1996

January 6. 1996

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Ramblin' Jack Elliott, legendary troubadour and cowboy poet.
• Dean Koontz, author of "Intensity".
• The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet.
• Dan Hicks and the Acoustic Warriors.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Sedge draws out the taciturn Anne Lamott.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 03rd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• James Fallows, author of "Breaking the News".
• Music from Roomful of Blues.
• Dianne Tittle de Laet, author of "Giants and Heroes", and football great Y.A. Tittle.
• Travel tips from Karl and Carl.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 10th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Jamaica Kincaid, author of "Autobiography of My Mother".
• Anna Deavere Smith, playwright of "Twilight: Los Angeles 1992".
• Music from The Blazers.
• Monologist Julia Sweeney, featuring scenes from "God Said Ha!".
• Music from Kelly Joe Phelps.
• Kirsten Lagatree, author of "Feng-Shui - Arranging your home to change your Life".
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 17th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band with R&B to the beat of the ancient forests.
• Mandy Aftel, author of "The Story of Your Life".
• Songs from Greg Brown with Bo Ramsey.
• Marga Gomez, actress, comedienne, and monologist of "A Line Around the Block".
• The Byzantine Chorale of the Kykkos Monastery of Cypress singing sacred music from the 9th century.
• Urban Geographer Bonnie Loyd reviews drinks in coffee houses.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

February 24th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Steve Allen, man of many talents.
• Sedge draws out the taciturn Anne Lamott.
• Stuart Canin and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 09th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music from Iris DeMent.
• Jennifer Egan, author of "Emerald City" and "Invisible Circus".
• Celtic music from The Old Blind Dogs.
• Mark Wellman, author of "Climbing Back".
• Willie Morris, author of "My Dog Skip".
• Celebration of "Net Day '96".
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 16th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Legendary blues singer Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.
• April Sinclair, author of "Ain't Gonna Be The Same Fool Twice" and "Coffee Will Make You Black".
• Blues singer Lady Bianca.
• Alan Brown, author of "Audrey Hepburn's Neck".
• Travel tips from Karl and Carl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 23rd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• John Sebastian & his J Band.
• Duff Brenna, author of "The Holy Book of the Beard".
• Music from The Nields.
• Charles Matthews, author of "Oscars A-Z".
• Violist Cathy Basrak accompanied by Timothy Bach on piano.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

March 30th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Punk diva Nina Hagen, accompiled by J. Raul Brody and members of the Club Foot Orchestra.
• The Hot Club of San Francisco.
• Sedge draws out the taciturn Anne Lamott.
• Guitarist Pierre Bensusan.
• Gus Lee, author of "Tiger's Tail" and "China Boy".
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Lisa Love Taylor as our guest pianist.

April 27th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• John Fowles, author of "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "The Collector", and "The Tree and Nature on Nature".
• Shana Morrison and her band.
• Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof, author of "In the Name of Sorrow and Hope".
• Kawang Khechog, Tibetan musican.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

May 04th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Kronos Quartet, with the world premiere of Jon Jang's "Immigrant Suite #2".
• Louise Erdrich, author of "Tales of Burning Love", "Grandmother's Pigeon", and "The Beet Queen".
• Music from Catie Curtis featuring music from "Truth from Lies".
• Marion Winik, commentator from All Things Considered and author of "First Comes Love".
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• The Olympic Torch Report with writer Steve Rubenstein.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

May 11th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Singer/songwriter Bill Morrissey, author of "Edson".
• Jazz duo Kita Gamble and Faye Carol.
• Emotions from Joe Louis Walker, with stoicism by Tom Rose.
• Music from Sonus Imaginorem.
• Travel tips from Karl and Carl.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Lisa Love Taylor as our guest pianist.

May 18th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Blues artist Alvin Youngblood Hart.
• Jim Paul, author of "Medieval in L.A." and "Catapult".
• Actress Jean Stapleton.
• Music from Box Set.
• The Flying Karamazov Brothers juggling implements of terror.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

May 25th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim.
• Folksinger Country Joe McDonald.
• Gail Tsukiyama, author of "The Samurai's Garden".
• The Flying Karamazov Brothers juggling implements of terror.
• Music from Cheryl Ann Fulton, Susan Rode Morris, and Peter Maund.
• Susan Wooldridge, author of "poencrazy".
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

June 01st

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill, with Michael Moore on bass.
• William Kennedy, author of "The Flaming Corsage" and Ironweed".
• John Gorka, with Lucy Kaplansky.
• Martin Cruz-Smith, author of "Rose", "Gorky Park", and "Red Square".
• Comedienne Marga Gomez.
• Private eye Jayson Wechter and columnist Jon Carroll with clues to San Francisco's Great City-Wide Treasure Hunt.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

June 08th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Bluesman Taj Mahal, featuring his latest recording "Phantom Blues".
• Calvin Trillin, author of "Messages from My Father" and "The Tummy Trilogy".
• Jim Campilongo & the 10 Gallon Cats.
• A.S. Byatt, author of "The Babel Tower", "Possession", and "Angels & Insects".
• Tibetan music ensemble Chaksam-pa.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

June 15th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Singer-songwriter Tish Hinojosa, with Marvin Dykhuis.
• Sedge draws out the taciturn Anne Lamott.
• Music from Pele Juju.
• South African activist and Ashoka Fellow, Lynne Brown.
• Stephen Kent. didgeridoo virtuoso.
• Karen Cushman. author of "The Midwife's Apprentice" and "Catherine, Called Birdy".
• Travel tips from Karl and Carl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

June 22nd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Surfer Dan Duane, author of "Caught Inside - A Surfer's Year on the California Coast" and "Lighting Out".
• Latin guitarists Strunz & Farah.
• Richard Ford, author of "The Sportswriter" and "Independence Day".
• Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés.
• Hawaiian slack key virtuoso Ray Kané.
• Brazilian musical legend Gilberto Gil.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

June 29th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Musician Dave Alvin, author of "Any Rough Times are Now Behind You".
• Fay Weldon, author of "Worst Fears", "Life Force", and "Life & Loves of a She-Devil".
• Music from Kelly Joe Phelps.
• Fenton Johnson, author of "Geography of the Heart" and "Scissors, Paper, Rock".
• Music from Ann Dyer and No Goodtime Fairies.
• Jamie Jenson, author of "Roadtrip USA - Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways".
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

July 06th

From the High Sierra Music Festival. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

July 13th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Tuvan throat singing by Kongar-ool Ondar and Paul Pena.
• Music from Tuck & Patti.
• Ben Bagdikian, author of "Double Vision" and "Media Monopoly".
• Music from Willy Porter.
• David Thomson, author of "Rosebud - The Story of Orson Welles".
• Marin Opera Company, with an aria from "South Pacific".
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Lisa Love Taylor as our guest pianist.

July 20th

From Pier Half in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Amy Tan, author of "The Joy Luck Club", "Kitchen Gods", and "Required Reading and Other Dangerous Subjects".
• Hot Club of San Francisco.
• Brendan Gill, author of "Late Bloomers" and "Here at the New Yorker".
• Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant.
• Anne Lamott, author of "Bird by Bird" and "Operating Instructions", and "Crooked Little Heart".
• Rock band Barroom Bookworms.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

July 27th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music from Sweet Virginia.
• James Lee Burke, author of "Cadillac Jukebox", and "Black Cheery Blues".
• Music of An East/West Encounter.
• Dr. Oscar London, M.D., author of "Kill As Few Patients as Possible", and "Dr. Generic Will See You Now".
• Music from the Dmitri Matheny Quintet.
• Travel tips from Karl and Carl.
• Paul Bergman and Michael Asimow, authors of "Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies".
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 03rd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Actress and singer Eartha Kitt.
• Alison Anderson, author of "Hidden Lattitudes".
• Music from Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings.
• Garrett Hongo, author of "Volcano".
• Music from the The Baguette Quartet.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 10th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• The Neville Brothers.
• Chitra Baberjee Divakaruni, author of "Arranged Marriage".
• Mare Winningham & Her Band.
• American Baroque, featuring their latest recording "Boismoitier - Sonatas for flute and harpsichord".
• Anne Lamott, author of "Bird by Bird".
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 17th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music from Ben Harper.
• Dr. Irvin Yalom, author of "Lying on the Couch".
• Music from SoVoSo.
• Karen Hall, author of "Dark Debts".
• Kurt Elling Trio.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 24th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Zakiya Hooker and Oza.
• Sarah Smith, author of "The Knowledge of Water" and "The Vanished Child".
• Bay Brass Band.
• Author Simson Garfinkle, outspoken advocate for computer privacy.
• The Chazz Cats.
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• Bikers from the Cycle Messenger World Championship.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

August 31st

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music from String Cheese Incident.
• UCSF Professor of Medicine Stan Glantz, author of "The Cigarette Papers".
• Music from the Charlie Hunter Quartet.
• Performance artist Trevor Allen.
• Zachary Richard and his band.
• Flea trainer Adam Gertsacov.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

September 07th

From the Dorothy Spreckels Center for the Performing Arts in Rohnert Park, California. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Cartoonist Charles Schulz, creator of "Peanuts".
• Monologist Sherry Glaser, performing segments of "Family Secrets".
• Music from The Westerleys.
• Bruce Anderson, editor of the "Anderson Valley Advetiser".
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Travel tips from Karl and Carl.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

October 05th

From The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Poet Diane di Prima, author of "Pieces of a Song" and "Memoirs of a Beatnik".
• Photographer, director, and actor Dennis Hopper.
• Composer and poet David Amram.
• Satirist Mort Sahl.
• Musician George Winston.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

October 12th

From The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• ruth weiss, beat goddess and jazz poet.
• Hettie Jones, poet and author of "How I Became Hettie Jones".
• The Young Miles Mellough with the Ken French Trio.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Hyperventilation by Josh Kornbluth.
• Music from piano player Mike Greensill.

November 02nd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Basketball legend Karem Abdul-Jabbar, author of "Giant Steps" and "Black Profiles in Courage".
• Tobias Wolff, author of "The Night in Question", "This Boy's Life", and "In Pharaoh's Army".
• Jazz sing stylist Kenny Rankin.
• Singer/songwriter Cheryl Wheeler.
• Music of the Andes from Sukay.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

November 16th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Chef Julia Child, author of "Mastering The Art of French Cooking".
• Folk legend Rosalie Sorrels.
• A cappella ensemble SoVoSó.
• John Berendt, author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil".
• Folk singer Lucy Kaplansky.
• Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen, author of "Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning".
• Mark Singer, author of "Citizen K".
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

November 23rd

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Blues legend Taj Mahal.
• Victor Martinez, author of "Parrot on the Oven".
• Mare Winningham and her band.
• Jonathan Raban, author of "Bad Land" amd "Coasting".
• Music from Trout Fishing in America.
• Richard Mosher, author of "The Taxi Navigator".
• Composer David Raksin.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

November 30th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Music from Wesla Whitfield & Mike Greensill.
• Author Bill Richardson.
• Jazz pianist and singer Blossom Dearie.
• Musical political satirists, The Foremen.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 07th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Sonos Handbell Ensemble.
• Film critic Roger Ebert.
• A cappella masters The Bobs.
• Walter Bernstein, author of "Inside Out", and screenwriter of "The Front".
• Storyteller Seth Castleman.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 14th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Poet Gary Snyder, author of "Mountains and Rivers Without End".
• New Century Chamber Orchestra, with Stuart Canin.
• Humorist Marga Gomez.
• Richard Schickel, author of "Clint Eastwood".
• Return of the Christmas Jug Band.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 21st

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• The Hot Club of San Francisco.
• Sanford Dole Ensemble.
• The New Pickle Circus Jazz Band.
• Red-diapered Santa Josh Kornbluth.
• A view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.

December 28th

From the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. Improved audio archives on-line soon. Meanwhile, Custom interview CDs are available. Write to our producer e-mail or call the office! .

• Those Darn Accoridans.
• Music from Rhiannon.
• Music The Baguette Quartet.
• The naturalist perspective from Claire Peaslee.
• Radio improvisation from True Fiction Magazine.
• Red-diapered Santa Josh Kornbluth.
• Diane Hidy, as the house pianist.