January 3, 2000 The American Civil War
January 10,2000 Chopin's early romantic life
January 17, 2000 The life of soprano Maria Malibran
January 24, 2000 The life and poetry of Alexander Pushkin
January 31, 2000 Potpourri show
February 7, 2000 Thoughts about kisses for Valentine's Day
February 14, 2000The romantic life of Robert And Clara Schumann
February 21, 2000The Spanish program
February 28, 2000 Poetry for Jenny von Westphalen, written by Karl Marx
March 6, 2000 The life and times of Queen Elizabeth I
March 13, 2000 The romance and mystery of Asia
March 20, 2000 Songs Of The Old West
March 27, 2000 Robert & Clara Schumann, Part 3
April 3, 2000Further observations about The Rose
April 10, 2000 Poetry by Chinese poet Hanshan
April 17, 2000 The life of Princess Ka'iulani
April 24, 2000 The lyrics of Lorenz Hart
May 1, 2000Poetry of Rabindranath Tagore
May 8, 2000 Mother's Day special
May 15, 2000 Literary figures and their fictional and non-fictional loves
May 22, 2000Memorial Day special-salute to poet Stephen Crane
May 29, 2000 The German program
June 5, 2000 Love letters of famous writers of the past
June 12, 2000 Love letters from John Keats to Fanny Brawne
June 19, 2000 Observations on love and marriage
June 26, 2000 Love letters and affairs between famous musicians
July 3, 2000 Romantic American poems in honor of Independence Day
July 10, 2000 Romantic poetry discovered online
July 17, 2000 The romance of the sea
July 24, 2000 The life of Don Carlo Gesualdo
July 31, 2000 The romantic life of Alexander Scriabin
August 7, 2000 Selections from "Chamber music" by James Joyce
August 14, 2000 The writings of Michelangelo Buonarotti
August 21, 2000 The "almost" all-American program
August 28, 2000 poetry of Greek and Roman antiquity
September 4, 2000 A visit to Pere Lachaise
September 11,2000 A program of listener submissions
September 18, 2000 Selections from Rilke's Diaries of a Young poet
September 25, 2000 War letters to Nebraska/excerpts from My Antonia by Willa Cather
October 2, 2000 Writings of Michael Ondaatje
October 9, 2000 Excerpts from the poem, The Sleepers, by Walt Whitman
October 16, 2000 The life of Cosima Wagner, Part I
October 23, 2000 The life of Cosima Wagner, Part II
October 30, 2000 The diaries of Alma Schindler, Part I
November 6,2000Love letters from historic figures of the past, Part I
November 13, 2000 Love letters from historic figures of the past, Part II
November 20, 2000A program of Thanksgiving
November 27, 2000 Poetry of the American Indian
December 4, 2000 Love letters of Beethoven
December 11, 2000 Robert Pinsky reads his translation of Dante's Inferno, part I
December 18, 2000 The diaries of Cosima Wagner, part 3
December 25, 2000 Brief thoughts of wisdom for the holidays