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  • 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 "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, "Nothin' But Good Times Ahead" with journalist and author Molly Ivins

    Sep. 29, 1993
  • Edgar Smith

    Discussing the book, "Getting out", and interviewing its author, Edgar Smith

    Feb. 14, 1973

    Discussing the book, "Getting out," and interviewing its author, Edgar Smith. Topics include imprisonment, the legal system, and capital punishment. Includes a clip of an interview with Hermann Field a former Polish prisoner. Includes clip of an interview with former prison inmate Jimmy Blake.

  • Discussing the book, "Before the Mayflower," with Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; part 5

    1964
  • Discussing the book, "Before the Mayflower," with Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; part 4

    1964
  • Discussing the book, "Before the Mayflower," with Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; part 3

    1964
  • Discussing the book, "Before the Mayflower," with Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; part 2

    1964
  • Discussing the book, "Before the Mayflower," with Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; part 1

    1964
  • Discussing the book of short stories "Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand" with author Ursula Le Guin

    Nov. 22, 1991
  • Discussing the book "Wordstruck: A Memoir" with the author, journalist Robert MacNeil

    Mar. 23, 1989
  • Discussing the book "Whoredom in Kimmage: Irish Women Coming of Age" with the author Rosemary Mahoney

    Sep. 13, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: But Don't Have Sex or Take The Car with Dick Moore

    Sep. 24, 1984
  • Discussing the book "Turning Point: The Inside Story of the Papal Birth Control Commission, and How Humanae Vitae Changed the Life of Patty Crowley and the Future of the Church" with Robert McClory, and Patty Crowley

    Jul. 18, 1995

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

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