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  • John Bergman, Mike Bail, Jill Reiner, Tom Swift, Geese Theatre Company in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 23, 1988

    Interviewing members of the Geese Theatre Company; Mike Bail, Jill Reiner, Tom Swift, and Artistic Director John Bergman. The Geese Theatre Company specializes in drama therapy in prisons, for correctional staff, and for sexual and violent offenders.

  • Discussing the book "Citizen Hughes" (published by Holt, Reinhart, & Winston) with the author Michael Drosnin

    Feb. 21, 1985

    Discussing the book "Citizen Hughes" (published by Holt, Reinhart, & Winston) with the author Michael Drosnin.

  • Presenting Studs Terkel's montage

    Apr. 23, 1984

    Studs Terkel montage

  • Ronnie Dugger discusses his book "On Reagan: The Man & His Presidency"

    Nov. 29, 1983

    Past radio transcripts of former President Ronald Reagan were being hidden or suppressed. Ronnie Dugger worked tirelessly at getting the transcripts so that people would learn the truth about Reagan. In Dugger’s book, “On Reagan: The Man & His Presidency,” Dugger points out that President Reagan was against the ERA. He didn’t believe in anti-trust, and he opposed every civil rights act every placed in front of him. Dugger said Reagan’s genius was that he’d get elected without people knowing of his records.

  • Discussing the Black Sash movement and the struggle for democratic rule in South Africa with Black Sash President and political activist Sheena Duncan

    Jul. 22, 1985

    Discussing the Black Sash movement and the struggle for democratic rule in South Africa with Black Sash President and political activist Sheena Duncan.

  • Presenting music with Irish fiddler Martin Hayes

    Oct. 6, 1993

    Terkel presents musical performance by Martin Hayes

  • Discussing the book "Reunion: A Memoir" with the author Tom Hayden

    Jun. 24, 1988
  • Andres Hernandez, Sarah Mellman, Danny Leonard, Larry Shapiro in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jun. 20, 1994

    Interviewing Chicago educator Andres Hernandez, students Sarah Mellman and Danny Leonard, and teacher and parent Larry Shapiro. A first-year teacher at Oak Park-River Forest High School, Hernandez's contract was not renewed by the school district.

  • Discussing mad cow disease with the Director of the Humane Society of the United States, Howard Lyman

    Apr. 11, 1996
  • Discussing the book "The Pelican and After: A Novel About Emotional Disturbance" with the author Tom Wallace Lyons

    Jan. 23, 1984
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