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  • Mortimer Adler

    Discussing the book "Six great ideas" with the author Mortimer Adler

    Sep. 17, 1981
  • Interview with Lee Botts and Dr. Orie Loucks

    Feb. 5, 1988

    Discussing "Silent Spring," by Rachel Carson with environmental activist Lee Botts and botanist Dr. Orie Loucks.

  • Dr. Evan Davies discusses World AIDS Day

    Mar. 8, 1988
  • Discussing the book "Pig Tales: A Novel of Lust and Transformation" with the author Marie Darrieussecq

    May. 12, 1997
  • Joan Didion reads from and discusses her novel "A Book of Common Prayer"

    Apr. 7, 1977

    Joan Didion describes the main characters Charlotte and Charlotte's ex-husbands, Warren and Leonard of her novel, "A Book of Common Prayer". Didion said she based her novel from the song, "If I Ever Cease to Love You". A fan of Didion, who after reading her novel, made the comparison and asked Didion, "So you knew my ex-husband, too?"

  • Interviewing author, film and theater critic Vincent Canby

    Feb. 15, 1979
  • Talking to James Steele and Donald Barlett

    Jun. 24, 1992

    The investigative journalists discuss and read from America: What Went Wrong? The book is based on a series of articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer about corporate greed and its effects on the middle class.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Pete Hamill in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 9, 1977
  • Discussing the Doris Humphrey Society with three guests

    Mar. 16, 1995

    Discussion about the Doris Humphrey Society

  • Discussing the book "Turning Point: The Inside Story of the Papal Birth Control Commission, and How Humanae Vitae Changed the Life of Patty Crowley and the Future of the Church" with Robert McClory, and Patty Crowley

    Jul. 18, 1995

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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