Episode 50: Studs Terkel

In this episode, we discuss the life and work of Studs Terkel. A Chicago resident from age 10 until his death at age 96, Studs Terkel epitomized Chicago. A charismatic presence, Terkel began his career as a radio actor and on-air interviewer before becoming the star of an unscripted local TV show called Stud’s Place. He hosted his own interview radio show too, The Studs Terkel Program, that aired every weekday between 1952 and 1997. Terkel’s greatest legacy, perhaps, lies in his oral history collections. Books such as Working, Race, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Good War capture the voices, [...]