This is in fact one of several oral histories that Knuth has done over the last few years: * 2001, 2 hours audio (http://purl.umn.edu/96227 http://purl.umn.edu

This is in fact one of several oral histories that Knuth has done over the last few years: * 2001, 2 hours audio (http://purl.umn.edu/96227 http://purl.umn.edu/96227), 27-page transcript (https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/107413 https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/107413) (partial I guess?) * 2006, Web of Stories, 7.5 hours video in 97 short parts https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzeNLngr1JqyQki3wdoGrCn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzeNLngr1Jq... , transcript (https://github.com/kragen/knuth-interview-2006 https://github.com/kragen/knuth-interview-2006) * 2007, interview by Ed Feigenbaum, 3 hours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7GAKLSGnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7GAKLSGnI) + 4 hours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqPPll3uDa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqPPll3uDa0), 73-page transcript (https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2013/05/102658053-05-01-acc.pdf https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/20...) * 2018, this one (https://purl.stanford.edu/jq248bz8097 https://purl.stanford.edu/jq248bz8097), about 4.5 hours, 177-page transcript (but 50 pages of those are Knuth's CV!) * 2018, by the Computer History Museum, 1.5 hours, specifically about the earliest programs he wrote as an undergrad when he first encountered computers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9JOrmgHw28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9JOrmgHw28): the programs themselves are here: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=X8738.2019 https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=X8738.... (in machine language / assembly) I've watched the Web of Stories one fully (and the others not yet fully)… they are a delight. You can see the way his mind works, and he's someone whose career has spanned basically the entirety of computer science as a separate academic discipline.