Studs Terkel interviewed 36 year old Sadlowski, director of the largest district of the United Steelworkers of America Union and the nation’s newest spokesman for union democracy.
A portrait of Landon, who ran for president against Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, with George Will, combining Landon’s recollections with still photographs and newsreel footage.
Doris Kerns profiled maverick advertising executive Jerry Della Femina, and his independent ad agency, known for the humor and cleverness of its advertising campaigns.
The man often considered the best living science-fiction writer was interviewed by Maya Angelou with talk centering on abstract concepts of the relationship between science, religion and magic.
Studs Terkel interviewed the head of the Gray Panthers, a militant organization fighting for the rights of the elderly.
Liberal writer Kempton, who has been a member of the Young Communist League, a Norman Thomas Socialist, a New York Post columnist and a trade union supporter, was interviewed by George Will.
Dr. Cox, radical professor of theology at Harvard and author of The Secular City, discussed his contemporary unorthodox approach to religion with Doris Kerns.
Maya Angelou visited controversial black radical and former professor Angela Davis at her home, and discussed her childhood, her time in prison and the role of the black woman in the women’s movement.
Studs Terkel talked to the founder of the Institute for Muscle Research, and discussed his past career, his current research and his concern over the future of a world that spends more on weapons than on medical research.
George Will interviewed National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle, and discussed aspects of pro football, Howard Cosell, legalized sports gambling, drug use by players and the fate of the World Football League.
In Washington, D.C., the four hosts discussed aspects of the country they discovered in the past ten weeks; they looked at the current state of U. S. society and where it was headed.
Valerie Harper, star of the hit situation-comedy series “Rhoda,” discussed with Maya Angelou her career and colleagues, and the differences between herself and her television character.
A two-part investigation, by Doris Kearns, of the South of the 1970s, with Congressman Andrew Young (D.-GA.), former Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and John Popham, editor-in-chief of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily Times.
A two-part investigation, by Doris Kearns, of the South of the 1970s, with Congressman Andrew Young (D.-GA.), former Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and John Popham, editor-in-chief of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily Times.
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists discussed their individual careers and philosophies of political and social commentary with Studs Terkel.
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists discussed their individual careers and philosophies of political and social commentary with Studs Terkel.
Russell, now coach and general manager of the Seattle Supersonics, discussed with Maya Angelou his career and his decision to refuse induction into the basket ball Hall of Fame.
Playboy magazine publisher discussed his empire, past accomplishments and goals for the future with George Will.
Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.
The defender of such men as Jimmy Hoffa, Frank Costello, Bobby Baker, Adam Clayton Powell and Gov. Connally discussed with George Will whether only the rich can afford true justice in today’s society.
Studs Terkel talked with two Rutgers University political scientists – Lloyd C. Gardener and Warren Susman – about how America will behave in a post-Vietnam era.
Doris Kearns toured New York City’s “city within a city,” guided by some famous natives: Phil Foster, Robert Merrill, Sam Levensen and Herschel Bernardi.
George Will toured the gambling capital of America, including a visit to a casino, a look at the Hoover Dam and a conversation with the proprietor of a large brothel.
The former candidate for governor of Texas and U.S. Vice-President discussed the growing role of women in politics with Studs Terkel.
Maya Angelou contrasted the differences between Berkeley’s student activities of a decade ago with present members of that university’s student body.
This program featured Henri Cartier-Bresson’s first photographic essay in two years. Television cameras recorded the artist’s examination of poverty and affluence existing side-by-side in this corner of America.