Of the tens of thousands of interviews she has recorded, what is Susan Stamberg's favorite?

"A very tough call," says Stamberg in her book Talk (Perigee/G.P. Putnam). "There was the brilliant, incisive (not to mention trenchant) exchange with dancer Edward Villella, sometime in the early '70s, which I -- far too old by then to be a rookie but, nonetheless, rookie-like -- totally erased. By mistake, I recorded an interview with (folk musician) Pete Seeger over it. Seeger was terrific, but he was no Villella. With absolutely no way to prove it, and probably because there's no way to prove it, the Villella was my 'best interview.' Unless ... Mary Hemingway. Unless ... the 5-year-old in Baltimore beginning her first day at school. Unless ... whatever happens day after tomorrow.

"In commercial broadcasting, they say you're as good as your last interview. I like to think I'm as good as my next interview. A very public-broadcasting point of view!"

Here are signature Stamberg reports from each of the past 30 years. Click on the title to hear the Real Audio.