From March 12, 1980, Milt talks with playwright and humorist Abe Burrows about his life and works, including How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Guys and Dolls, among many others.

While the doomed  Syrian “peace negotiations” proceed in Geneva and the suicide bombings go on all over Iraq – and as Iran announces “We ain’t dismantling no centrifuges” – what’s the view from the democratically conflicted state of Israel? Here’s another briefing from journalist Caroline Glick, then one of the top editors at the Jerusalem Post.

Milt talks with historian Stephen Ambrose about his book Nothing Like it in the World, the story of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Milt talks with Lt. General Dave R. Palmer, former Superintendent of West Point and author of George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots.

Albert Salomon (of the Frankfurt School) said that “The political intellectual enters history through the door of the French Revolution.” It might also be said that systematic political murder by the State entered via the same route. We discuss that, related questions, and why and how the revolution occurred and with what lasting consequences. David Jordan, one of the major historians of that period, is our guest.