Art Young Interviews Leonard Nimoy, March 1975

In March of 1975 Leonard Nimoy was interviewed by KMRH morning radio show host Art Young. Nimoy was in Austin performing in the Mary Moody Northen Theater's production of Albert Camus' "Caligula" (March 11 - 23, 1975). Among other things, Young and Nimoy discuss existentialist themes in Camus' play, Nimoy's experiences as a theater and television actor, Star Trek, and the future of technological advancement through the lens of science fiction.
You can see the playbill and other items related to the Mary Moody Northen Theater's production of "Caligula" in the St. Edward's University's Archives and Special Collections Digital Collections:
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Art Young was a mid-1970s era morning radio show host on KRMH (103.7 FM), broadcasting from San Marcos, Texas to the Austin, Texas radio market in the 6 am - 9 am time slot. The Art Young Recordings Collection consists of almost 200 recordings of interviews he conducted with local, state and nationally known politicians, activists, artists, musicians, actors, writers, educators and business owners.
Collection: The Art Young Recordings Collection (AR.2020.019)
Finding Aid: txarchives.org...
Item #: AR-2020-019-r0041
Original Format: Open Reel Audio Tape
Version: Pre-broadcast recording

[@9kittiesmom]

I have a couple of his books. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to meet Mr. Nimoy. Thank you, I really enjoyed this interview,

[@mythdusterds]

I listened to a Delta Flyer’s Podcast interview with actor Tim Russ who later went on to play a Vulcan in Star Trek Voyager. Tim Russ mentioned that he worked with Leonard Nimoy on the play Caligula while in Texas at the University.

[@mythdusterds]

I was unaware that Leonard Nimoy wrote his own poetry until Leonard plugged it at the end of the interview.

[@EddieBryan]

What a very erudite actor. You know Truman Capote famously said actors were dumb. Leonard clearly is not.

[@9kittiesmom]

Goes to show you what Truman Capote knew. I always looked at actors as very intelligent people. Look at what they do, they have to remember all their lines in the scripts. They must be able to take direction. When they do plays in front of a live audiences, they can't be dumb. Leonard Nimoy did a one man show which he wrote, produced, and acted called "Vincent". It is on You tube if you want to watch it. Make sure it's the one with Leonard doing the acting. LLAP