Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Explore
  • Interact
      • Clips Explore themed playlists of audio clips from the Archive.
      • Reuse Listen to creative reuses of Studs’ interviews.
      • Remix Combine audio from the Archive to create entirely new works.
  • Podcast
  • Classroom
  • Donate
Filter
  • Topics
  • People
Topics
  • Advocacy (2)
  • Architecture, Design, Urban Planning (1)
  • Chicago (4)
  • (-) Childhood & Youth (14)
  • Cold War (1)
  • (-) Community Activism & Social Reform (14)
  • Education (7)
  • Film (1)
  • Journalism & Broadcasting (1)
  • Latino Culture & History (1)
  • Law, Crime, Prison (3)
  • Multidisciplinary Arts (1)
  • Music (1)
  • Music - Classical Music & Opera (1)
  • Poetry (1)
  • Race Relations (3)
  • Theater (1)
  • Travel & Culture - Italy (1)
  • Urban Life (1)
  • Working, Labor, Economy (4)
People
  • Authors, Writers (5)
  • Educators (6)
  • Journalists (1)
  • Religious personnel (1)
  • Social Reformers (4)
  • Students (1)
  • Has Audio
  • Has Transcript

Showing 1 - 14 of 14 results

Childhood & Youth Community Activism & Social Reform
  • Studs Terkel interviews author-dramatist Frank Norman in his Bloomsbury Square Hotel, London ; part 2

    1968

    Terkel wraps up his discussion with Frank Norman. Norman gives his opinion on present conditions in prisons and orphanages. He opens up about his relationship with his daughter and a family he has never met.

  • Mrs. John B. Allen

    Studs Terkel discusses the life of Hull House founder, Jane Addams with her grand niece, Mrs. John B. Allen

    Jul. 1, 1960

    Mrs. John B. Allen recalls stories from Jane Addams' "The Long Road of Woman's Memory" and "Twenty Years at Hull House". She also recounts her own personal stories of Thanksgiving and Christmas at Hull House as well as her own volunteer service with The Immigrants Protective League. Jane Addams advocated for shorter hours, child labor laws, women's suffrage, youth, and peace. She prejudged no one and saw individuals as having various needs, desires, and each with their own gifts. She found reassurance that life is good through the spirit of youth. This interview ends at 45:03.

  • Social workers discuss international youth welfare ; part 2

    Jan. 9, 1965

    Social workers discuss their work in youth welfare in various parts of the world including India, Germany, Peru, and Malaysia.

  • Social workers

    Social workers discuss international youth welfare ; part 1

    Jan. 9, 1965

    Social workers discuss their work in youth welfare in various parts of the world including India, Germany, Peru, and Malaysia.

  • Sally Diamond and Kathy Loftus discuss day care centers.

    Nov. 21, 1973

    Sally Diamond and Kathy Loftus discuss the crisis in day care centers. They also discuss working families and families on welfare. Includes an earlier interview with Kathy Loftus.

  • Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser talk about education of children, part 2

    1965

    Part 2 of a series sponsored by the national conference of Christians and Jews. Includes "Rearing the Child of Good Will" and "The Child and the Changing World." Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Ms. Neisser discuss the importance of an open mind and a accepting environment in education and at home, and how this helps the children to accept change as it happens.

  • Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser talk about education of children, part 1

    1965

    Part 1 of a series sponsored by the national conference of Christians and Jews Titles discussed include "Rearing the Child of Good Will" and "The Child and the Changing World." Includes interviews of Mrs. Bailey Bishop and Edith Neisser. They discuss the importance of an open mind and accepting environment in education and at home, and how this helps the children to accept change as it happens. Excerpt of "Jimmy" discussing his feelings about school (unsure of record number the quote comes from).

  • Lily (Rose Rigsby) Lowell and two men from St. Timothy's talk with Studs Terkel

    1966

    Discussion of Division Street: America [Continuation of interview at the end of 1925659-3-1]

  • Jonathan Kozol

    Jonathan Kozol discusses his book "Children of the Revolution: A Yankee Teacher in the Cuban Schools"

    Nov. 10, 1978

    Studs has a spirited discussion with Jonathan Kozol who shares his adventures and learnings in Cuba that formed the basis of his book "Children of the Revolution: A Yankee Teacher in the Cuban Schools." Kozol explains the ambitious Cuban Literacy Campaign begun in the 1960s that aimed to educate the entire population, tells of children teaching adults in remote villages by lantern light, and the unity and national pride that resulted. He and Studs explore the idea of generative words in literacy education and contemplate Kozol's hope to adapt a similar approach to American education.

  • Interview with Jaime Escalante

    Aug. 5, 1988
  • Danilo Dolci

    Danilo Dolci discusses his career, life in Italy, and his book "The Man Who Plays Alone"

    1970

    Danilo Dolci discusses his life in Italy, his book "The Man Who Plays Alone", architecture, agriculture, social activism, his inspirations, and his career. Tom Cornell translates for Danilo Dolci. Includes at the end of the program an Italian song by Jerre Mangione and an Italian song called "Bella Ciao".

  • Bill Ayers reads from and discusses his book "A Kind and Just Parent"

    Jun. 25, 1997

    Bill Ayers' book, "A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court" takes a look at kids getting caught up and lost in the system. While observing in the courts, Ayers said all kids just became a thing.

  • Bill Ayers discussing education and Ayers's book "To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher"

    Jun. 23, 1993
  • Anthony Lukas discusses "Don't Shoot, We are your Children!"

    Apr. 15, 1971

    Discussing the book "Don't Shoot, We are your Children!" with the author Anthony Lukas.

Major Support Provided By
The Becca Kopf Memorial Circle of Friends
WFMT Radio Network & Chicago History Museum

This site is being managed by WFMT in partnership with the Chicago History Museum.

Library of Congress

In-kind digitization services of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive are provided by the Library of Congress.

National Endowment for the Humanities

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Studs Terkel Radio Archive

All Programs About The Archive About Studs Supporters Contact

©2022 WFMT Radio Network | Site by Jell Creative

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this web resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.