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Sydney Lewis reads from and discusses her book "Hospital"
Jan. 31, 1995 "Hospital: An Oral History of Cook County Hospital" covers what was once the largest public hospital in the United States. With 6,000 employees, Sydney Lewis learned that County Hospital was a small city onto itself. One may have a long wait at the hospital, but Lewis found because of it's good health care, there was a kind of a loyalty toward County. With Chicago and its diversity, it was good for the people to see African American doctors and nurses that were Black and brown, too.
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Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis
Dec. 8, 1997 Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis.
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Richard C. Lewontin in conversation with Studs Terkel
Mar. 4, 1982 Discussing the controversy over teaching evolution in public schools, correcting popular misinterpretations of Darwin's theories, and defining Social Darwinism with author and geneticist Richard Lewontin.
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Archie Lieberman discusses his book "Neighbors"
Dec. 6, 1993 With his book, "Neighbors: A Forty-Year Portrait of an American Farm Community," Archie Lieberman first took the photos of Scales Mound, Illinois. Because he felt something was missing, Lieberman, followed the residents around and then he added stories to his book. More often than not, Lieberman found out that the people of Scales Mound felt it was their duty to take care of the land.
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Cho-Liang Lin in conversation with Studs Terkel
Jul. 19, 1991 Interviewing violinist Cho-Liang Lin.
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Reading poetry with actor Gary Merrill.
Jul. 9, 1985 Terkel comments and reads poetry with Gary Merrill
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