Introduction
Recorded almost entirely in an era before the internet existed as a tool for potentially exploring global media, Terkel’s radio show (1952-1997) was designed to help listeners go beyond an America-centric understanding of the world.
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Recorded almost entirely in an era before the internet existed as a tool for potentially exploring global media, Terkel’s radio show (1952-1997) was designed to help listeners go beyond an America-centric understanding of the world. Conversations in this section assume curiosity and willingness to hear the perspectives of a wide-range of first-hand commentators on changing world, such as social workers from India, musicians from Peru, rugby fans from England, school children from China, filmmakers from Italy, dissident journalists from the Soviet Union, jazz fans from Germany, professors from Iran or a survivor of the atomic bomb from Japan, and thousands more, each of whom offers a unique oral history perspective on facets of global politics and history.
