The investigative journalist joins Studs to discuss his latest book, The Best Congress Money Can Buy.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American history professor and author talks with Studs about her book, Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era. This program also includes excerpts of interviews from Terkel's Hard Times series.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The novelist and journalist reflects on his childhood in small-town America, as described in his book, Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Studs Terkel and Allen Ginsberg talk about poetry, meditation, and the shifting of American socio-political consciousness between the 50's and 70's.

Editor and writer Abe Peck discusses and reads from his book “Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Times of the Underground Press.” Peck discusses the social and political forces, such as the lack of questioning authority forces seen during this time, that drove the alternative press to formation. This program includes audio clips of Studs interviewing attendees of a Vietnam War protest in Chicago. Studs also includes a clip of British journalist James Cameron discussing the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention. Studs plays "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - Bob Dylan (1964).

The co-authors join Studs to discuss their book, East to America: A History of the Japanese in America, and to give some perspective on the lives of those affected by the actions of the United States government in the days before, during, and after World War II.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The American author, historian, and ethnic studies scholar talks with Studs about his book, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The history professor shares some of the voices that are collected in his book, Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man. Included in the program are clips from interviews with working mother Jane Yoder, Chicagoan Clifford Burke, Appalachian resident Peggy Terry, and Virginia Durr of Montgomery, Alabama.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The author, feminist, and women’s rights activist discusses and reads from her book, Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem.This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. 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.

The sociologist and photographer spent four years traveling by freight train to gain understanding of the men described in this book, Good Company: A Tramp Life.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The New York City firefighter and writer reads from his book, The Final Fire, and discusses his two careers.  Includes a clip of an interview with Brooklyn firefighter Tommy Gates.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations