“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” - Hunter S. Thompson in 1967

"I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper." - Buckminster Fuller in 1965, as told to Studs Terkel

"It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.” - Nora Ephron, in a 1975 interview with Studs Terkel

"A literal reading of the Bible simply is a mistake; I mean it’s just wrong" - Carl Sagan on October 4, 1985, as told to Studs Terkel.

We were delighted to audio from Studs Terkel's 05/12/1959  conversation with Lorraine Hansberry included in American Masters --Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart.

Producers of a Rolling Stones magazine documentary on HBO found conversations Studs had with Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Gleason relevant and incorporated it into the documentary about the magazine's history.

Studs Terkel made is Carnegie Hall debut, alongside his friends Mahalia Jackson and the Kronos Quartet, when the quartet commissioned composer Stacy Garrop to compose a new work for Carnegie Halls 2018 festival "The '60's: The Years that Changed America".

We were excited to work with Falling Tree Productions on a BBC documentary featuring audio from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive titled "The World According to Studs Terkel."  You can listen to The World According to Studs Terkel Part One and The World According to Studs Terkel Part Two on the BBC website.

Whether discussing the plight of migrant farm workers, the state of public schools, society’s policies around drug laws or the prison system, Studs Terkel frequently devoted episodes of his radio program to challenging and lively discussions with advocates of social change.