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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.

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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.

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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,

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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.

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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.

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It was in the early 1950sThe 28 year old pharmaceutical chemist Created something That would change the very fabric of our society .

Djerassi reveals more about his work in this 1992 interview.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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