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Episode #101: Ed Sadlowski: A Message to Pittsburgh

Episode number: 101

Overview: 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.

Episode #104: Ray Bradbury: The Fantasy Maker

Episode number: 104

Overview: 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.

Episode #108: Angela Davis: A Closer Look

Episode number: 108

Overview: 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.

Episode #119: Conversation with a Native Son

Episode number: 119

Overview: Novelist, essayist and outspoken black rights advocate James Baldwin talked about his career with Maya Angelou.