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  • Angela Pieroni and Dr. Bertram Carnow discuss air pollution

    1970

    A homemaker, Angela Pieroni, has spent eight years fighting for the rights of everyone to breath clean air. Pieroni explains she's done with just complaining and being brushed aside. She wants to see national legislation against air pollution. Dr. Bertram Carnow said he's not sure how long we'll be around as a species. Carnow explained that perhaps two or three million people will have to die before authorities take air pollution seriously.

  • Angela Lansbury

    Angela Lansbury discusses her work on "Sweeny Todd"

    Feb. 19, 1981

    Angela Lansbury, actress and singer, talks about her work on the play, "Sweeny Todd." Lansbury also talks about her early career, work on Mame, and her family.

  • Aragon Ballroom

    Andy Karzas discusses the Aragon Ballroom

    Aug. 2, 1963
  • Andrew Calhoun in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jul. 27, 1993
  • 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.

  • Andres Hernandez, Sarah Mellman, Danny Leonard, Larry Shapiro in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 20, 1994

    Interviewing Chicago educator Andres Hernandez, students Sarah Mellman and Danny Leonard, and teacher and parent Larry Shapiro. A first-year teacher at Oak Park-River Forest High School, Hernandez's contract was not renewed by the school district.

  • Andreas, Margaret, and George Papandreou discuss the 1967 Greek coup d'at

    Apr. 1, 1968

    Studs Terkel joins the Papandreou family in their living room in Elmhurst, Illinois, to discuss their exile after the Junta’s coup d’état and occupation of Greece.

  • Andrea Rozran, Alex Polikoff, and Dick Simpson

    Andrea Rozran, Alex Polikoff, and Dick Simpson discuss "Chicago: An Agenda for Change" ; part 5

    Oct. 14, 1974

    Chicago: An Agenda for Change with Andrea Rozran, Alex Polikoff, and Dick Simpson; part 5 of 5. The participants discuss the topic "Freedom of Information" and the city government in Chicago.

  • Andrea Medea and Kathleen Thompson discuss "Against Rape"

    Oct. 9, 1974

    Andrea Medea and Kathleen Thompson discuss their book "Against Rape", rape culture in media, and attitudes towards rape in society.

  • Anders Bodelsen discusses the Danish and their outlook on life

    Oct. 1, 1968

    Anders Bodelsen discusses the differences between the different Scandanavian cultures and one of his literary rolemodels Patricia Highsmith.

  • Anais Nin discusses her book “Under a Glass Bell”

    1972

    French writer Anais Nin discusses her book “Under a Glass Bell” and its influences with Studs Terkel. Nin reads a few excerpts from her recently published work “Under a Glass Bell.”

  • Ana Carrigan reads from and discusses the book "Salvador Witness"

    Jan. 16, 1985

    Through Jean Donovan's diary entries and her book, "Salvador Witness: The Life and Calling of Jean Donovan," Ana Carrigan offers a camera len's view of what Joan Donavan experienced while working as a missionary in El Salvador. Jean Donovan felt a strong need to work with the poor. Carrigan's book also covers Donovan's murder and cover up by the US State Department.

  • An interview with the insightful stage and film veteran Victor Spinetti

    Sep. 18, 1975

    This lighthearted interview with actor, director and author Victor Spinetti is juxtaposed by the September 5, 1975 bombing of the London Hilton, which took place mere hours beforehand and "two blocks away," according to Studs. The two discuss Spinetti's Welsh background, acting and comedy with nervous energy against a backdrop of gunshots and bomb threats.

  • An interview with Ronald Taylor

    Jun. 22, 1989

    The novelist discusses his book, Long Road Home, a fictional account of a 1938 farm workers' strike in California's Central Valley.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • An interview with Quentin Crisp

    Oct. 1978

    The flamboyant English raconteur talks about his most famous work, The Naked Civil Servant, while on a visit of Chicago.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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