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  • Tribute to Richard Nickel

    Jul. 14, 1977

    Tribute to architectural photographer Richard Nickel, who passed away in 1972, with architectural historian and restoration expert John Vinci and Bill Newman.

  • Paul B. Robeson

    Tribute to Paul B. Robeson

  • Tribute to musician Carl Turner.

    Jan. 4, 1988

    Tribute to Carl Turner

  • Tribute to journalist and biographer Milton Mayer

    May. 16, 1986

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Tribute to Johnny Mercer

    Aug. 18, 1976
  • Tribute to jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli

    Tribute to Stephane Grappelli

  • Tribute to Eddie Balchowsky

    Dec. 4, 1989

    Tribute to Chicago painter and piano player Eddie Balchowsky.

  • Tribute to Croatian soprano Zinka Milanov with Andy Karzas

    May. 31, 1989

    Tribute to Zinka Milanov

  • Tribute to Chicago journalist and literary critic Herman Kogan

    Mar. 8, 1989

    Tribute to Herman Kogan

  • Charlotte Towle

    Tribute to Charlotte Towle

    1967

    Tribute to Charlotte Towle with Ner Littner, Pearl Rosenzweig, Alan Wade and Dame Eileen Younghusband.

  • Tribute to Buck Clayton

    Dec. 18, 1991

    Tribute to Buck Clayton

  • Tribute to Bill Leonard on WFMT

    Jan. 7, 1977

    Tribute to Bill Leonard

  • Tribute and memorial to actress Geraldine Page

    Jun. 17, 1987

    Tribute to Geraldine Page

  • Saul Alinsky

    Studs Terkel recalls and plays excerpts from interviews with Saul D. Alinsky as tribute after his death in 1972

    1970

    Presenting "Agitator: A Tribute to Saul D. Alinsky," after Mr. Alinsky's death in 1972. Community organizer and social activist, discusses his work with advocacy for African-American labor rights, and his connection with the Mexican-American civil rights movement in California. Includes excerpts from interviews with him.(Wav ID: 1968312-3-1)

  •  Bertrand Russell

    Studs Terkel discusses and presents a memoir of British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate Lord Bertrand Russell

    Feb. 3, 1970

    Studs talks of British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate Lord Bertrand Russell, and presents a recorded discussion with Lord Russell from December of 1961. Lord Russell speaks of a strong stance on nuclear disarmament, and the current climate of politics, science and society.

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