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Bill Murray on Being Obnoxious

Bill Murray on Being Obnoxious

Season 1 Episode 51
5:57
Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys

Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys

Season 1 Episode 52
5:44
Nina Simone on Shock

Nina Simone on Shock

Season 1 Episode 53
5:23
Garrison Keillor on Humor

Garrison Keillor on Humor

Season 1 Episode 54
5:43
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions

Sally Ride on Dumb Questions

Season 1 Episode 55
6:09
Frank Lloyd Wright on Arrogance

Frank Lloyd Wright on Arrogance

Season 1 Episode 56
5:22
Temple Grandin On Her Search Engine

Temple Grandin On Her Search Engine

Season 1 Episode 57
4:31
Jane Goodall on Instinct

Jane Goodall on Instinct

Season 1 Episode 58
5:42
Richard Feynman on What It Means

Richard Feynman on What It Means

Season 1 Episode 61
5:31
Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials

Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials

Season 1 Episode 62
4:50
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Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt

Season 1 Episode 50

"I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die." - Patty Hearst in 1982 in the first interview she gave after getting out of prison. Lawrence Grobel explained how he became the lucky journalist to get the Patty Hearst interview for Playboy after she had served two years in prison before President Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence.

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Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials
4:50
Carl Sagan on October 4, 1985, as told to Studs Terkel.
Richard Feynman on What It Means
5:31
"The key was somehow to know what was important and what was not important."
Buckminster Fuller on The Geodesic Life
5:46
Buckminster Fuller in 1965, as told to Studs Terkel
Dame Stephanie Shirley on Survival Code
4:43
Dame Stephanie Shirley in 2010 from an oral history at the British Library.
Jane Goodall on Instinct
5:42
"When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan." - Jane Goodall, 2002
Temple Grandin On Her Search Engine
4:31
"Everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function."
Frank Lloyd Wright on Arrogance
5:22
“Any man who really has faith in himself will be dubbed arrogant by his fellows”
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions
6:09
Sally Ride in 1983 as interviewed by Gloria Steinem.
Garrison Keillor on Humor
5:43
"There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction.” - Garrison Keillor, 1994
Nina Simone on Shock
5:23
"I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life." - Nina Simone
Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys
5:44
"Nothing means anything" - Kurt Vonnegut on November 8, 1970
Bill Murray on Being Obnoxious
5:57
"I‘m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming." - Bill Murray
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