Robert Lipsyte discusses book "SportsWorld: An American Dreamland." Includes excerpt from opening passage of the book. Includes excerpt of interview with Muhammad Ali which starts around 35:33.

Charles M. Schultz gave high praise to Robert L. Short's book, "Parables of Peanuts". Long explained Schulz's comic strips and his thoughts of cruelty among children. Short further explained that Schulz's comic strips turns the readers back to themselves and gives the readers the opportunities to see their own lives as they really are.

Discussing the Lithuanian Opera Company with conductor Robert Kaminskas and Egle Rukstelyte Sundstrom.

Studs Terkel interviews Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino on the 30th anniversary of Joffrey Ballet.

Studs Terkel discusses the history of dance and its future with Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino.

With his book, "Living and Dying," Robert Jay Lifton, said the point he wanted to make clear is that individuals have to confront death in order to live well. Lifton also talks about deniers of death and their numbing feelings. Social change with regards to death, explained Lifton, will need to occur.

In his book, "Home From the War: Learning from Vietnam Veterans", Robert Jay Lifton reflects on what he's learned from talking with soldiers who came home from the Vietnam War. For some men, guilt and betrayal were common issues -- guilt in what they had done while in Vietnam and betrayal of what their superiors and the government had told them about the war itself.

Director Robert Falls and actor Brian Dennehy discuss the playwright Bertolt Brecht and their production of his play “Galileo.”

Robert del Tredici photographer, artist, and author discusses the history of nuclear weapon production plants around the United States and the effects of nuclear radiation.

"Where the Steel Winds Blow" is Robert Cromie's anthology of 210 war poems. With his book, Cromie wanted to point out the impact of war. There are also war-related songs throughout the program.

Robert Coover's "John's Wife" is about a made-up town, with its various townspeople and their interactions with one another and with John. What's also brought up is the fact that the wife has no name, mostly because John's wife does not exist.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing "The years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol 1: the path to power" with the biographer Robert Caro.