Erik Barnouw

On his early life and influences; on his family moving to New York when he was a child

On his teacher John Mulholland; on his early exposure to the world of magic, writing "The Magician and the Cinema," and the link between magic and the history of broadcasting; on attending Princeton University and his involvement with their theater program

On his early exposure to Vaudeville, films, and radio during his time at Princeton; on attending an early television demonstration at by Bell Telephone Laboratory in 1927; on his various activities after graduating from Princeton University including writing and working for an advertising agency

On the role of advertising agencies in controlling content on radio programs; on working on a radio ad campaign for Camel cigarettes and his criticism of advertising's impact on broadcasting in his subsequent writings; on being involved with the radio show "Court of Human Relations"

On the threat presented to advertising agencies by the "Tugwell bill"; on his impressions of radio programs in the 1930s; on the movement to have non-commercial radio stations

On teaching at Columbia University while writing various radio shows; on his broadcasting course at Columbia University; on memorable guest lecturers he brought in for his broadcasting course at Columbia University and on seeing the television demonstration at the 1939 World's Fair

On the renaissance of radio news (led by Edward R. Murrow) and entertainment programming in the 1930s; on writing for the historical radio show "Cavalcade of America"

On how World War II impacted him and his work; on forming and heading the Armed Forces Radio Services education unit

On his earliest involvement with television in production at ABC with a book discussion program from Columbia University called Seminar; on early television shows and television writers he admired, including Playhouse 90 and Paddy Chayefsky; on getting involved with writing for television by adapting "Hedda Gabler" starring Tallulah Bankhead for The U.S. Steel Hour

On the Hollywood Blacklist; on the quiz show scandals of the 1950s; on writing his three volume "A History of Broadcasting in the United States"

On his book "A History of Broadcasting in the United States" having been influenced by the author John Dos Passos; on some of the conclusions be came to about television advertising in his book "A History of Broadcasting in the United States"; on his concerns about the global reach and cultural impact of American television and on directing the television documentary Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945

On the history of the newsreel footage he used for the television documentary Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945; on the controversy over PBS broadcasting his documentary Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945

On the broadcast and subsequent life of his television documentary Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945; on his involvement with the Library of Congress in developing its archive for motion pictures, broadcasting, and recorded sound

On the advent of public access television; on his feelings about media consolidation; on his career highlights