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The3 Washington Post once referred to Raffi as “the most popular children’s singer in the English-speaking world.” And generations of fans would probably agree.

Raffi has been entertaining youngsters since the 1970s, when he turned his folk singing ambition to address a younger audience, inspired by his wife, a kindergarten teacher.

In this 1998 interview Raffi reveals more about his family, his career, and why he has no children of his own.

You've seen the movie, now hear Erin Brockovich describe her real life experiences.

In this 2001 intewrview America's most famous legal clerk reveals how the movie was like -- and unlike -- what really ha[pened.

Behind the scenes you will typically find an experienced and skilled negotiator.Someone like Bob Woolf, one of the pioneers of snagging big contracts for sports stars.

Woolf represented stars like Carl Yastrzemski, Larry Bird, and Julius Erving. But he also negotiated deals for Larry King and New Kids On The Block.

Along the way Woolf developed a reputation that may run counter to your notion of what a powerful dealmaker has to be. Woolf was known for his amicable and strictly ethical approach to negotiating a deal.

In this 1990 interview Woolf reveals some of his negotiating secerets,

Working mothers often worry that their work may negatively affect their kids. But Kathy Wyse Goldman wrote a book caelled My Mother Worked and I Turned Out OK.

This 1993 interview features Kathy Wyse Goldman and her mom, noted advertising executive Lois Wyse.

Barry Farber launched his on-air radio career in 1960, And over the next six decades became one of America’s most popular and best known talk show hosts and interviewers.

A world traveler who spoke several languages Farber seemed to know almost everyone who was anyone.

In this 2012 interview Farber tells some of his true but unbelievable stories.

What are you afraid of?

Beyond the common fears of spiders or tall bridges or public speaking, many people suffer from self-inflicted fears about their appearance, their relationships, or their parenting skills.

And those fears are all but universal, according to author, columnist, and Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington.

In this 2006 interview Huffington reveals her own fears and how she overcame them.

In its infancy the Internet was the exclusive domain ofDynamics and government offices. Commercialization of the web began in the 1990s, with a small company called Network Solutions.

In this 2013 interview, Miachael Daniels, the former chairman of the company talks about those early days of the commercial Internet

Does the liberal media hate Christianity?

In this 2010 interview commentator and columnist SE Cupp malkes the case for a liberal bias against Christianity, in her book Losing Our Religion.

Do you have a favorite conspiracy theory? Sometimes it takes someone with the analytical mind of a great fiction writer to unravel them.

And so it was in 2013 that bestselling author Brad Meltzer published a book called History Decoded, In which he set out to find the truth behind the ten greatest conspiracy theories of all time.

In this 2013 interview Meltzer delves into several popular theories.

About 20 years ago, the New York public library assembled a list of books on the seven deadly sins, one of which, of course, is sloth.

But if you've always been a little fuzzy about exactly what sloth is playwright essayist and satirist Wendy wasserstein to the rescue.
In this 2005 interview Wasserstein explains -- with tongue in cheek -- how to achieve your inner sloth.

Dick Williams guided the Boston Red Sox to the pennant in 1967, the Oakland A's to three championships in the '70s and the San Diego Padres to the National League title in 1984.

Along the way, Williams earned a reputation as a hard driving manager who expected nothing but the highest performances from his teams.

In this 1990 interview Williams talks about his memoir No More Mr. Nice Guy.

The political turbulence of the 1960s has been well documented. and one name that appears prominently in that story is Tom Hayden.One of the founders of the Students For a Democratic Society, Hayden was also a Freedom Rider in the south, fighting for civil rights, but also became one of the leading young voices against the Vietnam War.

In the historically tumultuous 1968, Hayden was among several high profile demonstrators at the notorious Democratic National Convention in Chicago. They were eventually brought to trial and became known as The Chicago Seven.

In this 1988 interview, Hayden discusses his memoir Reunion.

Rose Resnick was a talented and successful concert pianist. She also played at clubs, and performed on the radio in the 1930s. She was also a music teacher.

She was also blind. Resnick, who was born in 1906, lost her sight from glaucoma as a child.

Over the rest of her life Resnick became a powerful advocate for the blind. She established the California League of the Handicapped, as well as other organizations for the visually imp[aired.

In this 988.interbiew Resnick talks about her life and her book Dare to Dream.

The modern zoo bears little resemblance to those you, or your parents, may remember. The cramped dirty cages that characterized the zoos of a prior era have now been replaced by more open settings that may mimic an animal's natural habitat.

One of the principal architects of that transformation was longtime Columbus Zoo director Jack Hanna. He took over an aging and decrepit facility and turned it into a showplace, attracting thousands of visitors.

In this 1989 interview Hanna discusses his autobiography Monkeys On The Interstate.

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the most prominent face of the Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, was its leader, Yasser Arafat. His was an image that many associated with terrorism and violence

In the early 1990s, the PLO put forth a new spokesperson, A well dressed and articulate woman in her 40s named Hanan Ashrawi. She became well known to American television viewers as a sharp contrast to the Arafat image.

In this1995 interview Ashrawi talks about her autobiography This Side of Peace.

Hot air balloons, or lighter-than-air craft, have been around for centuries. But it wasn't until March 1999 that humans were able to circumnavigate the entire world in a single hot air balloon flight.

The two men who did it were British balloonist Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard, a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist. They co-piloted a massive balloon called Breitling Orbiter 3, which launched March 1,1999 from Switzerland and landed in Egypt 19 days and 27,900 miles laer.

In this interview recorded just a few months later, Piccard and Jones talk about their history-making adventure.

No matter where you work, no matter what you do, no matter how long you've done it, there's a good chance you'll be fired someday. Especially in today's economy as employers don't seem to have any loyalty to employees anymore.

Sometimes the situation is so comical, the only way you can get through it is to laugh at it.

Actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch has been fired. And she knows lots and lots of other people who have been fired. So she gathered their stories in a book called Fired!

In this 2006 interview Gurwitch talks about how she put the book togther.

Most authors would be very, very happy if their books sold half a million copies. Most would be thrilled if their books sold one or two million.

Dean Koontz has sold 500 million books since his first one was published in 1968.

A master of suspense thrillers, with some horror thrown in, Koontz never fails to satisfy readers. His books routinely appear on major bestseller lists.

In this 2004 interview Koontz talks about his writing, and what sprurises him, and his thriller Life Expectancy,

From the age of 12, when she joined the cast of TV’s “General Hospital,” Amber Tamblyn's talent has made her a popular and award-winning actress. But she is also well known for her writing, especially her poetry.

She has actually published seven books, including the 2009 collection Bang Ditto. It was while she was on tour promoting that book that i had a chance to meet her – and to hear what really matters to her in her creative life.

In this 2009 interview, Amber Tamblyn talks about her writing -- and her father's influence.

As a top ranking career diplomat, Matlock was at the very center of the U.S.-Soviet relationship. He was there for everything from the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 to the Breakup of the Soviet Union almost 30 years later.

In this 2004 interview Matlock discusses his book Reagan And Gorbachev, and reveals the special role played by the keaders' wives.

Greg Mathis was a juvenile delinquent Growing up in rough Detroit neighborhoods Mathis fell in with the wrong crowd and was arrested several times before he was even 17.

But when he reached a critical turning point, Mathis was able to turn his life around. He got his GED, went on to get a bachelor's degree, and graduated from law school. And passed the bar.

He faced still more obstacles on his way to becoming a popular TV courtroom personality. In fact, only Judge Judy has been on the air longer.

In this 2002 interview Mathis reflects on his life, his career, and the role his mother played.

There are many reasons someone might be an atheist. For famed magician Penn Jillette, one half of the Penn & Teller magic duo, his atheism results from what he frames as a vigorous intellectual exercise.

As a youth, Jillette read his Bible, but rejected it as illogical and flawed..

In this 2011 interview about his book God, No! Jillette explains his atheism as one aspect of a multi-faceted personality.

For 22 years he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the Harlem Globetrotters. But for basketball Hall of Famer Meadowlark Lemon, there was a larger, much larger, purpose for his life.

In 1986 Lemon was ordained a Christian minister. And proud as he was of his on-court accomplishments, Meadowlark Lemon had much bigger things on his mind in this 1987 interview about his autobiography Meadowlark.

Hundreds of cookbooks are published every year, thousands have been published since the early 1980s. But few had the impact that 1982's Silver Palate Cookbook had.

Authors Sheila Lukins and Julie Rosso helped introduce Americans to Mediterranean and European cuisines never before seen in this country.

In this 2007 interview Lukins and Rosso talk about the 25th anniversary edition of their bookbook and how it has evolved.

Some inspirational words from Lionel Richie, and a chance encounter with a group of ladies with red hats, led to the first novel by actor, comedian, and writer Damon Wayans.

In this 2010 iinterview the former SNL and "In Living Color"cast member talks about his novel Red Hats.

Happy Valentine's Day!It's a day of romance, relationships, maybe even marriage, but most especially it's a day of love. All kinds of love.

In fact, All Kinds of Love was the title of actor writer Carl Reiner's 1993 novel. It was a delightful cast of characters deals with a variety of romantic situations, with a good deal of comedy thrown in, as we would expect no less from the man who created TV's iconic Dick Van Dyke show.

In this 1993 interviewCarl Reiner talks about his book, script writing, and Dick Van Dyke.

For decades, Australian-born Dr. Helen Caldicott has been lobbying hard against nuclear power. And nuclear weapons, as well. She founded Physicians for Social Responsibility.

And she has been a strong advocate for environmental issues generally, and for women's rights.

In this 2006 interview Dr. Caldicott talks about her book Nuclear Power is Not The Answer.

The NFL's New York Giants dominated the NFC in 1986, and won Super Bowl 21 over the Denver Broncos in January 1987.

But the Giants began the '87 season 0-5, and finished 6-9, missing the playoffs for the first time in four years.

A key player for the Giants at that time was defensive lineman Leonard Marshall. in this 1987 interview Marshall reflects on the Giants' stumble, and his book The End of the Line.

Sixty years ago this week the Beatles performed in concert – notable because it was their very first concert in the U.S.On February 11, 1964 the Beatles entertained a crowd of about 8,000 at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, DC.

After that concert, as they embarked on their 1964 U.S. tour, along with them was young journalist Larry Kane. He was, in fact, the only broadcast journalist who was with the band at every stop on both the’64 and ‘65 American tours

In this 2014 interview Kane talks about his book When They Were Boys.

She wrote under the pseudonym Zane. Her short erotic stories attracted a loyal following on the Internet, inspiring her to self-publish The Sex Chronicles Before long, she had a book deal with Simon and Schuster.

In this 2004 interview about her novel Nervous, this soft spoken theologian’s daughter had a lot to say about writing, and publishing.

Over a seven-decade career Judy Collins has proven to be one of America's most popular musicians. But she isalso the author of several best selling books, she's a painter, she even directed a documentary film that was nominated for an Oscar .

And here's the thing – she says you can be as creative, too.

In this 2005 interview, Collins explains her philosophy of creativity.

The Red Scare that engulfed the U.S. in the years immediately after World War II ruined many careers, and any affiliation with the Communist Party was enough to get you blacklisted.

So it was that popular novelist Howard fast found himself suddenly a pariah because of his membership in the Communist Party USA.

In this 1990 interview Fast reflects on his career, the blacklist, and why he left the Communist Party.

In the early 1970s many women had two books on their shelves: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan and The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer.

That was the then-31-year-old's first book and virtually overnight turned her into an international celebrity A leader of the feminist movement

In this 1987 interview Greer reflects on her life and career since The Female Eunuch.

How does a small town kid from Massachusetts become a major drug lord? Jung's answer is at once. Simple and terrifying.

In this 1993 interview Jung -- the subject of the book and movie Blow -- reveals his bizarre career path, and his effort to go straight.

British born Neil Gaiman is nothing if not prolific and versatile. He's written short stories, novels, screenplays, poetry, even comic books and graphic novels.And his fiction has won an entire trophy case full of major awards.

In this 2006 interview Gaiman discusses his fiction and how it gets creaed,

In 2010, Christine O'Donnell, in her third campaign, rode the Tea Party wave to an upset victory in the Republican primary for US Senate from Delaware.

But years earlier, O'Donnell had appeared on Bill Maher's TV show and admitted that she had once dabbled in witchcraft. And before long, that was almost all that some people knew about Christina. O'Donnell, was that she had once dabbled in witchcraft. It doomed her campaign.

In this 2011 interview O'Donnell talks about her book Troublemaker and the ill-fated campaign.

Teresa Godwin Phelps was a noted and respected law professor for several decades, at Notre Dame and American University But to the public at large, she was better known as the wife of legendary Notre Dame basketball coach Digger Phelps.

In this 1994 interview Phelps talks about her memoir The Coach’s Wife, a rumination on the joys and the frustrations of being in the shadow of such a public figure. And trying to navigate the sometimes-murky waters of college athletics.

It was in the early 1950sThe 28 year old pharmaceutical chemist Created something That would change the very fabric of our society . His name was Carl Djerassi. He was a Bulgarian]American who led a team that came up with an oral contraceptive that became known – and is still known today – as simply The Pill . Djerassi has been dubbed “the father of The Pill.”

Djerassi reveals more about his work in this 1992 interview.

Nichelle Nichols was cast in the role of Communications Officer Uhura on the original TV series “Star Trek” in 1966. But a routine casting decision it was not, as Nichols overnight became an icon and role model. But it took a chance meeting with A powerful and charismatic man to convince her of her own stature.

It's a story Nichols told in this 1994 interview about her memoir Beyond Uhura.

Dan Rather has been a fixture in American journalism since the early 1950s.

As a young boy, growing up in Texas Rather became enamored of heroes like Edward r. Murrow, and vowed to become a journalist himself someday.

After joining CBS News in the 1960s, Rather succeeded Walter Cronkite as anchor of the CBS Evening News in 1981, a position he held for the next 24 years.

In this 1994 interview Rather talks about the role of TV news -- and some of the conmtroversies about him.

She was considered one of America's brightest young stars almost from the moment she entered show business in the mid 1950s.

over the next few decades, Shirley MacLaine fulfilled that promise in a big way. She has won, or been nominated for, dozens of awards, including an Oscar, and Emmy, and several Golden globes.

And then in the mid-1980s, Shirley MacLaine acquired a whole new kind of fame, when she became a well-known authority on the metaphysical, and past lives and reincarnation

In this 1987 interview MacLaine explains her theories.

When John Denver died in a plane crash in October 1997, the world lost not just a popular singer, but a songwriter whose work touched the hearts of millions.

Among the 300 or so songs that he recorded, some 200 he wrote. He had 33 gold records, and was uncommonly successful in crossing genre lines, from country to adult contemporary to the Billboard Hot 100. .

In this 1994 interview, Denver talks about his career and the challenges he faced.

Everyone has memories of the Christmas season Some of those memories are warm and loving, others are troubled or sad But all have stories to tell. And in 1990, TV and film actress Deborah Raffin published a collection of Christmas memories from a variety of celebrities and noted personalities.

In this 1990 interview Raffin talks about her book Sharing Christmas.

Author David Baldacci is best known for Suspenseful political thrillers. But about 20 years ago he was inspired to write a very different kind of book. It was a book inspired by his own experience on a long train trip

In this 2002 interview Baldacci reveals how The Christmas Train, a story about a writer who takes a train trip that will change his life, changed his own.

Astrophysicist Mario Livio's book Is God a Mathematician? asks the big questions about math, and how it explains our entire universe.

Or does it? That's one of the questions.

Livio explains, in this 2009 interview.

Just a few more days until Christmas. But if you haven't gotten the house ready yet or the dinner planned?

Who knows more about planning for a holiday celebration than Martha Stewart.?

Perhaps the most fun interview I ever had with her was in the fall of 1993, not long before Christmas that year when we talked about her book Martha Stewart's Christmas. And we also talked about her business empire. Her TV show had just premiered a few weeks earlier.

Here is that 1993 interview.

Alex karras was a star on the field for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s. And then he tackled a new career challenge: acting. One of his most iconic roles was in 1974's "Blazing Saddles." He was, of course, Mongo.

Later karras starred in the ABC sitcom "Webster," and along the way he also joined the Monday Night Football broadcast crew. And that's kind of where he got the idea for his 1991 novel called Tuesday Night Football.

In this 1991 interview Karras reflects on his successes,

Area 51 is such a highly classified US Air Force installatio nthat for many decades, the United States government wouldn't even acknowledge its existence.

In 2011, investigative journalist. Annie Jacobsen wrote her groundbreaking book called simply Area 51.

In this 2011 inerview Jacobsen reveals some of what she learned.

Few people are as well qualified to write the history of rock and roll as Bruce Morrow, otherwise known to millions of radio listeners as cousin Brucie.

In this 2009 interview Morrow talks about the music, the culture, and the careers that he helped shape.