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Producers and Directors Journalism & Broadcasting
  • Eric Lüth

    Studs Terkel talks with Erich Lüth on his first hand experiences living in Hamburg through the rise and fall of Hitler ; part 1

    1968

    Erich Lüth discusses his experiences, observations, and accounts of life in Hamburg, Germany during the rise and fall of Hitler. He recounts how as a member of Parliament he brought in Hitler's, "Mein Kampf" and read portions aloud and was laughed at by his colleagues. He states they were blind to what Hitler declared in his book he would do and some are still blind by wanting to rub out their past, their history.

  • Eric Lüth

    Studs Terkel concludes his interview with Erich Lüth going more in depth on the aftermath of the war on Germany's youth ; part 4

    1968

    Erich Lüth's discussion with Studs Terkel is similar to part 3 but Luth offers a more in-depth conversation on the role of teachers in schools and how the time of Hitler is taught. There were those teachers that joined the party to continue their love of teaching and those teachers that were brought into the Nazi Party to follow their convictions. This lack of courage to resist influences pupils today because teachers are not saying they were cowards. The relationship is altered out of shame, and embarrassment.

  • Stanislaw Pchenikov and Valentin Nikolaevich Pluchek discuss theater with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    Jan. 19, 1962

    Studs Terkel discusses Russian theater with Stanislaw Pchenikov and Theater director Valentin Nikolaevich Pluchek.

  • Presenting the winner of Studs Terkel's EBO Contest, script by George Drury and narration by Mel Zellman.

    Studs Terkel's EBO contest

  • Robert Kotlowitz

    Novelist Robert Kotlowitz reads from and discusses his book "The Boardwalk"

    Feb. 3, 1977

    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. Almost all the characters in Robert Kotlowitz's book, "The Boardwalk" are fictitious with the exception of Teddy, a Jewish, 14-year-old boy, who Kotlowitz explains is Robert Kotlowitz.

  • Norman Lewis Corwin in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 7, 1994
  • John Hammond and John McDonough discuss music

    1970

    Music producer John Hammond and jazz critic for Down Beat magazine John McDonough discuss: Hammond's career; the artists he worked with; the artists he was the first to sign; social reform; and more. The following musical excerpts are played: "7 Come 11"; "Sauce"; "Talking Union"; "Blowing In the Wind"; "Today I Sing The Blues"; and "Live Embers".

  • Interviewing television and theater director Michael Bogdanov

    Apr. 18, 1997
  • Interview with Robert Brustein

    Nov. 2, 1994

    Interviewing author, theater critic and director Robert Brustein.

  • Samuel Goldwyn

    Interview with A. Scott Berg

    Apr. 3, 1989

    Discussing "Goldwyn: A Biography," (published by Knopf) with the author A. Scott Berg.

  • Geoffrey Bridson BBC broadcaster and Joyce Bridson public relations at BBC talk about their work in radio through the years

    Oct. 30, 1970

    Geoffrey Bridson and his wife Joyce, discuss his book "Prospero and Ariel: The rise and fall of radio a personal recollection.", as well as his life and career as a producer/broadcaster for BBC radio. The interview is interspersed with several excerpts from recordings: Excerpt of conversation at the home of Bridsons in England 1962. He talks about the play "Aarons field" and the sequel "Aarons Fallout shelter". Excerpt from Joyce Bridson backstage after the play "Oh what a lovely war" in New York.

  • Garrison Keillor in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 21, 1991

    Discussing the book "WLT, A Radio Romance," (published by Viking) with the author and radio host Garrison Keillor. Program also includes excerpts of a 1985 interview.

  • Eric Lüth

    Erich Lüth talks with Studs Terkel on life under Hitler and its aftermath ; part 2

    1968

    Studs continues his interview with Erich Luth in Hamburg, Germany. The audio breaks at 25:23 and continues on a Sat at 25:28 till its conclusion at 35:43. Erich Luth conveys stories of humanity by both German prisoners towards Russian prisoners whose treatment was dictated by the Nazi party to not offer any winter clothing or shoes to provide comfort. The German laborers provided a human solidarity that brought them food, clothes, and soap.

  • Christine Fox, Annie Merrill, Jennie Wilkes of the BBC

    1975

    This interview is a follow up, four years later, to the first interview with these women (1965115-3-1)

  • Celebration in honor of music director Jim Unrath's 25th Anniversary at WFMT radio

    Nov. 14, 1984

    Celebration in honor of Jim Unrath's 25th Anniversary

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