Studs Terkel Archive Podcast

First broadcast on July 14, 1978.

First broadcast on July 09, 1985. Terkel comments and reads poetry with Gary Merrill

First broadcast on July 02, 1968. In this interview Mel Brooks discusses his new movie "The Producers". The following is discussed: the plot; the other actors in the film; the satirical and campy nature of the film; . Brooks performs several different impersonations throughout the interview.

First broadcast on June 22, 1984. Discussing the book "Lincoln" with the author Gore Vidal.

First broadcast on June 19, 1990. Discussing the novel "Wildlife" (published by Atlantic Monthly Press) with the author Richard Ford.

First broadcast on June 15, 1992.

First broadcast on June 14, 1991.

First broadcast on June 08, 1973. Rosa Parks and Myles Horton discuss the importance of the Highlander Folk School, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the American Civil Rights Movement. The story of these two prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement have intervened in their fight for social equality. Includes a fragment of an interview with E. D. Nixon well known civil rights leader.

First broadcast on June 05, 1980. Edmund White talks about his book "States of Desire: Travels in Gay America," published in 1980.

First broadcast on May 31, 1982. Discussing Hiroshima and nuclear nonproliferation with survivors of the Hiroshima bomb of August 6, 1945 and activists organizing against nuclear proliferation.

First broadcast on May 28, 1962. Soviet intellectuals Tamara Mamedova, Nicolai Pogodin, and Anatol Safronov talk with Studs Terkel about their work with the Institute for Soviet-American Relations (U.S.) and Soviet arts and culture.

First broadcast on May 22, 1975. Discussing "How the Good Guys Finally Won : Notes from an Impeachment Summer" and interviewing Jimmy Breslin.

First broadcast on May 14, 1967. Studs Terkel spends time walking around the Lincoln Park Be-In Mother's Day, 1967. He talks to people of all walks of life and generations. The question, "What is a Be-In?" is posed to all he talks to.

First broadcast on May 14, 1967. Studs Terkel spends time walking around the Lincoln Park Be-In Mother's Day, 1967. He talks to people of all walks of life and generations. The question, "What is a Be-In?" is posed to all he talks to.

First broadcast on May 10, 1982. Readings (3) from Charles Dickens and interviewing with British Actor George Harland.

First broadcast on May 07, 1960.

First broadcast on May 07, 1960.

First broadcast on April 27, 1959.

First broadcast on April 25, 1963.

First broadcast on April 21, 1980.

First broadcast on April 16, 1975. Activist Dolores Huerta of United Farm Workers discusses farm laborers and immigrant rights; includes excerpt of Cesar Chavez, excerpt from Viva La Causa, and interview with Roberto Acuna.

First broadcast on April 11, 1972. Discussing the book, "Free schools," and interviewing the author Jonathan Kozol. Jonathon Kozol also discusses education. Includes interview clip of Kermit Eby.

First broadcast on March 30, 1961. Part 2 of the program continues with Dizzy Gillespie discovering the following: his jazz style; his interactions with other musicians; and his latin musical influences. The following Gillespie musical excerpts are played: "Tin Tin Deo"; "La Lorraine"; and an musical piece (with an undisclosed title) is played to end the program.

First broadcast on March 30, 1961. Part 1 of this program begins with Studs Terkel reading an excerpt from the book "Giants of Jazz" , which describes Dizzy Gillespie's early life. Gillespie discusses the following: the state of jazz; his fellow musicians; jazz contributors; jazz fundamentals; and his tours abroad. Gillespie's "Groovin' High" is played towards the end of this part of the program.

First broadcast on March 24, 1995. MacMichael testified in front of the World Court at the Hague in 1985 about the United States government's activities with anti-Sandinista contra forces in Nicaragua and President Reagan's knowledge of such events.