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  • Interview with Will Geer

    Apr. 13, 1965

    The actor, musician, and social activist talks to Studs about his career and his formative years in Chicago.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interview with Thom Bishop

    Sep. 27, 1990

    Interviewing singer and songwriter Thom Bishop.

  • Clancy Brothers

    Interview with the Clancy Brothers

    Jun. 26, 1991

    Interviewing the Irish folk trio the Clancy Brothers.

  • Interview with Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Win Stracke

    1975

    Discussing German folk culture and interviewing Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and folk singer Win Stracke.

  • Pete Seeger

    Interview with Pete Seeger and Bob Reiser

    May. 4, 1984

    Discussing the songbook "Carry It On: A History in Song and Picture of the Working Men and Women of America" (published by Simon & Schuster) with the authors, folksinger and songwriter Pete Seeger and storyteller Bob Reiser.

  • Interview with Patrick Sky

    1967

    Terkel interviews folk singer Patrick Sky on his latest project. A 19 minute film entitled "Down the Road" Sky directs and stars in the film about pollution. He describes how he acquired the help of local children to shoot the film and how he got permission from the city to shoot on location.

  • Interview with Mike Barnett, Charlotte Daniels and Pat Webb

    Sep. 1, 1964

    Interviewing folk singers Mike Barnett, Charlotte Daniels and Pat Webb.

  • Interview with Larry Adler with a Guthrie memorial post script

    Mar. 10, 1977

    Interviewing harmonica player Larry Adler and singer, songwriter, musician and activist Woody Guthrie. The original date of the recording of this interview is uncertain because Guthrie, who died in 1967, was present at this interview.

  • Joan Baez

    Interview with Joan Baez

    Jun. 13, 1986

    Interviewing folksinger Joan Baez.

  • Joan Baez

    Interview with Joan Baez

    Nov. 9, 1989

    Interviewing folksinger Joan Baez.

  • Interview with Jenny Armstrong-Park

    Nov. 21, 1994

    Interviewing folksinger Jenny Armstrong-Park.

  • Interview with Jean Shepherd ; part 2

    Dec. 1, 1966

    Interviewing Jean Shepherd.

  • Interview with Holly Arntzen

    Mar. 25, 1992

    Interviewing Holly Arntzen, a folk singer and songwriter of political and social protest songs.

  • Interview with Guy Carawan

    Jan. 18, 1964

    The musician and historian shares with Studs his discovery of some of the folk music traditions of the people of John's Island, South Carolina.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interview with Glenn Ohrlin

    Oct. 23, 1965

    The cowboy singer and poet entertains Studs with tales of his childhood in Minnesota and his days on the road in California and Nevada.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

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