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  • Ramsey Clark discusses his book “Crime in America”

    Oct. 14, 1970

    Interviewing author and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. He discusses law, crime, and violence in the United States. Content Warning: 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.

  • Ramsey Clark discusses crime and the poor in America

    According to former United States States Attorney, Ramsey Clark, crimes of the poor and violence among the poor are due to their social situations like where they live, where they work, and their lack of education. Seeing the affluent and wealthy people around them add insult to injury, explained Clark. A passage from Clark's book, "Crime in America" is also read by Clark.

  • Ralph Caplan discusses his book "By Design"

    Nov. 16, 1982

    Content Warning: 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. Discussing the book "By Design: Why there are no locks on the bathroom doors in the Hotel Louis XIV, and other object lessons" with designer and author Ralph Caplan. Includes an interview with George Nelson.

  • Rahul Barpute discusses his career and life experiences ; part 2

    Aug. 29, 1963

    Actor and editor of the newspaper Majhi Kahani, Rahul Barapute discusses his first impressions and experiences in the United States.

  • R. Buckminster Fuller

    R. Buckminster (Richard ) Fuller talks with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 20, 1965

    A sprawling conversation with R. Buckminster Fuller including his great aunt Margaret Fuller, future communication, the nature of work, human nature, and physics.

  • Program recorded on location at Chicago Filmmakers, discussing the documentary film "The Panama Deception," with filmmaker Barbara Trent

    Sep. 1, 1992
  • Presenting the music of Chanticleer

    Oct. 18, 1995

    Founded in 1978 and based in San Francisco, Chanticleer is the only full-time classical vocal ensemble in the United States. Comprised of twelve male voices, Chanticleer interprets vocal literature from Renaissance to the present.

  • Presenting the college ; part 2

    1964
  • Presenting music from the Lyric Opera's production of "Don Carlo: Opera in Four Acts," with mezzo soprano Dolora Zajick

    Oct. 7, 1996
  • Presenting a performance by jazz pianist Buddy Charles

    May. 12, 1986
  • Poet and editor John Frederick Nims talks about Poetry Magazine

    Feb. 14, 1978

    Many of the great 20th century poets were published for the first time in Poetry Magazine. Among the poets discussed here are Robert Frost, e e cummings, Wallace Stevens, Ogden Nash, Richard Wilber, Gwendolyn Brooks, and W.H. Auden.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Pierre Burton discusses his book “The Impossible Railway”

    Oct. 1972

    Pierre Burton, Canadian writer and journalist, discusses his book “The Impossible Railway,” touching on topics including the significance of the Canadian Pacific Railway, poor labor conditions on the railway, and differences between America and Canada. Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals.

  • Pier Luigi Nervi

    Pier Luigi Nervi and Joseph Nicoletti discuss architecture; part 2. Second interview: Caesar Zavattini discusses screenwriting and cinema

    1962

    End of interview with Pier Luigi Nervi and Joseph Nicoletti where they discuss innovation in architecture and learning from a master; second part is a separate interview with Cesare Zavattini about film inspirations and creating some of his most well known works.

  • Philip Levine discusses his career

    Mar. 15, 1977

    Having grown up in an ever-changing industrial Detroit, Philip Levine believes that his poetry comes from an urge to memorialize details that might otherwise be lost.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Peter Glossop discusses his career and the 2nd interview is of Sarah Caldwell discussing her profession

    At a young age, Peter Glossop knew that all he ever wanted to be was an opera singer. Glossop said with opera, there's the best of two worlds, both singing and acting. Verdi was a favorite, Glossop explained, as Verdi had written great roles for baritone singers. Sarah Caldwell was very good at playing music at a young age. She also loved the theatre. To her, it was a logical step to direct operas. Caldwell explained that her job as the director is to hold the audiences' attention and to make the piece real, to convey the playwright's message.

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