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  [Studs Terkel interviewed by Edie Rubinowitz]

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  Studs Terkel interviewed by Edie Rubinowitz, covering political topics like leadership, war, and America’s “national Alzheimer’s disease” regarding our own history.

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  Omnibus: Studs Terkel’s Chicago

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  BBC portrait of Studs Terkel, the Chicago author. Features current interviews and footage of Terkel; archival footage of Terkel; footage of Terkel receiving the Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Good War” on May 20, 1985; Terkel’s audio recordings of people’s reactions to Chicago’s Picasso sculpture at its unveiling; and a brief interview with Terkel’s wife, Ida.

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  [Studs Terkel in two industrial films]

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  Two industrial films from the 1940s and ’50s that feature Studs Terkel. In “Beginning to Date” (1953) Terkel plays a high school diving instructor and offers advice to students on proper dating etiquette. The second film on this tape, “No Vacancies” (1946), is about the crisis that plagued many returning WWII soldiers who could not afford housing. Terkel is the narrator in this piece.

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  20th Century Project: Studs Terkel

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  An interview with Studs Terkel for the 20th Century Project series. Terkel and the interviewer discuss his career progression, from his early days in radio and television up to his work as a writer with the Works Progress Administration. The two also talk about the importance of radio in the 1930s and how it affected both the social and political worlds.

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  [German television documentary on Chicago] – Studs Terkel interviews

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  The first part of this video is a German television-produced piece on the city of Chicago. Studs Terkel is briefly featured. The program is completely dubbed in German. There is also a raw interview with Terkel that plays after the program and an interview between Terkel and author Kurt Vonnegut.

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  Edge, episode #107: Studs Terkel interview

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  Studs Terkel discusses his new book, “Race” and some of the most compelling stories he’s heard in his career of documenting oral history.  He tells these stories with the backdrop of related video footage of the world of work, the Great Depression, World War II, and race relations in America.

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  Anna Deavere Smith in conversation with Studs Terkel

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  A videorecording of a live event featuring Studs Terkel and Anna Deavere Smith in conversation at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago. It originally aired on Chicago Municipal Television, Channel 49.

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  [The 90’s raw: Studs Terkel with Mike Royko at Lawry’s – Tony Fitzpatrick at Lawry’s]

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  Studs Terkel and Mike Royko at Lawry’s. The two share a beer and some words about the bars and taverns of their day, specifically the kinds of people who were a part of the bar scene, what those taverns stood for, and how they’ve changed over the years. Followed by Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick at Lawry’s on his former drinking days.