Sam’s young son Jesse talks about a teacher he doesn’t like and tells Sam and Johnny a story entitled “Raspberries”. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bailey Anderson, Don Bowman, Cooder Browne, Johnny Bush, Joe Conway, Steve Fromholz, Rick Galvan, Amelia Garza, Jimmy Harriss, Bob Herrick, Bob Nolan, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Rogers, Ernest Tubb, Rick Vasquez, Stevie Vaughn.
Joan Irelan, interviewed by her daughter, discusses how she managed to overcome her life's obstacles in order to pursue her dream of getting an education and being a self-sufficient woman while raising her children. She details her undergraduate studies at Columbia University, her marriage, living in Germany, and attending law school at Hoftra University.
Johnny tells Sam a story about working outside, playing racquetball and feeling alone at the Y. Johnny elaborates on loneliness and how people surround themselves with people to not be alone. Their conversation then moves to the Bible and matters that are of a spiritual nature. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.