Author Interviews

Lost and Found Sound: Mark Twain's Guitar

June 4, 1999 • Noah Adams interviews Hank Risan about an instrument he claims belonged to Mark Twain. We learn about Twain's time as a vagabond folksinger and his love of music. What makes the guitar even more valuable is that it is believed to have been made by the legendary guitar maker C.F. Martin, founder of Martin guitars.

LOST & FOUND SOUND: Tennessee Williams - The Pennyland Recordings

May 28, 1999 • 6.} {LOST & FOUND SOUND: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: THE PENNYLAND RECORDINGS Part One} -- We present a story about one of America's best and most eccentric playwrights. In the late 1940's, Tennessee Williams and his friends made a series of recordings at a Voice-O-Graph, a coin-operated booth at a New Orleans amusement park. The recordings include singing, conversation and comic parodies of Williams most famous plays. This is the first time these home-recordings have ever been broadcast.

Romancing The Prez

February 25, 1998 • Commentator Patt Morrison makes the point that presidential affairs are nothing new. While the Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair caused quite a stir, she says there are far more romantic presidential tales to tell.