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  • Jerry Davidson and Mike Bell discuss the Elan School in Maine

    Feb. 26, 1976

    Interviewing Jerry Davidson and Mike Bell about the Elan School in Maine for children with learning disabilities (Part 2).

  • Jerre Gerlando Mangione in conversation with Studs Terkel

  • Jerome Holtzman

    Jerome Holtzman discusses baseball, journalism, and his book "No Cheering in the Press Box"

    Aug. 15, 1974

    Sportswriter Jerome Holtzman discusses his book "No Cheering in the Press Box."

  • Jeremy Taylor, Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey talk with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 1, 1963

    Studs interviews Jeremy Taylor, Andrew Tracey, and Paul Tracey at Langham Hotel while on a trip to Johannesburg, South Africa.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Jeremy Bernstein discusses his book "Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age"

    Nov. 22, 1984

    Theoretical physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein discusses his latest work. The book focuses on the inventors and innovations that came out of Bell Laboratories, also known as Bell Telephone Laboratories, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and recently Nokia Bell Labs.

  • Jens Kruuse discusses his Danish background; part 2

    1968

    According to Jens Kruuse, being born in the same home town as Hans Christian Andersen is Kruuse’s claim to fame. A well-known literary critic, Kruuse says that people don’t realize he’s an excellent bridge player who enters tournaments. Kruuse explains that Denmark has the biggest coastline in all of Europe and that the people there live a truthful, simple but good life. The interview ends abruptly.

  • Jens Kruuse discusses his book "A War for an Afternoon" ; part 1

    1968

    When asked, Jen Kruuse said he wrote his book, “A War for an Afternoon,” as a result of life being madness. As a morale booster, to make the men of the SS army feel invincible, they were ordered to exterminate the town of Oradour-sur-Glane, France. The women and children of the town were rounded up, placed in the town’s church and the church was burned. All the men of the town were shot dead. The entire incident, explained Kruuse, was madness, pure madness.

  • Jennifer Davis, Bill Sutherland and Zola Zembe discuss South Africa and apartheid

    Feb. 27, 1979

    Jennifer Davis, Bill Sutherland, and Zola Zembe discuss the South Africa and their experiences with apartheid. Jennifer Davis grew up in the white middle class society of Johannesburg, whereas Zola Zembe, a native black man who lives in Capetown. They, along with Bill Sutherland, an American who works as a Representative for the American Friends Service Committee, talk about the changes that need to made and how American people and companies can help. An earlier interview of Carl Douglas Fuchs is also played.

  • Jennie Tourel

    Jennie Tourel discusses her career with some comments by her accompanist Simon Sargon

    Nov. 8, 1970

    Jennie Tourel discusses her career with some comments by her accompanist Simon Sargon.

  • Jeff Kisseloff discusses his book “The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1920-1961”

    Dec. 11, 1995

    Author and historian Jeff Kisseloff discusses his book “The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1920-1961” and the major changes seen in the television industry. This program includes an excerpt of an interview with Charlie Andrews in which he discusses how the television industry is moving away from spontaneity. Studs plays "The Cuckoo" - Kukla, Fran and Ollie and "Wanderin'" - Win Stracke (1957).

  • Jeannine Honicker

    Jeannine Honicker discusses the health impacts of radiation and nuclear power plants

    Mar. 26, 1980

    Jeannine Honicker discusses the health risks associated with radiation and nuclear power plants, details of whose lawsuit was published as, "Shutdown: Nuclear Power on Trial." Topics of discussion include how her perspective on nuclear power and radiation changed after her daughter was diagnosed with leukemia and activism related to protesting nuclear power in the United States.

  • Jeanne Stellman discusses her book "Work Is Dangerous to Your Health: A Handbook of Health Hazards in the Workplace and What You Can Do About Them"

    Feb. 11, 1974

    Jeanne Stellman discusses her book, "Work Is Dangerous to Your Health: A Handbook of Health Hazards in the Workplace and What You Can Do About Them," and workplace safety issues in a variety of industries. Topics of discussion include the importance of prioritizing health in the workplace and consulting workers on workplace safety issues, and industry responses to occupational hazards.

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 14, 1980
  • Jean-Pierre Debris and Andres Menras discuss their experiences as political prisoners in Vietnam

    Mar. 9, 1973

    French schoolteachers Jean-Pierre Debris and Andres Menras discuss their experiences as political prisoners in Vietnam

  • Jean Vilar discusses French Theater

    1965

    French actor and director Jean Vilar discusses French Theater and the Théâtre National Populaire.

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