Discussing the book "Not Exactly What I Had in Mind" (published by Atlantic Monthly Press) with the author, journalist and humorist Roy Blount.

Interviewing jazz singer Rosemary Clooney and singer and pianist Michael Feinstein.

Interviewing actor Roscoe Lee Browne and actor and theater director Lloyd Richards.

Discussing the politics of keeping military installations and nuclear missile warehouses off the Micronesian Islands and interviewing attorney Roman Bedor.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing "The Damnedest Radical: The Life and World of Ben Reitman, Chicago's Celebrated Social Reformer, Hobo King, and Whorehouse Physician," (published by University of Illinois Press) with the author Roger Bruns.

Interviewing harpist Robin Huw Bowen.

Discussing the folk songs of Italy and interviewing musician Roberto Ruberto.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing the book "On Distant Ground: A Novel" (published by Knopf) with the author Robert Olen Butler.

Discussing "Six Characters in Search of an Author," by Luigi Pirandello with director Robert Brustein.

Interviewing author, theater critic and director Robert Brustein.

Interviewing poet Robert Bly.

Discussing the book "Black Lives, White Lives: Three Decades of Race Relations in America," (published by University of California Press) with the author, sociologist Bob Blauner.