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  • Interviewing Richard Frazier and Steve Gamble, members of the Chicago Chamber Brass

    Jan. 27, 1983
  • Interviewing political activists for senior citizens in the Chicago area

    Oct. 14, 1981

    Interviewing political activists for senior citizens in the Chicago area: Leonard Fuchs of the Gray Panthers and Margaret Person, founder and director of Metro Seniors in Action.

  • Interviewing pianist and composer Bradley Parker-Sparrow and jazz singer Joanie Pallato

    Jun. 1, 1992
  • Interviewing Peggy Terry and Roger Phillips

    Jul. 13, 1976

    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. Terry is an organizer of poor Southern whites in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood

  • Interviewing Patrick Henry

    Aug. 28, 1973

    The founder and director of Chicago's Free Street Theater joins Studs to talk about bringing contemporary theater to the communities, especially those that don't ordinarily get out to theaters.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Oscar Brown Jr.

    Interviewing Oscar Brown Jr.

    1963
  • Interviewing oral historian, folk musician and musicologist Jesus "Chuy" Negrete

    Oct. 24, 1997
  • Interviewing neighborhood residents in the people's park (Lincoln Park) with architectural student John Squires ; part 5

    1970
  • Interviewing members of the Pintig Cultural Group

    Oct. 7, 1992

    Public Relations Director Jerry Alfafara, Executive Director Angela Mascarenas, Artistic Director Edessa Ramas, and actors Daisy Castro, Larry Leopaldo, and Joseph Palma.

  • Interviewing Mary Springfels, musician-in-residence (viola da gamba) at the Newberry Library and Director of the Newberry Consort

    Apr. 14, 1980

    The Newberry Consort is the resident early music ensemble of the Newberry Library specializing in the music of the late Middle Ages.

  • Interviewing Lew Kreinberg

    Jan. 20, 1982

    The author and community organizer talks about his book, Street Signs Chicago: Neighborhood and Other Illusions of Big City Life. He and Studs discuss Chicago as a city of neighborhoods, though it sometimes lacks a sense of community, due to industrialization, displacement, and gentrification. This program also includes a clip from an interview with organizer Florence Scala.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing King Solomon

  • Interviewing Jessie Binford ; part 4

    Jul. 1, 1963
  • Interviewing Jessie Binford ; part 3

    Jul. 1, 1963
  • Interviewing Jessie Binford ; part 2

    Jul. 1, 1963
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