The longtime American music critic and chronicler of early rock and roll joins Studs to talk about his first novel, Nighthawk Blues.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations   

The novelist joins Studs to discuss money, art, and power - among the many themes explored in his book, Someone Else's Money.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The columnist and etiquette authority joins Studs to talk about her manual, Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, as well as her novel, Gilbert: A Comedy of Manners.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Studs remembers the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with a rebroadcast of an interview about his memoir, A Journey For Our Times.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American journalist and humorist, described by Studs as a sit-down comic, shares selections from his book, Uncivil Liberties, and some of the anecdotes behind it.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American jazz writer and historian shares stories of the lives, careers, and personalities of some of the most popular performers of the 20th Century in his book, The Best of the Music Makers.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The sports essayist shares some of the observations that populate his book about baseball in the late 1970s and early 1980s - Late Innings: A Baseball Companion.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The sports journalist, perhaps best known for The Boys of Summer, his book about the Brooklyn Dodgers, joins to Studs to talk about his latest, A Season in the Sun.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The radio newscaster talks with Studs about his long friendship with the folk music singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie and his book, Woody and Me: An Intimate Reminiscence.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist joins Studs to talk about life in Virginia and Baltimore during the Great Depression, as further described in his memoir Growing Up.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American editor, journalist, and novelist talks with Studs about his Civil War novel, Unto This Hour, and how he did not set out to romanticize the war, but to show that war does not always lead to glory, despite the bravery of the fighting soldiers.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Power, the misuse of power, and the hollowness of one's heart and soul are the main themes covered by Helene Rozenberg in her adult courses on the plays of William Shakespeare.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American author and staff writer at The New Yorker talks about the Solidarity movement in Poland, as further detailed in his book, The Passion of Poland.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American journalist joins Studs to discuss the life of singer, actor, social activist, and lawyer Paul Robeson, as chronicled in her biography, Paul Robeson, All-American.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The essayist and biographer discusses her book, Mabel: Hollywood's First I-Don't-Care Girl, and how she attempted to separate the myth from the reality of the life of Hollywood actress, director, and screenwriter Mabel Normand.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations