Studs terkel has made a living gathering the stories of ordinary people and presenting them to america. We are so pleased that you have volunteered to take part in the pilot of our new materials, and we appreciate your help. This is the official studs terkel radio archive soundcloud page. After spending his early childhood in new york city, terkel moved with his family to chicago at age nine.
The great books foundation has developed standardsaligned curriculum for a singlephase pilot program utilizing curated audio from the studs terkel archives. How blacks and whites think and feel about the american obsession. These interviews provide unparalleled insights into the ideas and events that have shaped our lives. For decades, the tapes were packed away in studs home office. The best of studs terkel on wfmt presents a longtime new years broadcast tradition. Voices of our time interviews by studs terkel highbridge. Its born to live, a program of interviews, spoken word, and musical responses to the nuclear age that studs produced in 1961 with colleague jim unrath. Born in new york in 1912, he lived in chicago for over eight decades. Although born in new york, chicago became studs terkels home and the source of the material that made him famous. Studs terkel interview with virginia foster durr facing. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. From the 1950s through 1997, studs terkel, author of working, the good war, coming of age and eight other books, hosted a daily show on wfmt in. A good socialist, he gave voice to those who might never have considered speaking up, in books like working, race.
The studs terkel radio archive is a collaboration between the wfmt radio network and the chicago history museum chicago. Studs terkel s most popular book is the grapes of wrath. Studsterkel radio archive free listening on soundcloud. His radio show was carried on stations throughout the country. Studs terkel interviews with martin luther king, jr go. Often called an oral historian, studs terkel preferred to be known for playing music on the radio. Studs recorded all of his interviews on a reeltoreel tape recorder, but after the book. Originally published under the title the spectator, this knowledgeable and perceptive library journal look at show business presents the actors directors, playwrights, dancers, lyricists, and others who. Five decades of studs terkel interviews abridged audio cd an abridged version of the original taped interviews made by terkel in preparing his various books. Oral historian studs terkel talks about the prime impulse of human beings. Studs terkel s classic oral history working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. As an oral historian, his interviews with everyone from quiet heroes to. Studs terkel has 67 books on goodreads with 66240 ratings.
Something about ordinary people talking about their daily lives, struck a cord. Their conversation touches on the art of making a silent film and answers such important questions as how many subtitles should a silent movie have, who should you never throw a pie at, and why does buster never smile. Reuse listen to creative reuses of studs interviews. The tapes would eventually provide the material for his book, hard times. Introduction studs terkel 19122008 was an awardwinning authorcontinue reading. Some of those oral histories of everyday workers talking about. Terkel transcribed and edited the interviews, then. This gallery includes the interviews in those programs.
Louis studs terkel was an american author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. In his 45 years on wfmt radio, studs terkel talked to the 20th centurys most interesting people. Studs terkels book interviews resurface as audio all this week on npr, youll hear the voices of people studs terkel interviewed in. In 1973, he selected several interviews that were included in his book to be broadcast in eleven parts on the studs terkel program on wfmt radio chicago, il. The collection includes complete oral history interviews terkel conducted for his books and interviews from his wfmt radio programs. Studs terkel was a supreme humanistic author and every book he authored expressed the situational perspectives of real people. Browse audiobooks written by studs terkel sorted by best. This 60page guide for the good war by studs terkel includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 22 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Thank you for your interest in the great books foundation studs terkel radio archive audio curriculum pilot program.
In the early 1970s, author studs terkel went around the country with a reeltoreel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. He received the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction in 1985 for the good war, and is best remembered for his oral histories of common americans, and for hosting a longrunning radio show in chicago. It can be hard to remember a time before colleen and wayne, a time when an interview with someone famous. But until now, few of the interviews have ever been heard before. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Studs terkel 19122008 was an awardwinning author and radio broadcaster. Film and theater collects the pulitzer prizewinning oral historians remarkable conversations with some of the greatest luminaries of film and theater. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Studs terkel had the privilege of speaking with keaton in 1960, only six years before keaton passed away from lung cancer. Studs terkel american author and oral historian britannica. And an interview with james baldwin is punctuated by the unmistakable sound of a zippo lighter in use. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Buster keaton interviewed by studs terkel 1962 audio duration.
Harry kreisler welcomes studs terkel, prizewinning author and radio broadcast personality, on this edition of conversations with history. Studs terkel audio books, best sellers, author bio. Modern politicians should read studs terkels books. Not long after studs terkel, the historian of the everyman, died in october, this american life featured a series of interviews that terkel once conducted with americans who lived through the depression. Louis studs terkel may 16, 1912 october 31, 2008 was an american author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. While the library has great interviews of musicians, as found in the joe smith collection, the studs terkel collection contains interviews of musicians and performers that are particularly fascinating and revealing.
Studs terkel 19122008 was a free spirit, an outspoken populist, a pulitzer prizewinning author, a terrible ham, and one of the bestloved characters on the american scene. Cleve jones talks about the names project foundation and aids quilt. Studs terkel pilot program the great books foundation. Formally launched in may 2018, the evergrowing studs terkel radio archive stra will provide access to most of terkels 5,600 radio programsmore than 9,000 hours of audio from his broadcasts on wfmt. In the early 1970s, author and radio host studs terkel went around the country with a reeltoreel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. Studs terkel, american author and oral historian who chronicled the lives of americans from the great depression to the early 21st century. Studs terkel sits for a portrait to be featured on the cover of the chicago tribune magazine in his home.
Browse our growing archive of more than 1,200 programs. Studs terkel interview with emma tiller facing history. For coming of age, pulitzer prizewinning author and peabody awardwinning radio host studs terkel himself an octogenarian interviewed several very different men and women ranging in age from 70 to 99. The complete audio documentary as broadcast by npr, plus exclusive bonus interviews and commentary. This series is a part of the larger initiative working in america, which has an exhibit featuring images from pulitzer prizewinning photographer lynsey addario traveling the country right now. As mike mashon mentioned in his recent blog post, tales of the unexpected, you never know what youll find in the librarys collections. Studs terkel radio archive and great books foundation civil rights grade level 912 duration varies. Radio diaries the working tapes of studs terkel radio diaries. Browse studs terkels bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. He received the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction in 1985 for the good war and is best remembered for his oral histories of common americans, and for hosting a longrunning radio show in chicago. The original live interviews terkel, studs, various on.
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In an interview with studs terkel, virginia foster durr, a prominent american civil rights activist, reflects on life during the great depression, particularly the way that people on government relief felt shame and guilt over their own suffering and poverty, rather than blaming the capitalist system. Studs terkel, oral historian and radio legend, 96 terkel, who came of age during the great depression, often said america suffered from what he. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a brilliant and enduring portrait of peoples feelings about their working lives. The best of studs terkels working tapes audio cd audiobook. A compilation of extraordinary interviews from 40 years of broadcasting by. While terkel is famous for interviewing everyday people for his oral histories of the depression, work, and world war ii, and his radio show featured its. Studs terkels classic oral history working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Jonathan katz discusses his book gay american history. Clips explore themed playlists of audio clips from the archive. Terkel went around the country with a reeltoreel tape recorder interviewing.
A digital archive of terkels oral histories is one of 177 projects funded by new grants from the national endowment for the humanities. As always, his subjects are open and unrelenting in their analyses of themselves and their experiences, producing what people magazine has called a splendid epic history of world war ii. Studs terkel won the pulitzer prize in 1985 for his interviews with ordinary people in such books as working, the good war, and hard times. Each individual interview is a unique portrait of one of the key personalities of our time. How blacks and whites think and feel about the american obsession by terkel, studs and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Studs terkels book interviews resurface as audio all this week on npr, youll hear the voices of people studs terkel interviewed in his book, working. Among the interviews youll hear this week are a telephone operator and hotel piano player.