Studs discusses books with Sir Allen Lane and labor with his driver, Clifford Bosley, while Studs was visiting the UK in 1962. The main topic of conversation with Sir Allen Lane is the history of paperback books in both the UK and the US. Lane, along with his brothers Richard and John Lane, founded Penguin Books in 1935. This made both fiction and nonfiction literature widely available to the general public. Literacy amongst the masses is discussed, as is censorship. Studs' interview with Clifford Bosley begins at 32:33.
Studs Terkel discusses with Elizabet her her role as The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. This interview is done in three parts.
Interviewing soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Studs Terkel discusses Russian theater with Stanislaw Pchenikov and Theater director Valentin Nikolaevich Pluchek.
Jane Stedman discusses the lives of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan and the works they created jointly as Gilbert and Sullivan with emphasis on their comic opera "Utopia, Limited."
David D. Duncan discusses his book "Goodbye, Picasso" and talks about the artwork of Pablo Picasso and his friendship with him. The program opens with Gertrude Stein reading from her poem "If I told him". Excerpts from the dedication of "The Picasso" statue in Daley Plaza. Studs speaks with residents of Chicago and gets their thoughts on the sculpture.
Studs Terkel interviews Rita Streich about her recital coming up. He also plays selections from her work for viewers to listen to. She also talks about music during World War II.
This is a re-broadcast of an interview that Studs Terkel had with pianist Paul Ulanowsky. Paul discusses a historical recital that he performed some years before.
Studs Terkel talks with Elisabeth about her career in opera. She discusses her thoughts of her overall career.