Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Explore
  • Interact
      • Clips Explore themed playlists of audio clips from the Archive.
      • Reuse Listen to creative reuses of Studs’ interviews.
      • Remix Combine audio from the Archive to create entirely new works.
  • Podcast
  • Classroom
  • Donate
People
Topics
Has Audio or Transcript
Showing 1 - 8 of 8 results
  • Ralph Ellison discusses music

    Jun. 18, 1992

    The blues and jazz are topics covered by Ralph Ellison. Ellison himself started to play the trumpet at the age of seven. Ellison said for him, when hearing classical music, he then had to go and find classical literature.

  • Leon Forrest in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 8, 1976

    Tribute to William Faulkner with Leon Forrest

  • Leon Forrest in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 23, 1977

    Interviewing novelist and Northwestern University Professor Leon Forrest.

  • Leon Forrest in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 15, 1992

    Discussing the book "Divine Days" (published by Another Chicago Press) with author Leon Forrest.

  • Leon Forrest in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 17, 1997

    Discussing the book "The Furious Voice For Freedom: Essays" (published by Asphodel Press) with author Leon Forrest.

  • James Baldwin

    James Baldwin discusses his book "The Evidence of Things Not Seen"

    Nov. 22, 1985

    John Baldwin talks about his book "The Evidence of Things Not Seen" in which discusses the Wayne Williams Atlanta child murders of 1979-1981. This record is part of the Studs Terkel Almanac.

  • Interview with Dennis Brutus and Leon Forrest

    Feb. 18, 1983

    Interviewing poet Dennis Brutus and novelist and Northwestern University Professor Leon Forrest.

  • Gordon Parks

    Gordon Parks discusses his book "Shannon"

    Sep. 10, 1981

    Discussing the book "Shannon" with the author Gordon Parks.

Major Support Provided By
The Becca Kopf Memorial Circle of Friends
WFMT Radio Network & Chicago History Museum

This site is being managed by WFMT in partnership with the Chicago History Museum.

Library of Congress

In-kind digitization services of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive are provided by the Library of Congress.

National Endowment for the Humanities

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Studs Terkel Radio Archive

All Programs About The Archive About Studs Supporters Contact

©2026 WFMT Radio Network | Site by Jell Creative

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this web resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.