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  • Terkel comments about the Montgomery impressions

    1965

    Discussing the Montgomery impressions.

  • Studs Terkel

    Terkel at Sun-Times Book Week Luncheon presents "Hard Times: an oral history of the great depression"

    Apr. 29, 1968

    Presenting At The Sun-Times Book Week and Author Luncheon with A. E. Hotchner, Liz Carpenter, and Studs Terkel moderated by Herman Kogan.

  • Teresa Stich-Randall

    Teresa Stich-Randall talks with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    Dec. 1, 1964

    Studs Terkel interviews soprano Teresa Stich-Randall. This is an interview done in two parts.

  • Teresa Stich-Randall

    Teresa Stich-Randall talks with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    Dec. 1, 1964

    Studs Terkel interviews soprano Teresa Stich-Randall about her musical performances of Don Giovanni. Some of the interview is spoken in German.

  • Teresa Stich-Randall

    Teresa Stich-Randall discusses her career ; part 2

    Nov. 3, 1961

    Soprano Teresa Stich-Randall continues to talk about how much she loves music. When asked what her favorite role was, she didn't have an answer because she loves them all. Stich-Randall explained that the love of music, it's a international language. Even when people speak different languages, the love of music, is universal.

  • Teresa Stich-Randall

    Teresa Stich-Randall discusses her career ; part 1

    Nov. 3, 1961

    Soprano Teresa Stich-Randall said she spent the last 12 years on tour, mostly on the European continent. Stich-Randall said her mother prayed for a baby girl could become an opera singer. Her piano teacher guided Teresa until she was 10 years old and then she entered into the conservatory of music

  • Teresa Orantes in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 22, 1975

    This program has been edited to remove copyright material.

  • Teresa Orantes discusses Spanish and classical music

    Feb. 20, 1978
  • Tennessee Williams talks with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 1961

    Playwright Tennessee Williams discusses his play "The Night of the Iguana," which was currently playing at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago. The conversation takes place in Mr. Williams' room at the Blackstone Hotel.

  • Tennessee Williams discusses his career

    May. 1, 1981

    Tennessee Williams said he'll stop writing when he can no longer produce good work. He spoke of being puzzled as to why so little of his work gets produced in New York. Williams also talked about taking offense when the first sequences of the TV show "Dallas" aired. He explained that the owner of the great estate in "Dallas" was a copy of his Big Daddy character, who was a wealthy plantation owner.

  • Television journalist Bill D. Moyers discusses his book "Healing and the Mind."

    Feb. 16, 1993
  • Teenagers Kathy Kron, Chip Tucker, and Elizabeth Plume discuss the differences of the older generation and the newer generation

    Jun. 25, 1965

    Discussing the differences between the older generation and the newer generation with three young people. All three students agreed that communication and the lack of communication was an issue among the gaps.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Ted Coe, James Speyer, and Wayne Thibaud discuss art exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Apr. 26, 1965

    Interviewing Ted Coe, James Speyer, and Wayne Thibaud : Jurors of the 1965 Art Institute Show. They discuss art exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, visual arts, and art critics.

  • Ted Alevizos discusses Greek culture and folk songs ; part 2

    Oct. 11, 1962

    Greek-American singer Ted Alevizos talks about Greek culture and history, and the folk songs and traditional dances of Greece.

  • Ted Alevizos discusses Greek culture and folk music ; part 1

    Oct. 11, 1962

    Greek-American singer Ted Alevizos talks about the various geographic influences on Greek folk music. He sings traditional Greek folk songs such as "An Pethano Sto Karavi."

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