Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Explore
  • Interact
      • Clips Explore themed playlists of audio clips from the Archive.
      • Reuse Listen to creative reuses of Studs’ interviews.
      • Remix Combine audio from the Archive to create entirely new works.
  • Podcast
  • Classroom
  • Donate

00 / 00

Authors/Writers

  • Discussing the book "The Coming Race War In America: A Wake-up Call" with the author, journalist Carl T. Rowan

    Oct. 23, 1996
  • Discussing the book "Poor Boy and a Long Way From Home" with the author, novelist and playwright Jim Sherburne

    Sep. 18, 1984
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "Remembering Denny" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    May. 4, 1993
  • John Edgar Wideman

    Discussing the book "Brothers and Keepers" with John Wideman

    Feb. 7, 1985
  • Salman Rushdie

    Akumal Ramachander discusses the film “The Painter and the Pest” by documentary filmmaker Salman Rushdie

    Apr. 9, 1987
  • Discussing a production of the play, "Never Come Morning", with playwright Paul Peditto and cast members Jennifer Markowitz, Andy Hawks and Lara Phillips

    Sep. 19, 1994
  • Interviewing folksinger and songwriter Bob Gibson and author and poet Shel Silverstein

    Jul. 27, 1993
  • Reading from the book "China Diary" (published by Abrams) written by Stephen Spender and David Hockney.

    Oct. 24, 1983
  • Interviewing Herbert Hill ; part 2

    1962
  • Discussing the book "So far from God: A Novel" with the author Ana Castillo

    May. 14, 1993
  • Discussing reductions in U.S. military spending with authors and activists Admiral Eugene Carroll (U.S. retired) and Lawrence Korb

    Jul. 28, 1995
  • Dalton Trumbo reads from and discusses his book ; part 2

‹‹
of 150
››
Major Support Provided By
The Becca Kopf Memorial Circle of Friends
WFMT Radio Network & Chicago History Museum

This site is being managed by WFMT in partnership with the Chicago History Museum.

Library of Congress

In-kind digitization services of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive are provided by the Library of Congress.

National Endowment for the Humanities

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Studs Terkel Radio Archive

All Programs About The Archive About Studs Supporters Contact

©2026 WFMT Radio Network | Site by Jell Creative

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this web resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.