Jeff Kisseloff

On his early life and influences; on his family being the first ones on the block to have color television, and on being an early cable television adopter; on his grandfather, an early salesman of televisions

On going into journalism, and on his interest in the technological development of television; on what got him interested in oral histories; on his methodology when compiling oral histories

On interviewing celebrities, including "Buffalo" Bob Smith and Bob Keeshan; on getting people to talk to him for his oral histories; on his experience of watching the coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and funeral on television

On the process of compiling interviews and finding narratives for his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"; on interviewing Frank Stanton about the Hollywood Blacklist; on covering controversial topics like the Blacklist for his book

On interviewing television ad executives for his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"; on looking at people's paperwork and memorabilia when compiling interviews for his book; on his interview with Elma Farnsworth, wife of Philo T. Farnsworth

On how he started his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"; on the scope of his interviews for his book; on choosing the end point for his book

On dealing with human limitations (memory lapses, etc.) when compiling his book "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961"; on interviewing people about the classic live anthology 1950s series for his book; on the importance of capturing older people's experience for oral history projects

On dealing with various personalities and situations when conducting oral history interviews, including Norman Felton and Greg Garrison; on Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly's See It Now "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy"; on his interview with Twenty-One producer Al Freeman, Jr.

On attempting to interview Charles Van Doren; on interviewing Studs' Place host Studs Turkel; on the code of ethics and best practices he follows for his oral history interviews

On his involvement with the Archive of American Television; on the differences between interviewing on audio tape and video tape; on watching his old Archive of American Television interviews, and on his current opinion of The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

On the research for the Archive of American Television interviews he did; on people he would like to see interviewed for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television; on the notion of the Television Academy collecting television memorabilia

On oral historians working with advancements in technology; on what he hopes viewers will take away from The Interviews: An Oral History of Television; on the books he authored being used in academia

On the emergence of podcasts; on what makes a great interviewer, and getting valuable information from subjects; on how being an oral historian his impacted his life

On the truth of the Alger Hiss story emerging in his oral history research; on maintaining his website and on the emergence of the Internet as a journalistic force; on the challenge of maintaining historical video, audio, and documents in the digital age

On career highlights; on how he would like to be remembered; on donating his research materials from his book "The Box" to the Archive of American Television