Amiya Chakravarty discusses Rabindranath Tagore. Includes song and poem by Rabindranath Tagore.

Discussing the book "Mosquito coast" with the author novelist Paul Theroux.

After enrolling in law school at age 49, Stern breaks down the double-standards and monopoly power of the legal profession.

Discussing the book, "Eighty Years at Hull House," and interviewing the co-author, Mary Lynn McCree Bryan. Mary Lynn McCree Bryan discusses the Hull House and its founders in Chicago, Illinois. Includes two clips of Florence Scala speaking: one about nature and about a tree that was taken down at Hull House and one about Jane Addams. Includes a clip of Jessie Binford discussing Jane Addams.

Discussing the book "State of grace" with the author Joseph Pintauro.

Discussing Japanese cinema with Donald Richie.

Discussing the book "Hunger of memory: the education of Richard Rodriquez" with the author Richard Rodriquez.

Discussing the book "Watch out for the foreign guests: China encounters the west" with the author Orville Schell.

Discussing the book "An ethnic at large" with the author Jerre Mangione.

Discussing the book "Deadly deceits: my twenty five years in the C.I.A" with the author Ralph McGehee.