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Historians

  • John Henry Faulk in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 5, 1971
  • Interviewing journalist, rock critic and historian Dave Marsh

    Nov. 1, 1985
  • Discussing the book "The New Rolling Stone Record Guide" with the authors, music critics Dave Marsh and Lee Ballinger

    Nov. 18, 1983
  • Discussing the book "The Electrical Workers : A History of Labor at General Electric and Westinghouse, 1923-1960" with Ronald Schatz

    Jan. 27, 1984
  • John Henry Faulk in conversation with Studs Terkel ; part 3

    Mar. 5, 1971
  • Discussing the book "Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait" with the editor, rock critic and historian Dave Marsh

    Nov. 29, 1990
  • Discussing the book "Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

    May. 23, 1994
  • Charles Capen McLaughlin discusses landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted

    Jun. 27, 1977
  • Discussing the book "Reagan's America: Innocents At Home" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

    Jan. 26, 1987
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin reads from and discusses her book "The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys"

    Feb. 18, 1987
  • Robert Caro discusses his book "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: volume two: Means of ascent"

    Apr. 23, 1990
  • The Hidden World of Misericords

    Dorothy and Henry Kraus discuss the book "The Hidden World of Misericords."

    Feb. 10, 1976
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