1. Bono on His Dad's Final Days
2012-05-09
6m
"I'd go and usually have a pint of Guinness and a chaser to steady my nerves. Then I'd go to the hospital and I'd sleep beside my father."
- Bono. Interview by Anthony Bozza.
INTERVIEW NOTES
- The Date: October 2001
- The Scene: By phone
- The Source: Minidisc recorder
- Anthony recorded this interview while writing for Rolling Stone Magazine
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Shawn Wen
Video scribing: Truscribe
Music Credits: U2 "Kite" | Scratch Massive "In the Dressing Room" & "For a Departure"
2. Surfer Kelly Slater on Problems in his Perfect Life
2012-07-13
6m
"My life was getting worse, not better, and it should have been getting better, because I've accomplished all the things I wanted to accomplish." ~Kelly Slater
Kelly Slater is a world champion surfer. He's arguably the best of all time. The Michael Jordan of surfing. He has it all. Or does he? During an interview with Josh Baron of Relix magazine, Slater let down his guard and told the real story. He talked about his failings out of the water in his personal life. You'll enjoy the personal conversation. One note: all the music you're about to hear is Kelly Slater playing the guitar and singing songs he wrote. It's not something you always hear during an interview.
Interview by Josh Baron, editor-in-chief of Relix magazine
Nov. 17, 2008 // The Bowery Hotel, New York // Digital recorder
3. Muhammad Ali On Going To Mars
2012-09-17
6m
It was the summer of 1966 when a persistent 17-year-old with a high school radio show near Chicago got the interview of lifetime: Muhammad Ali. But only a handful of people ever got to hear this time capsule. Until now.
Ali epically riffs about fighting on Mars, traveling through time, and explaining why big talk and boasting got him a shot at a title fight faster than other challengers. "Some of them thought I was crazy," Ali said. "They were frightened of me."
Interview by Michael Aisner // Muhammad Ali Fan Club, Chicago 1966 // reel-to-reel tape recorder
4. Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz
2013-01-10
6m
"If I told you all the stories about what happened to people if they were caught listening to jazz." - Dave Brubeck in 2008
Interviewer: John Dankosky WNPR
Music: Dave Brubeck Quartet live at the 2008 Litchfield Jazz Festival
5. Larry King on Getting Seduced
2013-03-19
6m
"I'm playing these records. The phone rings and I pick it up: 'WAHR'. And this lady's voice--I can still hear her voice--she goes: 'I want you.'" - Larry King
Interview by Cal Fussman
Esquire writer-at-large
Los Angeles, 2001
6. Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
2013-04-02
6m
"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know." - Jim Morrison
Interview by Howard Smith
TheSmithTapes.com / Villagevoice.com
Los Angeles, 1969
7. David Foster Wallace on Ambition
2013-04-17
6m
"If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything." - David Foster Wallace
Interview by Leonard Lopate, WNYC
March 4, 1996
Interview originally aired on the Leonard Lopate Show
8. Beastie Boys on Being Stupid
2013-04-30
6m
"There's a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we'd be arrested for it."
- Mike "Mike D" Diamond
Interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio
1985, Washington, D.C. Cassette Tape
9. Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales
2013-05-14
6m
"I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different."
- Wilt Chamberlain
Original interview aired in 1992 on "Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori"
10. James Brown on Conviction, Respect & Reagan
2013-05-28
6m
"Black is not a color; it's an attitude. It's the attitude of independence, respect and dignity."
- James Brown
Interview by Rocci Fisch
1984. Washington, D.C. Convention Center
Originally recorded for ABC News Radio
11. Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
2013-06-10
6m
"I still think the same way I thought as a child. I still worry. I'm still frightened... Nothing changes."
- Maurice Sendak
Interview by Andrew Romano and Ramin Seetodeh
2009. Sendak's home in Connecticut
12. Louis Armstrong on His Chops
2013-06-25
6m
"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil. ... Even if we had two, three days off I still had to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops."
- Louis Armstrong
Interview by Michael Aisner and James R. Stein
1964. Ravinia near Chicago
Originally aired on WNTH - Winnetka, Illinois
13. Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power
2013-07-09
6m
"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face."
- Farrah Fawcett
Interview by Lawrence Grobel
1994, Hollywood
14. Fidel Castro: The Lost Interview
2013-07-23
6m
"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro
Clark Hewitt Galloway interviewed Fidel Castro in Havana in 1959 in the midst of the Cuban revolution. His story ran in U.S. News & World Report. Galloway’s granddaughter, Laura Galloway, held on to her grandfather’s interview tape.
15. Janis Joplin on Rejection
2013-09-23
6m
"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly."
- Janis Joplin
Howard Smith interviewed Janis Joplin by phone on September 30, 1970. This turned out to be the last interview Janis ever did. She died on October 4, 1970. Howard was writing for the Village Voice.