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  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the books "Messages From My Father," by Calvin Trillin and "Dear Bruno," by Alice Trillin with the authors Calvin and Alice Trillin

    May. 28, 1996
  • Discussing the books "Mating" and "Whites: Stories" with Norman Rush

    Sep. 24, 1991
  • Discussing the books "Hobi Hansen, You're Weird" and "Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs" with the author Jamie Gilson

    Jun. 16, 1987
  • Discussing the books "Hannibal's Footsteps," "The Way We Live Now," and "Enthusiasms" with the author and journalist Bernard Levin

    Jan. 8, 1986
  • Discussing the books "Dream State: The New Scottish Poets" and "Second Cities" with Donny O'Rourke

    Jan. 24, 1995
  • Discussing the books "Back in the World: Stories" and "In the Garden of the North American Martyrs: A Collection of Short Stories" with the author Tobias Wolff

    Oct. 18, 1985
  • Discussing the book, Sparrows Point: Making Steel: The Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might with Mark Reutter

    Feb. 1, 1989
  • Discussing the book, Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, with the author, nature writer David Quammen

    Aug. 19, 1985
  • Discussing the book, "The Closing Circle: Confronting the Environmental Crisis" by Dr. Barry Commoner

    Nov. 3, 1971

    Discussing the book, "The Closing Circle: Confronting the Environmental Crisis," and interviewing the author, Dr. Barry Commoner.

  • Discussing the book, "Taken on Trust" with the author Terry Waite

    Oct. 22, 1993

    A hostage negotiator for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Waite was himself taken hostage in Lebanon in 1987 and held for 1,760 days.

  • Discussing the book, "Robert Kennedy and His Times," and interviewing the historian and author, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

    Sep. 8, 1978
  • Dennis Smith

    Discussing the book, "Report from Engine Co. 82," about firefighters in the Bronx, New York, and interviewing its author Dennis Smith

    1970
  • Discussing the book, "Nothin' But Good Times Ahead" with journalist and author Molly Ivins

    Sep. 29, 1993
  • Discussing the book, "Lyndon, An Oral Biography," about President Lyndon Johnson and interviewing the author Merle Miller

    Sep. 25, 1980

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

  • Discussing the book, "Jerry Brown: The Man on the White Horse"

    1970

    Discussing the book, "Jerry Brown: The Man on the White Horse," and interviewing the author J. D. Lorenz.

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