That archive page has interviews with June Foray (the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha), Noel Blanc (son of voice artist Mel Blanc and a voice artist in his own right), Phil Vischer (creator of Veggie Tales), and Joan Ganz Cooney (creator of Sesame Street).
It also has an interview with Mark Evanier, whose years in the television and comics industries makes his news from me one of the best pop culture blogs I've found. Mark doesn't just appreciate the pop culture we grew up with, he worked alongside the people who created it. Mark is also the webmaster for the official PogoPossum.com website. Right now his homepage has several videos of Tom Lehrer performing "Werner von Braun," "Pollution," and "National Brotherhood Week." Mark's blog is a daily read for me, and that's how I found out about the Carolyn Kelly radio interview.
POST-SHOW UPDATE: Carolyn Kelly released an exciting bit of news at the very end of the program. Starting this weekend she'll be posting pages from G. O. Fizzickle Pogo, the paperback compilation of strips from 1957-58. She says it's to tide us all over until the first volume of the Fantagraphics series is released in December. The Fantagraphics series will be a hardcover compilation of the complete daily and Sunday strips, starting at the beginning. Fantagraphics has been doing the same thing with Peanuts (they're now up to the 1964 strips) and Walt Kelly's Our Gang comic books.
(It's funny to think, as visually different as Peanuts and Pogo are, the age difference is only
G. O. Fizzickle Pogo gets its name from the International Geophysical Year, the 18-month period for the measurement and study of planet Earth. Pondering an 18-month year leads to speculations about one and a half birthdays and one and a half Christmases. Howland leads an expedition to map the world by skiff, equipped with a blank globe. The Sputnik launches are reflected in this book as well.
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