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  • Sylvia Kronstadt in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 9, 1975

    Interviewing writer and editor Sylvia Kronstadt.

  • Studs Terkel interviews author-dramatist Frank Norman at his Bloomsbury Square Hotel ; part 1

    1968

    Terkel delves into the life of Frank Norman, a London ex-con who turned his life around and became a novelist and playwright by writing on his experiences. He wrote "Bang to Rights" shortly after his prison release which brought him great fame. He followed that with "The Monkey Pulled it's Hair" that had a U.S. release under the name "Don't Darling Me Darling". Norman opened up to Terkel discussing his illegitimacy, his illiteracy till age 14, his institutionalization in an orphanage which he turned into the novel "Banana Boy".

  • Soviet intellectuals discuss Soviet arts and culture

    May. 28, 1962

    Soviet intellectuals Tamara Mamedova, Nicolai Pogodin, and Anatol Safronov talk with Studs Terkel about their work with the Institute for Soviet-American Relations (U.S.) and Soviet arts and culture.

  • Ronnie Dugger discusses his book "Politician: The Life and Times of Lyndon Johnson"

    Jul. 15, 1982

    Ronnie Duggar’s book, “Politician: The Life and Times of Lyndon Johnson,” shows Johnson’s rise to power. Duggar explained that from a young age, Johnson knew to court power. While at the Teachers College in Texas, Johnson told his cousin, “It starts at the president’s office,” where Johnson was the president’s right arm man. Once in the Senate, Johnson chose to be on the Armed Services Committee because he knew Senator Richard Russell ran the Senate. Johnson courted powerful men and in exchange, these men would advance his career.

  • Ronnie Dugger discusses his book "On Reagan: The Man & His Presidency"

    Nov. 29, 1983

    Past radio transcripts of former President Ronald Reagan were being hidden or suppressed. Ronnie Dugger worked tirelessly at getting the transcripts so that people would learn the truth about Reagan. In Dugger’s book, “On Reagan: The Man & His Presidency,” Dugger points out that President Reagan was against the ERA. He didn’t believe in anti-trust, and he opposed every civil rights act every placed in front of him. Dugger said Reagan’s genius was that he’d get elected without people knowing of his records.

  • Richard Pollak, editor, writer and investigative journalist, talks with Studs about his life and work.

    Jun. 17, 1975

    Mr. Pollak editor of "[More]" an investigative journalism magazine and author of "Stop the Presses, I Want To Get Off!", talks with Studs about his life and work. Both Studs and Mr Pollak read excerpts from the book.

  • Peter Lyon

    Peter Lyon discusses the book "Success Story: The Life and Times of S. S. McClure"

    Aug. 1, 1967

    Peter Lyon discusses the book "Success Story: The Life and Times of S. S. McClure." Includes recitation of "Immortality" by William Jennings Bryan.

  • Lois Wille discusses the many problems at Crane High School

    Dec. 14, 1965

    Lois Wille caused an uproar with the story she wrote for the Chicago Daily News, "Inside a Slum High School." According to Wille's investigation, a lack of money, over crowding of students, lights that don't work in the school and no books were among some of the problems that Wille found at Crane High School. Students also had a pessimistic view, explained Wille, as she found students didn't believe the teachers and counselors cared what theyd do after they got out of high school but they just wanted them to get out and leave Crane.

  • Interview with Dagmar Wilson

    1967

    Terkel interviews activist and children's author Dagmar Wilson. She discusses how she goes from a children's author to an activist for anti-nuclear testing.

  • Frederik Pohl in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Aug. 31, 1978
  • Discussing the book "The courting of Marcus DuPree" with the author Willie Morris

    Oct. 31, 1983

    Discussing the book "The courting of Marcus DuPree" with the author Willie Morris.

  • Discussing the book "Parallel Time: Growing up in Black and White" with the author, journalist Brent Staples

    Mar. 1, 1994
  • Discussing the book "Flight of the Gin Fizz : Midlife at 4,500 Feet" with the author, book editor and critic Henry Kisor

    Sep. 9, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches" with David Nichols

    Sep. 30, 1986
  • Dennis Smith in conversation with Studs Terkel

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