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Discussing CIA campus recruitment with Amy Hill, Colin Seals, and former CIA undercover operative Verne Lyon.
Discussing "Cadbury tales," about teacher Vivian Cadbury, with students from Lane Technical High School in Chicago.
Studs interviews a junior college freshman, Donna Kay Borrenpohl. They touch on subjects such as her life growing up on a farm, auto mechanic work, and gender stereotypes in career interests. 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.
Discussing the philosophy of "Ramparts" and interviewing Edward Keating.
Studs Terkel presents a roundtable conversation with children ranging from ages 13-17. They discuss relationships with their family members, other students, growing up in Chicago, and race relations in the U.S.
Professors Adolph Baker, Jurgen Hinze, Richard Lewenton and Father William Wallace discuss science and why the younger generation is not choosing to enter the science field. The four professors debate on how to change the world an whether science is the answer to that problem. Discussions about the future of mankind also occur.
Burns and Richardson, both high school students, objected to conclusions contained in Terkel's book "Working; People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do."
Studs interviews Peter Davies author of "The Truth About Kent State: A Challenge to the American Conscience" and Barry Levine, a student at Kent State at the time of the massacre. They discuss the Kent State shootings by the National Guard May 04, 1970.
Interviewing Kenny Swader, Demetria Dazzetto, Loreen Mastelewski from Saint Mary's Center for Learning, an alternative school located on Chicago's West Side.