| A weekly series with alternating interviewer: Harvard psycho-historian Doris Kerns; poet, playwright and author Maya Angelou; syndicated columnist George Will and populist chronicler Studs Terkel. Each program featured one of the four in a 30-minute film or videotape report on someone who contributed to the ideas and issues of America. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Maya Angelou | 4 | |
| Studs Terkel | 4 | |
| James Baldwin | 1 | |
| Ray Bradbury | 1 | |
| Angela Davis | 1 |