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

Discussing "Reagan's America: Innocents at Home" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

BROADCAST: Aug. 20, 1987 | DURATION: 00:51:05

Digital audio not yet public.

Details

Broadcast Date
Aug. 20, 1987

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
51 minutes, 5 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Topics

American History & Politics

People

Journalists Government Historians Authors, Writers

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Wills, Garry, 1934---Interviews Wills, Garry, 1934-. Reagan's America. Reagan, Ronald Presidents--United States--Biography Journalists--United States--20th century--Interviews Historians--United States--20th century--Interviews United States Radio programs Audiotapes

Related Programs

Richard Reeves his book "A Ford, not a Lincoln"

Oct. 30, 1975

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about her book "Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream"

1976

Allan Berube discusses his book "Coming Out Under Fire"

Apr. 30, 1990

Barbara Kopple discusses her documentary "American Dream"

Mar. 20, 1992

Discussing the book "The Closest of Enemies: A Personal and Diplomatic Account of U.S. - Cuban Relations Since 1957" with author and former U.S. Diplomat to Cuba, Wayne Smith

Apr. 20, 1987

Walter Bernstein discusses his book "Inside Out: A Memoir of the Blacklist"

Dec. 10, 1996

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

©2026 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.