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Artists American History & Politics Visual Arts
  • Jules Feiffer

    Jules Feiffer discusses Richard Nixon

    Nov. 10, 1974

    Discussing Richard Nixon and interviewing Jules Feiffer.

  • Robert Rauschenberg

    Discussing the book "Rauschenberg, Art and Life" with the author, Mary Lynn Kotz

    Oct. 29, 1991

    Mary Lynn Kotz discusses her book "Rauschenberg, Art and Life" with Studs as they recount the works and story of 20th century art pioneer Robert Rauschenberg. They survey his career beginning in Port Arthur, TX, discussing his Depression-era upbringing which caused him to reuse and salvage virtually any object and transform it into art, his studies in Paris, made possible by the G.I.

  • Herbert Block, known as "Herblock," discusses his drawings as an editorial cartoonist and the new book "Straight Herblock"

    Nov. 13, 1964

    Herblock and Studs talk about his newest book "Straight Herblock." They talk about some of his most acclaimed drawings and the social/political questions they pose.

  • Discussing the book "In the American West, 1979-1984," with the author, photographer Richard Avedon

    Sep. 25, 1985
  • Irwin Silber discusses music from the Civil War and his book “Songs of the Civil War” ; part 2 ; followed by Abdullah Ariff discussing Malayan culture

    Jul. 1, 1960

    Studs Terkel and Irwin Silber, a writer and Civil War historian, talk about music from the Civil War and Silber’s book “Songs of the Civil War.” This is the final part of the interview with Silber. A brief interview with Malayan artist Abdullah Ariff follows the Silber interview. Ariff discuss Malayan culture and the artwork he has on display in the United States.

  • Art Spiegelman

    Discussing the book "Maus: Survivor's Tale" with the artist and author Art Spiegelman

    Oct. 1, 1986
  • Interviewing historian and photographer Vicki Goldberg

    1980
  • George Bellows

    Charles Grant discusses George Bellows, and Captain Herbert Anderson discuss life on a tugboat

    Jun. 19, 1962

    Charles Grant discusses painter George Bellows; also includes anecdotes about his life, including being the first passenger on an airplane and meeting Buffalo Bill. Captain Herbert Anderson's conversation begins at 34:44.

  • Discussing the book "At Work in the Fields of the Bomb" with Robert Del Tredici

    Jun. 6, 1988
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