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Myths, Stories, Storytelling
  • Arthur Charles Clarke

    Arthur Charles Clarke discusses science fiction

    Jan. 27, 1959

    Arthur Charles Clarke discusses science fiction and his books "Childhood's End", "Prelude to Space", and "the Deep Range".

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career

    May. 4, 1995

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

  • Interview with Anndrena Belcher

    Dec. 29, 1993

    Interviewing singer and storyteller Anndrena Belcher.

  • Interview with Norbert Blei

    Oct. 19, 1990

    Discussing the book "Chi-Town" (published by Ellis Press) with the author Norbert Blei.

  • Interview with Nigel Calder

    Jan. 13, 1984

    Discussing the book "1984 and Beyond," (published by Viking) with the author Nigel Calder.

  • Terkel comments and presents Halloween program with George and Gerry Armstrong

    Oct. 16, 1973

    Presenting Halloween program with singers George and Gerry Armstrong.

  • George and Gerry Armstrong discuss Halloween folksongs

    Oct. 1, 1959
  • Interview with George, Gerry, Becky and Jennifer Armstrong along with Fred Park

    Sep. 25, 1979

    Terkel comments and presents a new annual Halloween program with the Armstrong family.

  • Pete Seeger Cleofas Vigil and Nimrod Workman discuss music and the upcoming anthropology conference

    1970
  • Carol Beckwith

    Interview with Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

    Nov. 9, 1990

    Discussing the book "African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa," with photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher.

  • Interview with Anndrena Belcher

    Jan. 12, 1989

    Interviewing singer and storyteller Anndrena Belcher.

  • Interview with Anndrena Belcher

    Aug. 20, 1991

    Interviewing singer and storyteller Anndrena Belcher.

  • Stuart Dybek in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 25, 1991

    Presenting music accompanying reading stories from Coast of Chicago

  • Joseph Campbell talks with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 31, 1973

    Joseph Campbell discusses Myths to Live By. Includes Gerry Armstrong's "Lady from the West Country (The Wife of Ushers Well)."

  • Ralph Ellison in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 18, 1992

    Interviewing author Ralph Ellison.

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