Discussing comedy, humor, and politics with comedian Mort Sahl, upon the publication of his book, Heartland. Includes a clip from Studs' interview with Sahl in 1960.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The director of The Arve Connection Dance Company talks about how he incorporates modern jazz and rock sounds into his choreography.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Storyteller, humorist, radio personality, and author Jean Shepherd discusses his book, A Fistful of Fig Newtons. Shepherd considers how his various career paths, particularly that of a radio personality, have affected his writing.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Two dancers from different generations share their perspectives on modern dance and how they came together to work on a new project.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Choreographer and dancer Amalia Hernandez discusses her influences, as the ensemble that she founded, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, prepares for an upcoming performance at the Arie Crown Theater.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

The writer, speaker, and humorist discusses his book, One Fell Soup: or I'm Just a Bug on the Windshield of Life.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The English poet and novelist joins Studs before a Poetry Magazine lecture event at Chicago's St. James Cathedral. A clip of an earlier interview with the poet and playwright Louis MacNeice is included.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Having grown up in an ever-changing industrial Detroit, Philip Levine believes that his poetry comes from an urge to memorialize details that might otherwise be lost.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Many of the great 20th century poets were published for the first time in Poetry Magazine. Among the poets discussed here are Robert Frost, e e cummings, Wallace Stevens, Ogden Nash, Richard Wilber, Gwendolyn Brooks, and W.H. Auden.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The poet and professor talks about his influences - not other poets, but his mother and his childhood in Kansas. Studs plays a clip from an earlier interview with Stafford.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations