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  • Interviewing author and former CIA agent John Stockwell

    Jun. 9, 1978

    Stockwell resigned his position with the CIA in 1977 after managing covert activities in Angola, and has subsequently worked to reveal to the public the CIA's role in Third World politics.

  • Interviewing Bob "Doc" Graham ; part 1

    Discussing life in Chicago and its underworld in the 1930s, longer interview that was the basis of his Hard Times book appearance.

  • Tony Bouza

    Interview with Tony Bouza

    1980

    Interviewing former police officer and author Tony Bouza.

  • Tony Bouza

    Interview with Tony Bouza

    Mar. 11, 1992

    Interviewing former police officer and author Tony Bouza.

  • Interview with Scott Anderson and John Lee Anderson discussing the World Anti-Communist League

    1980

    Discussing "Inside the League: The Shocking Expose of How Terrorists, Nazis, and Latin American Death Squads have Infiltrated the World Anti-Communist League" (published by Dodd Mead & Co.) with the authors, journalists Scott Anderson and Jon Lee Anderson.

  • Interview with Nelson Algren and Fred Hogan

    Jun. 23, 1977

    Interviewing author Nelson Algren and an investigator for the New Jersey Public Defender's Office, Fred Hogan. Hogan found evidence that led to the overturning of the first conviction of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

  • Caroline Bird

    Interview with Malcolm Bell

    Apr. 7, 1986

    Discussing the book "The Turkey Shoot: Tracking the Attica Cover-Up" (published by Grove) with the author Malcolm Bell.

  • Interview with Harry Caudill

    1970

    Interviewing with lawyer Harry Caudill while Studs was in Kentucky.

  • Interview with Harold Rubin, Barno Hughes and Carl [J.?] Douglas Fuchs

    1963

    Interviewing Barno Hughes, Harold Rubin, Carl Douglas Fuchs : Studs Terkel in South Africa.

  • Interview with Elmer Gertz

    Jun. 8, 1965

    Discussing the book "A handful of clients" and interviewing the author Elmer Gertz.

  • Derrick Bell

    Interview with Derrick Bell

    Oct. 25, 1967

    Interviewing lawyer, activist and author Derrick Bell.

  • Interview with Belinda Belcher

    Feb. 1, 1995

    Interviewing Belinda Belcher, executive director of the Uptown People's Law Center, and guest.

  • Herman Badillo

    Herman Badillo discusses "A Bill of No Rights: Attica and the American Prison System"

    Jun. 26, 1972

    Congressman Herman Badillo discusses the prisoner uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, and how race played a role in the unwarranted killing of inmates and the subsequent government and administrative cover up of the incident. Badillo reads excerpts from his book, "A Bill of No Rights: Attica and the American Prison System," and discusses prisoner rights, rehabilitation, and the endemic injustice and racism in the American prison system.

  • Hans W. Mattick and Father Robert Taylor discuss the scandal at Cook County Jail

    1968

    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. Former Assistant Warden of the Cook County Jail, Hans W.

  • Haig Allahverdian discusses Armenian music and arts

    May. 2, 1975

    Haig Allahverdian discusses Armenian music and culture as well as the Armenian massacre and its effects on the Armenian people on the whole. Copyrighted material has been removed from this program.

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