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  • Interviewing Douglas Day about Malcolm Lowry, author of Under The Volcano

    Dec. 27, 1973

    The biographer gives Studs some insight into the research that went into his book, Malcolm Lowry: A Biography.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing author, film and theater critic Vincent Canby

    Feb. 15, 1979
  • Interviewing Andrew Forge, British artist and art critic, while Studs was in London, England

    Dec. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing Andre Schiffrin, Bob Mindzesheimer, and Florence Noiville

    May. 30, 1997
  • Interview with the International Film Fest panel of Jurors

    Nov. 12, 1982

    Discussing the 18th International film festival with a panel of jurors: including David Robinson and John Russell Taylor of the London Times, Jay Scott of the Toronto Globe and mail, Albert Johnson of the San Francisco Chronical, William Woolf of the New

  • Interview with Robert Brustein

    Nov. 2, 1994

    Interviewing author, theater critic and director Robert Brustein.

  • Norman Podhoertz

    Interview with Norman Podhoretz ; part 2

    1968

    Norman Podhoertz discusses his book "Making It" his memoir about American intellectual life and academia. Discussing the parallels in the relationships between politics, money and education.

  • Interview with Les Brown

    Mar. 12, 1992

    Discussing "Les Brown's Encyclopedia of Television," (published by Visible Ink Press)with the author and television critic Les Brown.

  • Interview with Katherine Kuh

    Oct. 17, 1966
  • Interview with Joachim Kaiser

    1967

    Joachim Kaiser discusses critiquing German music and how the music scene in Germany has changed. Studs Terkel in Germany.

  • Interview with Joachim Kaiser

    1967

    German critic Joachim Kaiser discusses his life and the theater scene in Germany. Studs Terkel in Germany.

  • Interview with Friedrich Luft

    1968

    Interviewing Friedrich Luft while Studs was in Germany.

  • Interview with Dieter Lattman

    Mar. 1, 1967

    Interviewing Dieter Lattman : Studs Terkel in Germany.

  • Duke Ellington

    Harriet Choice discusses jazz

    Aug. 7, 1978

    Chicago Tribune jazz critic Harriet Choice plays and discusses some favorite records from her own personal collection with Studs Terkel.

  • Harold Rosenberg discusses action painting and other trends in art

    Apr. 9, 1966

    Harold Rosenberg, a provocative and loquacious art critic, joins Studs Terkel to discuss trends in the art world. The interview begins with a clip from Sonia Delaunay, who remarks that Pablo Picasso does not create art, but transforms it. Rosenberg disagrees with this statement, elaborating on his beliefs that tradition and past experiences and influences are present in any work. The desire to create “new” art is also a complicated concept, according to Rosenberg, as art transcends time and can be considered “new” to new viewers.

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