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  • Interviewing Malvina Reynolds

    Oct. 28, 1969

    The American folk singer and political activist shares a bit of her personal history and some insight into her songwriting inspirations. Studs asks about her songs "Tungsten," "The Albatross," "D.D.T.," and "Little Boxes."*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Malcolm Cowley

    Oct. 9, 1979

    Studs talks to the longtime literary critic, editor, and historian about his life, as told through the memoir, And I Worked at the Writer's Trade, as well as a previous book, Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Malcolm Barnes, Morris Carnovsky and Martha Schlamme.

    May. 24, 1962
  • Interviewing Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers

    Jun. 3, 1986

    The Gray Panthers is a national organization of intergenerational activists dedicated to social change.

  • Interviewing Lyric Opera of Chicago soprano Eva Marton

    Mar. 20, 1996
  • Interviewing Lutheran minister and political activist Daniel Solberg and his brother, actor and political activist David Soul, about their work with union activists and unemployed steelworkers in western Pennsylvania

    Apr. 10, 1986
  • Interviewing Louisiana photographer Clarence John Laughlin

    1960

    Laughlin is primarily known for his romantic and surreal views of Southern architecture although he also photographed other topics, including Chicago buildings of the Victorian era.

  • Interviewing Louise Pliss

    Jan. 4, 1963
  • Interviewing Louis Untermeyer: the library of great American writing ; part 3

    Nov. 22, 1960
  • Interviewing Louis Untermeyer: the library of great American writing ; part 2

    Nov. 22, 1960
  • Interviewing Louis Untermeyer: the library of great American writing ; part 1

    Nov. 22, 1960
  • Interviewing Lotte Lenya

    Nov. 9, 1963

    The Austrian American singer and actress gives some insight into her work with husband, Kurt Weill, and playwright Bertolt Brecht.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Lorenzo Turner ; part 3

    May. 6, 1953
  • Interviewing Lorenzo Turner ; part 2

    May. 6, 1953
  • Interviewing Lorenzo Turner ; part 1

    May. 6, 1953
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