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American History & Politics Literature
  • William Stringfellow discusses the book "The Christian Ethic"

    Nov. 8, 1973

    William Stringfellow discusses the book "The Christian Ethic." Includes passages from the book.

  • William Bradford Huie

    William Bradford Huie talks with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 29, 1965

    William Bradford Huie discusses his novel The Klansman. Includes recordings of interviews from Rev. Paschal Carlton, an unknown Alabama cab driver, and an unknown woman of Birmingham, Alabama. Includes songs "Be A Man, Join the Klan," and "Move Them Niggers North."

  • Tom Wolfe

    Tom Wolfe discusses his book "From Bauhaus to Our House"

    Nov. 16, 1981

    Discussing the book "From Bauhaus to our house" with the author and journalist Tom Wolfe.

  • Tom Wicker discusses his book "Unto This Hour"

    Feb. 17, 1984

    Discussing the book "Unto this hour" a novel about the American Civil war with the author Tom Wicker.

  • Schindler's List

    Thomas Keneally discusses the book "Schindler's List"

    Nov. 12, 1982

    Thomas Keneally discusses the book "Schindler's List," detailing the actions of Oskar Schindler saving Jews during WWII.

  • Susan Brownell Anthony

    Susan Brownell Anthony discusses her book "The Ghost in My Life"

    Oct. 29, 1971

    Ms. Anthony, the grand-niece of Susan B. Anthony, comments on the women's liberation movement, her personal political life and her view of Christian life.

  • Studs Terkel discusses the novel "Creation" with its author, Gore Vidal

    Discussing the book "Creation" with the author Gore Vidal.

  • Studs Terkel Almanac Program 236: Discussion with cartoonist Jules Feiffer about his book, Jules Feiffer's America: from Eisenhower to Reagan

    Oct. 29, 1982
  • Stephen B. Oates discusses his book "Let the Trumpets Sound: A Biography of Martin Luther King"

    Sep. 9, 1982

    Stephen B. Oates discusses his book "Let the Trumpets Sound: A Biography of Martin Luther King;" 2 short excerpts played during the program: one of Terkel interviewing Martin Luther King and another of E.D. Nixon speaking about MLK.

  • Roger G. Kennedy

    Roger G. Kennedy talks with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 22, 1994

    Roger G. Kennedy discusses the book "Hidden Cities: The Discovery and Loss of Ancient North American Civilization." Includes quotes from the book.

  • Richard McLanathan

    Richard McLanathan discusses his book "The American Tradition in the Arts"

    1969

    Richard McLanathan discusses his book "The American Tradition in the Arts" and takes Studs on a sprawling journey through artistic breakthroughs in architecture, painting, literature, and more while touching on dozens of artists and their works.

  • Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 3

    1964
  • Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 2

    1964
  • Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 1

    1964

    Terkel comments and reads from The man who lived underground

  • 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.

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