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  • Discussing H.O.M.E. (Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly), a private agency dedicated to helping elderly poor people, with Chicago-based director Loretta Smith, and H.O.M.E. founders Michael and Lilo Salmon

    Feb. 26, 1993
  • Welfare rights

    Discussing and debunking welfare myths with Wilma Green; Lynda Wright, Bottomless Closet board member; Doug Dobmeyer, head of the Illinois Public Welfare Coalition; Margaret Welsh; and journalist Henry De Zutter

    Jun. 22, 1989
  • Discussing "The Silver Bears" and interviewing Paul Erdman

    Aug. 20, 1974

    Discussing "The Silver Bears" and interviewing Paul Erdman.

  • Discussing "Free Men, Free Markets" with Robert Theobald ; part 2

    1964
  • Discussing "Free Men, Free Markets" with Robert Theobald ; part 1

    1964
  • Discussing "America and the rest of the world" and interviewing Robert Theobald

    1964
  • Old Town School of Folk Music

    Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Old Town School of Folk Music with executive director Jim Hirsch, co-founder Frank Hamilton, and folksinger Tom Paxton

    Apr. 25, 1997

    Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago, Ill.)

  • Bob Koester discusses jazz and blues

    Mar. 3, 1993

    Bob Koester, record producer and owner of Delmark Records, the United State's oldest independent jazz and blues label, talks about jazz, blues, and bebop musicians.

  • Bob Gibson, Hamilton Camp in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Apr. 1, 1985

    Promoting Hobson's Choice with Bob Gibson and Hamilton Camp

  • Bill Veeck Jr. discusses baseball

    Feb. 17, 1981

    Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, offensive language. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Former Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck Jr. reminisces about baseball and the American way of life.

  • Bess Myerson

    Bess Myerson discusses her career

    Jun. 12, 1974

    Bess Myerson discusses her career including her experiences as Miss America and as Commissioner of Consumer Affairs for New York City.

  • Berthold Spangenberg talks with Studs Terkel commenting and reflecting on Munich, Germany

    1968

    While in Munich, Studs speaks with Berthold Spangenberg about postwar cultural reconstruction of Germany through the lens of Spangenberg's mid-sized publishing house. Spangenberg notes international influences and regional variances among German cities and the significance of a divided Berlin. Terkel ends with musings on his travels in Germany.

  • Art Farmer, Ira Sullivan and Joe Segal discuss their upcoming Jazz Showcase concert

    Apr. 16, 1992

    With an upcoming show put together by Joe Segal, Art Farmer and Ira Sullivan talk about their jazz careers and early lives.

  • Abena Joan Brown discusses the ETA Creative Arts Foundation

    Feb. 14, 1989

    Abena Joan Brown, President of ETA Creative Arts Foundation, a Chicago-based African American cultural performing arts institution discusses some upcoming shows and past activities. Artists, Paul Robeson, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke and poet Angela Jackson are discussed.

  • A panel of producers and directors discuss film education ; part 1

    A panel of producers and directors, Father Paul Carrico, Mike Whitney, Ron Sutton, Dick Lukenson, and Leo Dratfield discuss film theory and education on film in the classroom.

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