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Authors, Writers Radio programs. American History & Politics Great Depression
  • Terkel comments and presents"Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" ; part 3

    May. 27, 1971

    Presenting an award-winning summary program of "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" series 1971-72: "A gathering of survivors" (part two) with Jim Sheridan, Pauline Kael, Emma Tiller, Frank Czerwonka, Cesar Chavez, William Benton, Sidney Weinberg. Chapter 12.

  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents"Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" ; part 2

    May. 27, 1971

    Presenting an award-winning summary program of "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" series 1971-72: "A gathering of survivors" (part two) with Jim Sheridan, Pauline Kael, Emma Tiller, Frank Czerwonka, Cesar Chavez, William Benton, Sidney Weinberg. Chapter 12.

  • Terkel comments and presents"Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" ; part 1

    May. 27, 1971

    Presenting an award-winning summary program of "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" series 1971-72: "A gathering of survivors" (part two) with Jim Sheridan, Pauline Kael, Emma Tiller, Frank Czerwonka, Cesar Chavez, William Benton, Sidney Weinberg. Chapter 12.

  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression"; Program 9; Part 1

    1971

    Presenting "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression": "Concerning The New Deal" with Ed Paulsen, Hank Oettinger, Gardner C. Means, Raymond Moley, Alf Landon, James A. Farley, C. B. Baldwin, Andy Kull, and John Beecher (program IX).

  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" ; Program 5 ; part 1

    1971

    Presenting "Hard Times: An oral history of the great depression": "Bonnie laboring boy" with Joe Morrison, Evelyn Finn and Jose Yglesias (program V).

  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" ; Program 15; part 1

    1971

    Presenting "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression": "A gathering of survivors" with Joe Morrison, Evelyn Finn, Jose Iglesias, Bob Stinson, Oscar Heline, Eml & Ruth Loriks, Buddy Blankenship, Mary Owsley, Sally Rand, Jerome Zerbe, John Beeche (promgram XIII)

  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel comments and presents "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression" ; Program 5 ; part 2

    1971

    Presenting "Hard Times: An oral history of the great depression": "Bonnie laboring boy" with Joe Morrison, Evelyn Finn and Jose Yglesias (program V).

  • Robert McElvaine reads from and discusses the book "Down and Out in the Great Depression"

    Mar. 11, 1983

    Discussing the book "Down and out in the great depression" with the author Robert McIlvane.

  • Interviewing Kevin Phillips

    Aug. 1, 1990

    Program includes an excerpt from Hard Times (T3452B).

  • Discussing the book "The Good Times" with the author Russell Baker

    Sep. 21, 1990
  • 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.

  • Discussing the book "An ethnic at large" with the author Jerre Mangione

    Apr. 26, 1978

    Discussing the book "An ethnic at large" with the author Jerre Mangione.

  • Discussing depression with Larry Van Dusen

  • David Scherman discusses “The Best of Life,” a book he edited

    Oct. 12, 1973

    Photographer David Scherman talks with Studs Terkel about the stories that photos can tell, famous photographers, and the book “The Best of Life,” which Scherman edited. A recording of the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” by the Weavers is played.

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