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  • Reading the letters of ex-convict Jimmy Blake

    Jul. 11, 1962

    Terkel comments and reads letters of ex-convict Jimmy Blake

  • Reading Nicholas Von Hoffman's "Mississippi notebook II" with additional comments on South Africa

    Sep. 24, 1964

    Terkel comments and reads from Mississippi notebook II

  • Raymon Bonner discusses his book “At the Hand of Man: Peril and Hope for Africa’s Wildlife”

    Apr. 29, 1993

    Interviewing Raymond Bonner, foreign correspondent and author of “At the Hand of Man.” He discusses wildlife conservation, the poaching trade, and animal rights. Includes a 30 second test tone. Content Warning: This conversation has the presence of outdated, biased, offensive language. 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.

  • Ralph Gleason discusses jazz, jazz artists, and jazz festivals ; part 3

    Jul. 31, 1971

    Interviewing Ralph Gleason while Studs was in Berkeley, California (3 parts). Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sings "Daddy, You Been on My Mind." Elsa Knight Thompson.

  • Ralph Gleason discusses jazz, jazz artists, and jazz festivals ; part 2

    Jul. 31, 1971

    In Berkeley, Calif., Ralph Gleason, jazz and pop critic, and founding editor of Rolling Stone, talks with Studs about the history of jazz and jazz artists. They talk in depth about Billie Holiday, white performers who imitated the style of black jazz singers, and jazz festivals. Songs include Holiday's "Them There Eyes" and "God Bless the Child."

  • Ralph Gleason discusses jazz, jazz artists, and jazz festivals ; part 1

    Jul. 31, 1971

    Studs interviews jazz and pop critic, and founding editor of "Rolling Stone" magazine, Ralph Gleason while in Berkeley, California (3 parts). Topics include the history of jazz, blues, and jazz culture, and how race played in the development and distribution of the music. Songs include Louis Armstrong's "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You."

  • 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.

  • Presenting the winner of Studs Terkel's EBO Contest, script by George Drury and narration by Mel Zellman.

    Studs Terkel's EBO contest

  • Physicist Leo Stodolsky and Gerald Temaner talk with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    Nov. 1, 1961

    Leo Stodolsky and film director Gerald Temaner discuss college students' activity — or lack thereof — and their magazine, New University Thought.

  • Physicist Leo Stodolsky and film director Gerald Temaner talk with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    Nov. 1, 1961

    Leo Stodolsky and Gerald Temaner discuss college students' activity — or lack thereof — and their magazine, New University Thought.

  • Phil Donahue

    Phil Donahue talks about his book "Donahue: My Own Story"

    Feb. 1, 1980

    Mr. Donahue talks about the audience and the guests of his talk show, and the changes that have come for the groups he talked with (women, homosexual persons, minorities, political freedoms).

  • Peter Schrag discusses his book "Decline of the wasp"

    1970
  • Peter Lyon

    Peter Lyon discusses the book "Success Story: The Life and Times of S. S. McClure"

    Aug. 1, 1967

    Peter Lyon discusses the book "Success Story: The Life and Times of S. S. McClure." Includes recitation of "Immortality" by William Jennings Bryan.

  • Pete Seeger discusses music, the Hudson River, and American culture ; part 2

    Feb. 10, 1969

    The conversation spans trends in American culture plans for public access television.

  • Pete Hamill in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 9, 1977
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