S1.E1 ∙ An Artist's AmericaWed, Jun 6, 1962John Ciardi interviews artist Thomas Hart Benton at his home in Kansas City, Missouri. Benton reads from his autobiography and shows some of the paintings hanging in his home.Rate
S1.E2 ∙ The Sea Islands - Cradle of American SongTue, Jun 12, 1962The descendants of America's earliest slaves, now living in relative isolation on the Georgia Sea Islands, depict their culture in song and story.Rate
S1.E3 ∙ The Fall of the CityWed, Jun 20, 1962Verse play about the reaction of a city's people toward an approaching conqueror.Rate
S1.E4 ∙ Jefferson and MonticelloWed, Jul 4, 1962A tour of the Virginia mansion where the third President of the United States lived and worked.Rate