Discussing the book, "A long time passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation," with the author Myra MacPherson.

Studs Terkel interviews Ralph Fasanella about his new book of paintings entitled, "Fasanella's City."

Discussing the book "With enough shovels: Reagan, Bush and nuclear war " with the journalist-author Robert Scheer.

Discussing the book "Whatever happened to the quiz kids" with the author Ruth Duskin Feldman.

Discussing the book "Watch out for the foreign guests: China encounters the west" with the author Orville Schell.

Studs Terkel and Ronald talk about Lippmann's privileged early life, his time at Harvard, and his positions as editor of The New Republic and New York World. They also discuss Lippmann's silence — as a Jewish man — regarding persecution of Jews in World War II.

Discussing the book "The word remains: the life and death of Bishop Oscar Romeo" with the author James R. Brockman, S. J.

Discussing the book "The sharing society" with the author Edward Lamb.

Discussing the book "The managed heart: the commercialization of human feeling" with the author Arlie Russell Hochschild.

Discussing the book "The lean years: politics in a time of scarcity" with the author Richard Barnett.

Discussing the book "The harder we run" with the author William Harris.