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  • Discussing his film "Northern Lights," with Rob Nilsson

    Nov. 13, 1978
  • Discussing his experiences in the People's Republic of China with author Dr. George Hatem

    Oct. 28, 1981
  • Discussing his composition "The Consul; Musical Drama in Three Acts," with Italian American composer Gian Carlo Menotti (part 2 of 2).

    Mar. 31, 1983
  • Discussing his autobiography "Perfect Pitch: A Life Story" with Russian-born musicologist, pianist and composer Nicolas Slonimsky

    Apr. 13, 1988

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing health care with Dr. Bruce Douglas

    Sep. 19, 1979

    Studs Terkel talks with Dr. Bruce Douglas about health care. They discuss the price of health care and an experience in London he had when he was sick.

  • Discussing Harold Pinter with the cast of his play "the Caretaker"

    May. 1, 1963
  • Discussing H.O.M.E. (Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly), a private agency dedicated to helping elderly poor people, with Chicago-based director Loretta Smith, and H.O.M.E. founders Michael and Lilo Salmon

    Feb. 26, 1993
  • Discussing Guatemala with human rights activist and author Dr. Raul Molina and an exiled Guatemalan, Maria X

    Mar. 23, 1984
  • Discussing grassroots organizing with folk singer and activist Si Kahn and Rev. James Williams

    Mar. 12, 1992
  • Discussing Gilbert and Sullivan with Jane Stedman ; part 2

    Jan. 25, 1965

    Jane Stedman discusses the lives of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan and the works they created jointly as Gilbert and Sullivan with emphasis on their comic opera "Utopia, Limited."

  • Discussing German dramatist-poet Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" with Eugenie Leontovich

    May. 13, 1964

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing French singer Edith Piaf with Helene Rozenberg ; part 2

    Jun. 26, 1995
  • Discussing French flutist Marcel Moyse and listening to music with conductor and flutist Richard Wyszynski

    Dec. 11, 1989
  • Discussing folk music with folk musician Pete Seeger

    Feb. 11, 1982

    The following songs were removed due to copyright restrictions:, "East Virginia", "Sticking With The Union", "Old Blue", "Jesu, Meine Freude", "We Shall Overcome", "The Draft", "Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down", and "Precious Friend" an instrumental song.

  • Discussing film with Harold Hayden, Pauline Kael, Arthur Knight, Jerry Teminer and Parker Tyler

    Apr. 25, 1963
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