The remarkable actor Sir Peter Ustinov and friends visit. The “friends” are both of Ustinov’s invention, as he pulled off a brilliant improvisation with us in 1998. A high comedic moment in the history of the program.

From the “sexual communism” of the Oneida Community to the Hippie communities of the 60s and 70s, and continuing with the present-day Amish and other Anabaptists – there has been a whole lot of “perfectionism” going on. The full historical account is developed in this conversation from 1997.

A full conversation from 2008 in which one of the country’s best and most unapologetic social critics tells it the way it really is – and the way it must be changed if we are to survive as a competent nation.

If states are laboratories, the lesson from Illinois is “Don’t do this, ever!” Kristina Rasmussen of the Illinois Policy Institute expounds on how to make a mess – and a continuing tragedy – through government  programs.

A detective who spent his whole career befriending and arresting “confidence men” (and women) tells all, in 1998.