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Meryl Streep on Beauty

Season 1 Episode 44
5:21
Michael Jackson on Godliness

Michael Jackson on Godliness

Season 1 Episode 45
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Roger Ebert on Ego

Roger Ebert on Ego

Season 1 Episode 46
5:31
Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws

Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws

Season 1 Episode 48
5:07
Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing

Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing

Season 1 Episode 49
5:18
Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt

Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt

Season 1 Episode 50
6:54
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
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Janis Joplin on Rejection

Season 1 Episode 42

Interview by Howard Smith, September 30, 1970. By phone, TheSmithTapes.com

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Patty Hearst on Reasonable Doubt
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"I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die." - Patty Hearst in 1982
Tom Waits on Everything and Nothing
5:18
"I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is" - Tom Waits in 1988
Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws
5:07
“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.”- Hunter S. Thompson
Dustin Hoffman in 1971 on Duplicity and Famosity
5:43
Dustin Hoffman in 1971, as interviewed by Milton Hoffman.
Roger Ebert on Ego
5:31
Roger Ebert in 1990, as interviewed by Lawrence Grobel.
Michael Jackson on Godliness
6:05
"My singing… i'll just say it simple as possible: it's just godly." - Michael Jackson
Meryl Streep on Beauty
5:21
Meryl Streep in 2008, as interviewed by Christine Spines.
Tim Gunn On His FBI Agent Father | Blank on Blank
3:16
"I was not the son he wanted to have." - Tim Gunn
Fidel Castro: the Lost Interview
6:43
"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell." - Fidel Castro
Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power
5:06
"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face." - Farrah Fawcett
Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
4:14
"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison
Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz
3:31
Dave Brubeck in 2008, interviewed by John Dankosky.
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