Discussing the book, The First Century: The Chicago Bar Association, 1874-1974, and interviewing the author Herman Kogan.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The journalist shares with Studs how he was inspired to write the semi-autobiographical memoir, Here at The New Yorker, about his long career at the famous magazine.  Includes excerpts from interviews with Rogers E. M. Whitaker and Dorothy Parker.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author and journalist discusses and reads from his book, The Right Stuff, about test pilots, the first American astronauts, their wives, and their families.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The journalist and writer discusses his controversial writings, his time spent as a celebrity figure, and his thoughts about writers as celebrities.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Author and humorist Calvin Trillin discusses his book Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater. Both Trillin and Terkel read excerpts from the book.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

While in a Dusseldorf prison, Gitta Sereny spent 70 hours interviewing Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp. Her book, "Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience," questions how could an ordinary man with a wife and children become such an evil monster. Stangl rationalized his job by saying he never hurt anyone, that he never murdered anyone. Sereny said in the end, the only guilt Stangl harbored was that of still being alive.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Members of John F. Kennedy's administration are featured in David Halberstam's book, "The Best and the Brightest." Halberstam points out the irony of the title, as some in the administration may not have been the best or the brightest.  As a result of their bad decisions, America got tangled up in the Vietnam War.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

The musician and Lake Forest College scholar shares some of the songs and stories of his native Mawali and other East African traditions.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

There is a great deal of history to be found in Edward Scobie's book, "Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in Britain," including description of the anti-Black attitude of some of the English people.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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