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Historians

  • Ana Carrigan reads from and discusses the book "Salvador Witness"

    Jan. 16, 1985
  • Dr. Emmett L. Avery and Dr. Arthur H. Scouten discuss the Restoration Comedy period of theater in England

    1964
  • Ann Banks in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 2, 1981
  • Alfred McCoy discusses heroin trafficking; part 1

    1971
  • George Thayer discusses his book “The War Business: The International Trade in Armaments

    Jun. 20, 1968
  • Interview with Basil Davidson ; part 2

    1968
  • Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis

    Dec. 8, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Living Inside Our Hope : A Steadfast Radical's Thoughts on Rebuilding the Movement" with the author, historian Staughton Lynd

    Oct. 24, 1997
  • Discussing the book "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" with the author, historian and journalist Christopher Simpson

    Mar. 9, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Cities & People: A Social and Architectural History" with the author and architectural historian Mark Girouard

    Feb. 13, 1986
  • Adria Bernardi discusses her book "Houses With Names: The Italian Immigrants of Highwood, Illinois"

    Dec. 12, 1989
  • Dempsey Travis discusses jazz artists and recalls his early memories of Chicago jazz

    Feb. 1, 1989
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