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Episode 79, Season 1
Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac

"We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what

4:45
Episode 77, Season 1
Oliver Sacks on Ripe Bananas

"I’m very interested in how people adapt to extremes” - Oliver Sacks on July 28, 1996

6:28
Episode 69, Season 1
Marlene Dietrich on Sex Symbols

Marlene Dietrich in 1969, as interviewed by Jay Kent Hackleman

5:25
Episode 74, Season 1
Leonard Cohen on Moonlight

“I don’t feel any compulsion just to stand under the spotlight night after night unless I

5:34
Episode 68, Season 1
Nora Ephron on Crazy Salad

"It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.” - Nora Ephron, 1975

5:34
Episode 67, Season 1
Bob Dylan at 20 on Freak Shows

“I‘m never going to become rich and famous” - Bob Dylan in 1962.

4:37
Episode 66, Season 1
Frank Zappa on Fads

"I don‘t think that there‘s a girl around that would fit in with what we do."

5:00
Episode 71, Season 1
Stevie Wonder on Keys of Life

"If God didn‘t want me to sing it, he wouldn‘t have given me the talent to do it“ - Stevie

5:22
Episode 65, Season 1
Rod Serling on Kamikazes

Rod Serling interviewed in 1963.

5:14
Episode 70, Season 1
Aldous Huxley on Technodictators

"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the rule.

6:05
Episode 64, Season 1
Cher on Kitsch

“I’m a cookie-decorating mom. I don’t bake them. I decorate them.“

5:39
Episode 63, Season 1
Martin Scorsese on Framing

"Sometimes when it all comes together ... you become the film you’re making."

5:20
Episode 62, Season 1
Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials

Carl Sagan on October 4, 1985, as told to Studs Terkel.

4:50
Episode 61, Season 1
Richard Feynman on What It Means

"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important."

5:31
Episode 60, Season 1
Buckminster Fuller on The Geodesic Life

Buckminster Fuller in 1965, as told to Studs Terkel

5:46
Episode 59, Season 1
Dame Stephanie Shirley on Survival Code

Dame Stephanie Shirley in 2010 from an oral history at the British Library.

4:43
Episode 58, Season 1
Jane Goodall on Instinct

"When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan." - Jane Goodall, 2002

5:42
Episode 57, Season 1
Temple Grandin On Her Search Engine

"Everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function."

4:31
Episode 56, Season 1
Frank Lloyd Wright on Arrogance

“Any man who really has faith in himself will be dubbed arrogant by his fellows”

5:22
Episode 55, Season 1
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions

Sally Ride in 1983 as interviewed by Gloria Steinem.

6:09
Episode 54, Season 1
Garrison Keillor on Humor

"There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction.” - Garrison Keillor, 1994

5:43
Episode 53, Season 1
Nina Simone on Shock

"I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life." - Nina Simone

5:23
Episode 52, Season 1
Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys

"Nothing means anything" - Kurt Vonnegut on November 8, 1970

5:44
Episode 51, Season 1
Bill Murray on Being Obnoxious

"I‘m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming." - Bill Murray

5:57
Episode 50, Season 1
Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt

"I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die." - Patty Hearst in 1982

6:54
Episode 49, Season 1
Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing

"I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is" - Tom Waits in 1988

5:18
Episode 48, Season 1
Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws

“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.”- Hunter S. Thompson

5:07
Episode 47, Season 1
Dustin Hoffman in 1971 on Duplicity and Famosity

Dustin Hoffman in 1971, as interviewed by Milton Hoffman.

5:43
Episode 46, Season 1
Roger Ebert on Ego

Roger Ebert in 1990, as interviewed by Lawrence Grobel.

5:31
Episode 45, Season 1
Michael Jackson on Godliness

"My singing i'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly." - Michael Jackson

6:05
Episode 44, Season 1
Meryl Streep on Beauty

Meryl Streep in 2008, as interviewed by Christine Spines.

5:21
Episode 43, Season 1
Tim Gunn On His FBI Agent Father | Blank on Blank

"I was not the son he wanted to have." - Tim Gunn

3:16
Episode 42, Season 1
Janis Joplin on Rejection

"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly." - Janis Joplin

4:57
Episode 41, Season 1
Fidel Castro: the Lost Interview

"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell." - Fidel Castro

6:43
Episode 40, Season 1
Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power

"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face." - Farrah Fawcett

5:06
Episode 39, Season 1
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful

"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison

4:14
Episode 38, Season 1
Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz

Dave Brubeck in 2008, interviewed by John Dankosky.

3:31
Episode 33, Season 1
Joni Mitchell on Illusions

Joni Mitchell in 1986, as told to Joe Smith.

5:42
Episode 29, Season 1
Ray Bradbury on Madmen

A lost 1972 interview with Ray Bradbury.

5:12
Episode 28, Season 1
Dolly Parton on Getting Dirty

Dolly Parton, as recorded in a 1978 interview for Playboy.

5:25
Episode 27, Season 1
Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo

Lou Reed in an unheard outtake from a 1987 interview.

5:13
Episode 26, Season 1
B.B. King on The Blues

B.B. King in an unheard interview from 1986.

5:38
Episode 25, Season 1
Tom Robbins on Jitterbugs

"If I knew how it was going to end, I probably wouldn't write it." - Tom Robbins in 1994

5:36
Episode 24, Season 1
Robin Williams on Masks

Re-animated excerpts from an unheard 1991 interview with Robin Williams.

5:16
Episode 23, Season 1
Maya Angelou on Con Men

"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing." - Maya Angelou

5:32
Episode 22, Season 1
Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness

Conversation with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Simon Critchley on Dec 22, 2012.

5:31
Episode 21, Season 1
David Bowie on Stardust

David Bowie as interviewed by Joe Smith in 1988.

5:28
Episode 20, Season 1
Gene Wilder on The Truth

"On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free."

5:35
Episode 19, Season 1
John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Love

"It's all true, folks: all you need is love." - John Lennon, 1969

5:46
Episode 18, Season 1
Johnny Cash on The Gospel

"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on." - Johnny Cash, 1996

6:01
Episode 17, Season 1
Heath Ledger on Role Playing

"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into." - Heath Ledger

5:23
Episode 16, Season 1
Stan Getz on Wasted Years

Stan Getz as interviewed by Joe Smith on August 7, 1987.

5:13
Episode 15, Season 1
Grace Kelly on JFK

Grace Kelly on June 19, 1965 as interviewed by Paul Gallico.

4:59
Episode 14, Season 1
Carol Burnett on Finding Home

"When I looked in his eyes, he was there. He was home... I had a dad." - Carol Burnett

4:52
Episode 13, Season 1
Barry White on Making Love

Barry White as interviewed by Joe Smith on April 3, 1987.

5:31
Episode 12, Season 1
John Updike on Family Affairs

Interview with John Updike by John Freeman, Spring 2002.

4:53
Episode 11, Season 1
Tupac Shakur on Life and Death

Tupac Shakur in March, 1994 as interviewed by Benjamin Svetkey.

5:05
Episode 10, Season 1
Jerry Garcia on the Acid Tests

Jerry Garcia as interviewed by Joe Smith on May 23, 1988.

5:45
Episode 9, Season 1
Kurt Cobain on Identity

Kurt Cobain as interviewed by Jon Savage on July 22, 1993.

5:27
Episode 8, Season 1
Ray Charles on Singing True

Interview with Ray Charles by Joe Smith, June 3, 1987.

5:07
Episode 7, Season 1
Louis Armstrong on His Chops

Louis Armstrong as interviewed in 1964 by Michael Aisner and James R. Stein.

4:56
Episode 6, Season 1
Maurice Sendak on "Being A Kid"

A lost 2009 interview with Maurice Sendak on childhood.

5:02
Episode 5, Season 1
James Brown on Conviction, Respect and Reagan

A classic lost interview with the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown.

4:59
Episode 4, Season 1
The Beastie Boys on Being Stupid

Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio, 1985, Washington, D.C.

5:36
Episode 3, Season 1
David Foster Wallace on Ambition

Interview by Leonard Lopate, WNYC, March 4, 1996

4:14
Episode 2, Season 1
Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales

Wilt Chamberlain in 1992 as interviewed by Ann Liguori.

3:58
Episode 1, Season 1
Larry King on Being Seduced

Larry King recalls a moment of "radio interruptus". From a lost 2001 Esquire interview.

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