Chicago toy store, social worker Olga Kreisberg and toy manufacturer Jack Wright speak with Studs about the proliferation of toys that glorfiy warfare. A clip of an earlier recording of designer Charles Eames is included.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

A discussion of the full and varied life and career of the prominent African American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

Ray Girardin, Detroit Police Commissioner, is opposed to capital punishment. In 1930, he witnessed a man being put to death and he says it's a horrible sight to behold. Representative Robert Canfield of Rockford, explained that the state doesn't have the right to put a man to death. He further explained that the death penalty does more harm than good. Springfield freshman representative Jim Moran talks about House Bill 28 and the abolishment of the death penalty going through.

The working New York fireman and writer sits down to talk about his latest, Glitter & Ash, a novel about politics and privilege. Includes a clip from an interview with Brooklyn fireman Tommy Gates.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Music director and contemporary conductor of the Brno Orchestra, Grammy winner, and pianist Dennis Russell Davies discusses his innovative techniques when conducting pieces by musicians such as Philip Glass and his work with music fusion.

Studs and Levertov compare and contrast her early work with her later efforts, before an appearance at the School at the Art Institute. Includes clips from a 1969 interview.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Attorney Debra Evenson and Gisela Lopez discuss the U.S. embargo on Cuba, the 1994 Cuban craft crisis, and food shortages and life in Cuba.

History, genocide, human rights and Amnesty International are all topics of this interview with David Hawk. Solutions to the problems in Cambodia are presented by Hawk, too. There is also an excerpt from Studs Terkel's conversation with William Shawcross.

Daniel Ellsberg, political activist, discusses the creation and use of the atomic and hydrogen bombs. He discusses his family including how his son helped him leak the Pentagon Papers and has since protested with him, including being jailed. He also talks about his father who quit his job over the creation of the hydrogen bomb and how his father's choice helped him to decide to release the Pentagon Papers.

Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Resuming the conversation with regards to his book, "Additional Dialogue: Letters of Dalton Trumbo, 1942-1962," Dalton Trumbo now talks about his time after being in prison for 10 months.