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  • Discussing Italian culture in America with Italian Americans, attorney Tony Scariano and historian Dominic Candeloro

    Sep. 19, 1983
  • Discussing continuity and change and tradition vs. traditionalism with Jaroslav Pelikan

    Jun. 5, 1983
  • Discussing bicentennial time and interviewing Otto Friedrich

    Jun. 1, 1975

    Otto Friedrich discusses his "Time" magazine piece, his writing, and American history. Songs "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Free America" by Joseph Warren, a German song, an 18th century Boston Tea Party song, and an 18th-century British soldier song have been removed for copyright restrictions.

  • Discussing Armistice Day with Studs reading from selections by Dalton Trumbo

    Nov. 11, 1971
  • Discussing and reading from the book "Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South" with journalist and author John Egerton

    Nov. 3, 1994
  • Discussing American political campaigns and conventions with Ralph Martin

    May. 18, 1964

    The author of Ballots and Bandwagons gives an overview of many of the presidential campaigns and conventions of the first half of the 20th century.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing a trip to the Soviet Union with Sharon Tennison and Barbara Rinnan of The Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI)

    Feb. 1, 1985

    CCI maintains citizen-to-citizen networks between the US and the USSR in an attempt to empower ordinary citizens to take responsibility.

  • Presenting a rebuttal to editorials opposing the nuclear arms freeze.

    Discussing a rebuttal to editorials opposing the nuclear arms freeze

    Oct. 27, 1982

    Presenting a rebuttal to editorials opposing the nuclear arms freeze with Dr. Jack Geiger, Dr. George Kistiakowsky, Dr. Herbert (Peter) Schoville and Dr. Kosta Tsipis of MIT.

  • Discussing a collection of poems "Voices From The Ho Chi Minh Trail: Poetry of America and Vietnam, 1965-1993" the author, poet Larry Rottmann and novelist Larry Heinemann

    Mar. 24, 1994

    Both Rottmann and Heinemann are Vietnam veterans.

  • Discussing "The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists," with Mike Moore, David Cartwright and John Mearsheimer

    Jul. 25, 1995
  • Discussing "The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925," with author and historian Herbert Gutman

    Oct. 26, 1976
  • Discussing "Songs of Napalm: Poems" and "What Saves Us: Poems" with poet Bruce Weigl

    Jun. 9, 1992
  • Discussing "Reagan's America: Innocents at Home" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

    Aug. 20, 1987
  • Discussing "Reagan's America: Innocents at Home" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

    Aug. 20, 1987
  • Discussing " Wade in the Water: Great Moments in Black History" with Lerone Bennett, Jr.

    Feb. 5, 1980
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