Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Explore
  • Interact
      • Clips Explore themed playlists of audio clips from the Archive.
      • Reuse Listen to creative reuses of Studs’ interviews.
      • Remix Combine audio from the Archive to create entirely new works.
  • Podcast
  • Classroom
  • Donate
People
Topics
Has Audio or Transcript
Showing 1 - 6 of 6 results
  • Robertson Davies discusses his new book "The Manticore"

    Oct. 24, 1972

    Canadian journalist and novelist Robertson Davies discusses his new book, the second installment in "The Deptford Trilogy" titled "The Manticore." Much of the discussion also focuses on the prequel, titled "Fifth Business."

  • Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Atwood discusses her poetry and her novel, "Surfacing"

    Jan. 28, 1976

    Canadian poet and novelist Margaret Atwood discusses her poetry and her first novel, “Surfacing,” focusing on the novel’s symbolism and the themes of nature, religion and memory. She compares life, attitudes, and politics in Canada with those of the United States.

  • Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Atwood discusses her novel "Life Before Man"

    Mar. 3, 1980

    Author Margaret Atwood discusses her novel "Life Before Man;" interview begins at :45.

  • Interviewing Mordecai Richler

    Oct. 10, 1975
  • Discussing the books "My Present Age: A Novel" and "Man Descending: Selected Stories," with novelist Guy Vanderhaeghe

    Sep. 11, 1985
  • Discussing and reading from the book "Shoeless Joe"with W. P. Kinsella

    May. 24, 1982
Major Support Provided By
The Becca Kopf Memorial Circle of Friends
WFMT Radio Network & Chicago History Museum

This site is being managed by WFMT in partnership with the Chicago History Museum.

Library of Congress

In-kind digitization services of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive are provided by the Library of Congress.

National Endowment for the Humanities

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Studs Terkel Radio Archive

All Programs About The Archive About Studs Supporters Contact

©2026 WFMT Radio Network | Site by Jell Creative

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this web resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.