Reading from the collection of short stories, the Anarchists' convention

Reading three Christmas stories

Terkel comments and presents a performance of "Henry IV."

Maxene Andrews reminisces over Andrews Sisters songs with Studs Terkel. She acknowledges the heavy influence the Boswell Sisters played in the creation of their image. She relays musical stories surrounding songs in Abbott and Costello such as "Bugle Boy" from their movie "Buck Privates". How they found the song "Mir Bist Du Schon" and Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin helped with the lyrics. How song pluggers brought The Andrews Sisters "Tip-Pi-Tin". How "Apple Blossom Time" helped an injured soldier at Oak Knoll Hospital upon his return to the states.

Presenting trombone music and interviewing trombone player Jim Beebe.

Promoting a production of "The Zoo: A Musical Folly," with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Chicago's Executive Producer Gretchen Potts and Artistic Director Carl Forsberg.

Readings (3) from Charles Dickens and interviewing with British Actor George Harland.

Terkel comments on and reads from "The War" with Eleanor Bron

Reading from Marguerite Duras's "The War: A Memoir" (published by Pantheon) with actress Eleanor Bron (part 1 of 2).

Presenting music by coronet player Ruby Braff prior to an appearance at Rick's Cafe.

Reading "Report from an English Village" and interviewing the author Ronald Blythe while Studs was in London.

Reading prose from Spain and Poland by editor of Northwestern Literary Magazine "Tri-Quarterly" with editor Reginald Gibbons.