Sasha, the main character in Alix Kates Shulman's book, "Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen" is obsessed and worried about her good looks. Sasha is all of 24 now, and she was told that by the time she's 30, her good looks will fade. Once a new queen is named, Sasha's mother tells her, you become a has been. The prom queen theme of the book, says Shulman, is to compete for the man and to be #1. Similar to the Miss America contest, women are parading before the men, parading before the judges for their attention.

Studs examines the history of crime in our nation, with the author of The American Way of Crime: From Salem to Watergate, a Stunning New Perspective on American History. The program includes a clip of Gaynell Begley talking about controversial land disputes and strip mining rights in Kentucky.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The Chicago writer tells Studs of the seventeen-month ordeal of searching for his missing grandson, as further described in his book, Where is Joey?: Lost Among the Hare Krishnas.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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 

Discussing the book, On Doing Time, and interviewing the author Morton Sobell.  Includes clips of Studs asking various people what they know about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The son of Supreme Court associate justice Hugo Lafayette Black, also an attorney and author himself, discusses his book, My Father: A Remembrance.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Helene Schwartz Kenvin joins Studs to discuss her autobiography, Lawyering. As she describes it, she did not initially want to be a lawyer, but was drawn to the profession after witnessing so much unfairness in a nation of laws.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The University of Chicago legal scholar provides insight into the Chicago 7 conspiracy trail as chronicled in his book, Contempt: Transcript of the Contempt Citations, Sentences, and Responses of the Chicago Conspiracy 10.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Former ex-nun Mary Harding was accused of being a part of a group that was going to overthrow the Bolivian government. At the first meeting with counsel from the American Embassy, Harding could barely walk because she was kicked and punched over and over for information. Harding spent four of her five weeks in prison in solitary confinement.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations