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  • Discussing the book "War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War" (published by Pantheon) with the author John Dower

    Jul. 29, 1986

    Discussing the book "War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War" (published by Pantheon) with the author John Dower.

  • Discussing the book "Walter Lippmann and the American century" with the author Ronald Steel

    Sep. 18, 1980

    Studs Terkel and Ronald talk about Lippmann's privileged early life, his time at Harvard, and his positions as editor of The New Republic and New York World. They also discuss Lippmann's silence — as a Jewish man — regarding persecution of Jews in World War II.

  • Discussing the book "Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987" with author and journalist Bob Woodward

    Oct. 19, 1987
  • Discussing the book "Understanding Health Care Reform" with the author, Yale University Professor of Public Policy Management and Political Science Theodore Marmor

    Jan. 6, 1995
  • Discussing the book "Under God: Religion and American Politics" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

    Nov. 22, 1991
  • Discussing the book "Under God: Religion and American Politics" with author Garry Wills

    Nov. 27, 1990
  • Discussing the book "Those Pullman Blues: An Oral History of the African American Railroad Attendant"with the David Perata and guests

    Feb. 17, 1997
  • Discussing the book "This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer" with Kay Mills

    Feb. 4, 1993
  • Discussing the book "The Translator" with the author Ward Just

    Sep. 19, 1991
  • Discussing the book "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" with the author, historian and journalist Christopher Simpson

    Mar. 9, 1993
  • Discussing the book "The Soul of Politics: A Practical and Prophetic Vision for Change" with the author, journalist and ethicist Jim Wallis

    Oct. 26, 1994
  • Discussing the book "The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon" with the author, historian Michael Sherry

    May. 3, 1988
  • Discussing the book "The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House" Seymour M. Hersh

    Jul. 22, 1983

    Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. 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.

  • Discussing the book "The People Rising: The Campaign against the Bork Nomination" with Mike Pertschuk

    Feb. 17, 1997
  • Discussing the book "The Other America" with Michael Harrington.

    Jul. 1, 1964
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