The English journalist and social critic discusses her life and her work as a muckraker. Her book, Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking, collects some of her most well-known essays and can also serve as a manual for investigative journalists.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The cast members of Richard Howard's Two-Part Inventions at the Goodman Theater discuss Edith Wharton and a meeting between Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The folk singer and dulcimer player describes her upbringing in Kentucky, how she came to learn about Appalachian folk traditions, and the links between American, English, and Irish songs and hymns.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Jean Redpath describes some of the folk stories and traditions she learned in her native Scotland.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations  

The Hungarian-American cellist discusses his career, his travels, and his work with pianist Gyorgy Sebok.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Jane Stern discusses her book, Trucker: A Portrait of the Last American Cowboy, and the life, culture, and myths of truck drivers. The program includes an excerpt from an interview with a truck driver named Paul Deitch.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author, magazine editor, and speech writer joins Studs to talk about his 1959 novel, Mover: A Modern Tragedy, and other works.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The writer and publisher discusses his biography of the poet Delmore Schwartz, who found literary fame early in his career but later struggled with loneliness, mental illness, and depression.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations  

Studs is joined by the Goodman Theatre cast members to discuss their staging of the Sam Shepard play. The program includes some dramatic readings.

Worker-writer Jack Conroy joins Studs to talk about his career, proletarian literature, and the reissue of his memorable 1930s novel The Disinherited.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses his documentary, A Quite Ordinary Life (Két elhatározás), and and how he captured the adventures of an elderly Hungarian woman on her first trip to Western Europe.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations