The investigative journalist joins Studs to discuss his latest book, The Best Congress Money Can Buy.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American history professor and author talks with Studs about her book, Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era. This program also includes excerpts of interviews from Terkel's Hard Times series.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Even though Josh Logan said he’d never want to be in a hospital again for treatment, he said that his bouts of manic depression and being on the edge have led to some of his greatest work. When asked, Logan said he would not have traded his sickness for being completely well. He also shares his greatest of experiences, working with Konstantin Stanislavski.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

A conversation with the drama critic about his book, Notes On a Cowardly Lion - a biography about his father, the actor Bert Lahr.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

A conversation with the drama critic about his book, Notes On a Cowardly Lion - a biography about his father, the actor Bert Lahr.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The long-time media critic talks with Studs about his novel, An Affair of Strangers.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author and photographer discusses companionship, intimacy, friendship, and love among the abled and disabled, as further described in his book, Incurably Romantic.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations   

A conversation about ecology, with the authors of Saving the Earth: A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Action.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Art historian Amy Conger and Arthur Warner and Natalie Warner discuss Chile and the coup d'etat of 1973.

Physicist and renewable energy activist Amory Lovins discusses areas of focus for renewable energy, including at-home utility usage and agriculture. Lovins also discusses his two books “Soft Energy Paths: Toward a Durable Peace” and “Energy Unbound: A Fable for America’s Future.” Studs plays "Whose Garden Was This" - Tom Paxton (1970).

Amiya Chakravarty discusses Rabindranath Tagore. Includes song and poem by Rabindranath Tagore.

Terkel interviews four principle actors from the American Conservatory Theater: Richard A. Dicer, Robin Gammell, Renee Obajinhua, and Janis Young. This is an interview done in two parts.

Terkel interviews actors from the American Conservatory Theater: Richard A. Dysart, Robin Gammell, Rene Auberjonois, Janis Young, and William Ball. This is an interview done in two parts.

Discussing the book "Leadership, love and aggression. As the twig is bent: the psychological factors in the making of four black leaders - Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Richard Wright and Martin Luther King Jr." with the anthropologist-author Allison Davis.

Terkel presents musical performance of Texas songs with Allen Wayne Damron