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  • Ursula Bender

    Connie Kolb and Ursula Bender discuss life in Germany

    Sep. 1, 1986

    Connie Kolb and Ursula Bender discuss life in Germany, specifically Berlin. Connie Kolb discusses her life struggles, lack of confidence, and her work in journalism.

  • Claudia Cassidy discusses her career as a critic ; part 2

    Nov. 30, 1966

    Claudia Cassidy discusses being a critic of theater and opera etc. Includes about 1.5 minutes of another interview.

  • Claude Brown

    Claude Brown talks with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 13, 1965

    Discussing the book "Manchild in the Promised Land" with Claude Brown. Brown also discusses growing up in Harlem, New York as an African American man. Includes a clip of a man speaking from the county jail. Includes a song sung by Mahalia Jackson. Includes a clip of children singing.

  • Celebration in honor of music director Jim Unrath's 25th Anniversary at WFMT radio

    Nov. 14, 1984

    Celebration in honor of Jim Unrath's 25th Anniversary

  • Andres Segovia

    Andres Segovia discusses his life and career as a classical guitarist

    Feb. 2, 1978

    Studs interview with Andres Segovia about his life in Grenada and how he came to play the guitar as an orchestra instrument. Segovia speaks to the history of the guitar and other instruments as classical musical instruments. They discuss Segovia's choice of instrument, how he gives back to his genre, how he stays vibrant at his age, and how he and his audiences relate. Segovia explains his desires for the guitar in the philharmonic world. Studs notes how Segovia has had to teach composers how to write for guitars.

  • A conversation with Ray Still

    Jun. 4, 1996

    Interviewing the oboist and director of the Quadrangle Chamber Players, an ensemble of nine musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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