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Studs Terkel’s daily radio show was, among other things, a kind of public service through which new and evolving ideas about mental and physical health issues were discussed with candor and a lack of sensationalism. The archive contains remarkable conversations about mental illness, addiction, alternative healthcare models, changing social views of illnesses such as cancer and AIDS, explorations of living with various disabilities, debates about child development, unblinking discussions about confronting death and explorations of how health might be viewed differently in other parts of the world and periods in history.

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Introduction

Studs Terkel’s daily radio show was, among other things, a kind of public service through which new and evolving ideas about mental and physical health issues were discussed with candor and a lack of sensationalism.

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