Discussing the book "Stengel: his life and times" with the sports writer author Robert Creamer.
Discussing the book "Creation" with the author Gore Vidal.
Richard Florsheim discusses the relationship between artists and museums, the role of art institutions, and the commodification of contemporary art.
Terkel interviews author Jonathan Yardley on his latest book. This book titled "Ring" is a biography of the sports writer columnist Ring Lardner.
This program presents the musical group the Flying Burrito Brothers and their album 'The Gilded Palace of Sin'. Studs Terkel interviews two of the band members, Chris Ethridge and Gram Parsons. The following topics discussed are: the artists' backgrounds; their musical perspective; their songwriting; Los Angeles; earthquakes; their early life; their lyrics; life in the south (America); and instrumentation. The following musical excerpts are presented: "Wheels"; "Sin City"; "My Uncle"; "Do You Know How It Feels"; and "Hippie Boy".
Lieutenant Louis Font discusses daily life at West Point Military Academy and being a conscientious objector; part 2.
Discussing the 18th International film festival with a panel of jurors: including David Robinson and John Russell Taylor of the London Times, Jay Scott of the Toronto Globe and mail, Albert Johnson of the San Francisco Chronical, William Woolf of the New
Julia Reichert, Sylvia Woods, and Stella Nowicki discuss their documentary film "Union Maids" and the tradition of unions in the United States.
First Lieutenant Louis Font discusses the events and thought process that led to becoming conscientious objector to the Vietnam War as a recent West Point Military Academy graduate. He also talks about daily life at West Point; part 1.