Interviewing Dr. Quentin Young and others about Cook County Hospital and public health services in Chicago and throughout the country.

Terkel interviews ballet dancer and choreographer Igor Youskevitch who would be staying in town until January 3.

One's conscience, morals and religion are all apart of Gordon Zahn's book, "In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jagerstatter". Zahn talks about who Jagerstatter was and what made him decide to say "No" to Hitler's army. Jagerstatter chose to lay with the community of saints rather than kill Jewish people.

Yiddish author Isaac Bashevis Singer discusses his collection of short stories, "Short Friday," as well as his writing style and spiritual influences.

Discussing the book, "Getting out," and interviewing its author, Edgar Smith. Topics include imprisonment, the legal system, and capital punishment. Includes a clip of an interview with Hermann Field a former Polish prisoner. Includes clip of an interview with former prison inmate Jimmy Blake.

Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago.

Stephen T. Sohmer discusses his first novel, "The Way It Was," a cynical commentary on his generation's struggle to develop stable relationships. In the context of stoic upper-middle-class conservatism, the novel chronicles how discontent can brew into rage beneath the veneer of social expectation.