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Meryl Streep on Beauty

Meryl Streep on Beauty

Season 1 Episode 44
5:21
Michael Jackson on Godliness

Michael Jackson on Godliness

Season 1 Episode 45
6:05
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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Joni Mitchell on Illusions
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Joni Mitchell in 1986, as told to Joe Smith.
Ray Bradbury on Madmen
5:12
A lost 1972 interview with Ray Bradbury.
Dolly Parton on Getting Dirty
5:25
Dolly Parton, as recorded in a 1978 interview for Playboy.
Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo
5:13
Lou Reed in an unheard outtake from a 1987 interview.
B.B. King on The Blues
5:38
B.B. King in an unheard interview from 1986.
Tom Robbins on Jitterbugs
5:36
"If I knew how it was going to end, I probably wouldn't write it." - Tom Robbins in 1994
Robin Williams on Masks
5:16
Re-animated excerpts from an unheard 1991 interview with Robin Williams.
Maya Angelou on Con Men
5:32
"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing." - Maya Angelou
Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness
5:31
Conversation with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Simon Critchley on Dec 22, 2012.
David Bowie on Stardust
5:28
David Bowie as interviewed by Joe Smith in 1988.
Gene Wilder on The Truth
5:35
"On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free."
John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Love
5:46
"It's all true, folks: all you need is love." - John Lennon, 1969
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