Episodes
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Louis Armstrong on His Chops
S1 E7 - 4m 56s
"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil... Even if we had two, three days off I still had to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops." - Louis Armstrong Interview by Michael Aisner and James R. Stein 1964. Ravinia near Chicago
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Maurice Sendak on "Being A Kid"
S1 E6 - 5m 2s
Interview by Andrew Romano and Ramin Seetodeh 2009. Sendak's home in Connecticut
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James Brown on Conviction, Respect and Reagan
S1 E5 - 4m 59s
Interview by Rocci Fisch 1984. Washington, D.C. Convention Center Originally recorded for ABC News Radio
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The Beastie Boys on Being Stupid
S1 E4 - 5m 36s
"There's a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we'd be arrested for it." - Mike "Mike D" Diamond Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio 1985, Washington, D.C. Cassette Tape
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David Foster Wallace on Ambition
S1 E3 - 4m 14s
Interview by Leonard Lopate, WNYC, March 4, 1996
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Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales
S1 E2 - 3m 58s
"I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different." - Wilt Chamberlain Original interview aired in 1992 on "Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori"
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Larry King on Being Seduced
S1 E1 - 3m 48s
Larry King recalls a moment of "radio interruptus". From a lost 2001 Esquire interview.
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