Fr. Daniel Berrigan speaks about his early life, and relationship with his family, on his becoming a priest, and on being an anti-Vietnam War activist.

Reverend W. Alvin Pitcher and Dr. Richard Wade discuss how violence and civil disobedience intertwine with civil rights, economic differences, and the importance of education.

Theologian Robert Short talks with Studs Terkel about the Christian allegories and references in the comic strip “Peanuts” as well as Short’s book “The Gospel According to Peanuts.” Terkel reads a few excerpts from Short’s book. Terkel, Short, and Cathy Zmuda read a few “Peanuts” comic strips and all three assume various “Peanuts” characters during the readings.

Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. When she was a teenager, Sister Mary William told her parents that she wanted to become a nun. Sister Mary wanted to become a nun so that she could love and help many people.

Socialist Party leader and Presbyterian minister Norman Thomas discusses social progress, his political views, and where society is headed with Studs Terkel. This is the final part of his interview.

Interviewing in Montgomery, Alabama on March 25, 1965 (Montgomery #1). Speaks with Reverend William Franklin Pascal, cab driver, two barbers

Interviewing neighborhood residents in the people's park (Lincoln Park) with Father Lezak, Newbold the English Plumber, Pat Creer, Dick Brown, Harley Budd on fear and violence and Peter Bauer on fear and violence (part 2).