Studs Terkel joins the Papandreou family in their living room in Elmhurst, Illinois, to discuss their exile after the Junta’s coup d’état and occupation of Greece.

Lute Jerstad discusses "Everest Diary." Includes passages from Lute Jerstad.

Interviewing John Martin: "Visit deep south Appalachia 1970" [also includes excerpts of Studs trip South in 1966)]

Noted Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl discusses his most recent book "The Tigris Expedition: In Search of Our Beginnings" in which Heyerdahl and a crew of 10 men built a reed boat in Iraq and sailed it through the Persian Gulf, around the Horn of Africa, to Pakistan and eventually the Red Sea. Their goal was to prove that the ancient peoples of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley could have been in contact through marine trade and migration.

Discussing the book "Paderewski" with the biographer Adam Zamoyski.

Discussing the book "Long time passing: Vietnam and the haunted generation" with the author Myra McPherson.

Helene Kazantzakis talks about “The Great Passion” which was written by her husband, Nikos Kazantzakis. She also talks about the book that she is writing about her husband’s life. Studs Terkel reads aloud from “The Great Passion” and Helene reads aloud some of letters featured in the biography titled “Nikos Kazantzakis.” This interview opens with a song written by Nikos Kazantzakis called “The Dance” and closes with the song “Myrtia.”

Helene Kazantzakis talks about “The Great Passion” which was written by her husband, Nikos Kazantzakis. She also talks about the book that she is writing about her husband’s life. Studs Terkel reads aloud from “The Great Passion” and Helene reads aloud some of letters featured in the biography titled “Nikos Kazantzakis.”

Discussing the book "Tracks" with the author Robyn Davidson.

Studs Terkel interviews Sweden Prime Minister Olaf Palme at the House of Parliament. They discuss socialist political viewpoints and touch on a large variety of subjects. Major topics include work environment, working women, issues of ordinary people, industrialism, the post-industrial society, technology, and communities. Studs gives a short post script to inform listeners about the arrest of five journalists in Sweden, who were charged with exposing information about a secret police called the Information Branch. It was said that they jeopardized Sweden's security.

James Baldwin discusses his book "Another Country" and his trip to Africa. Mr.Baldwin and Studs speak about his place in social reform and his fight for civil rights for all.

Discussing the book "Lost Cities of Africa" with author Basil Davidson while Studs was in London.