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	The tireless Studs Terkel, artist of the conversation
		That was "This Train," Studs' documentary on the 1963 March on Washington, which, in characteristic Terkel fashion, focused on the group of Chicagoans riding to and from the nation's capital and omitted the orations at the Lincoln Memorial -- including Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
		Studs knocked around at many things -- law studies, acting, a government job or two -- before he figured out that his "little gift" was a part of his essence -- talking with people.
		The tireless Studs Terkel, artist of the conversation
	www.suntimes.com /output/books/cst-books-studs28.html (736 words)

	Online NewsHour: Two Authors Talk About Writing the Lives of Chicago Natives -- August 3, 2005
		Studs Terkel is known for extensive conversations with Americans from all walks of life that chronicle the profound changes in the nation during the 20th century.
		STUDS TERKEL: We play it back and she hears her voice and she says something, suddenly puts her hand to her mouth and says, "Oh, my God!" I said, "What is it?" She said, "I never knew I felt that way before."
		STUDS TERKEL: What he says about Chicago is on the button.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec05/studs_8-03.html (1546 words)

	Studs Terkel
		And an interview with Studs Terkel-one of the greatest oral historians of this century-means an interview with the thousands of people whose lives Studs has recorded.
		In a standard-sized room at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel, Studs Terkel and I sit across a small round table from each other.
		Terkel has come to the Bay Area to "talk" his latest book, Coming of Age (The New Press, 1995).
	www.grandtimes.com /studs.html (370 words)

	Alibris: Studs Terkel
		Studs Terkel explores the questions surrounding death, mortality, and the meaning of life in this collection of 60 interviews.
		The book that first made Studs Terkel's reputation as this country's foremost oral historian is a unique portrait of America at a time of change and hope.
		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 Chicago.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Terkel,Studs (1244 words)

	NPR : Studs Terkel, Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
		Talk of the Nation, October 6, 2005 · Celebrated broadcaster Studs Terkel has interviewed some of the world's most familiar musicians.
		Studs Terkel, radio broadcaster and oral historian; Terkel is the author of many books including Working and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Good War.
		Terkel chronicled the trials and tribulations of ordinary men and women in his book, Working, and their hopes and disappointments in American Dreams: Lost and Found.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4947854&ft=1&f=1041 (320 words)

	Writer Biography: Louis Studs Terkel
		Born in New York City in 1912, Studs Terkel became synonymous with the city of Chicago for his potpurri of endeavors.
		With the advent of television, Terkel hosted a variety and talk show for a stint.
		Terkel likes to tell people that his birth was the same year the the Titanic sunk.
	sc.essortment.com /profilelouisst_rgcm.htm (654 words)

	America Needs to Remember Workers’ Role
		Renowned for his compilations of oral interviews with famous and mostly not-so-famous Americans, Studs Terkel has talked with thousands of people about their experiences on the job, serving their country in World War II, their perceptions of race and most recently, the challenges of growing old and facing death.
		In Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, Terkel elicited first-hand experiences of workers as varied as bus driver and strip miner, policeman and film critic.
		Born Louis Terkel, he grew up in the 1920s and 1930s in an environment filled with workers, union organizers and other progressives who gathered in the lobby of his parents’ Chicago rooming house.
	www.aflcio.org /mediacenter/speakout/studs_terkel.cfm (719 words)

	NPR "Talk of the Nation" host, Ray Suarez, to mingle with DeKalb fans
		Suarez is a multiple-award winner, including being the recipient of a Chicago Emmy Award, the Chicago-based Community Media Workshop's Studs Terkel Award, and the prestigious Benton Fellowship at the University of Chicago.
		NPR "Talk of the Nation" host, Ray Suarez, to mingle with DeKalb fans
		Journalist Ray Suarez, host of National Public Radio's (NPR) nationwide call-in news program, "Talk of the Nation," will be the guest of honor during a series of events in DeKalb on Friday, May 15.
	www.niu.edu /pubaffairs/NT/1998/May4/suarez.html (380 words)

	Fairfield Co. Weekly: Sixteen Tons And Whaddaya Get
		When Studs Terkel was conducting the interviews for his classic book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day And How They Feel About What They Do, in the late '60s and early '70s, "automation" was increasingly changing the work world.
		There's never been a faster-growing medium, and I see no limits.
		Fairfield Co. Weekly: Sixteen Tons And Whaddaya Get
	old.fairfieldweekly.com /articles/working1.html (2817 words)

	The Laura Flanders Show Air America Radio
		Laura has a delightful conversation with legendary oral historian and author of ";And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey", Studs Terkel.
		Laura Flanders, Washignton Post Staff-Writer, Michelle Garcia and Editor and Publisher of The Nation, Katrina Vanden heuvel talk about the contracts Halliburton recently received from the White House.
		Laura Flanders chats with Fox In The Henhouse" activist and authors Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich.
	shows.airamericaradio.com /lauraflanders (2074 words)

	Speaking of Faith Studs Terkel on Work, Life, and Death Vonnegut
		But as a humanist, I've never tried to talk anybody out of religion.
		My grandfather, Bernard Vonnegut, was born in Indianapolis.
		They all loved the business, they were making a lot of money, but Bernard was so unhappy.
	speakingoffaith.publicradio.org /programs/studsterkel/vonnegut.shtml (2209 words)

	Top 100 Library Books - LibrarySpot Lists
		Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, by Studs Terkel
		A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
		The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, by Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, 2nd ed.
	www.libraryspot.com /lists/listoclc.htm (2209 words)

	MetroActive Books Susan Faludi
		I think that Faludi is one of the most important reporters since Studs Terkel turned on his tape recorder.
		Writers who aren't of the author grade call themselves "wordsmiths," as if they were actual verb-mechanics; editors talk of "tuning" or "tightening" prose.
		Faludi writes about even the most reactionary men without contempt, because she holds to the old liberal faith that deluded people can be made to see and understand their true situation.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/11.04.99/cover/lq-faludi-9944.html (2592 words)

	Dave Garroway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Television commentator Steven D. Stark traces the origins of the style to Chicago; Garroway, Studs Terkel, and Hugh Downs, all hosted relaxed, garrulous, extemporaneous shows in that city in the early fifties.
		Along with Arthur Godfrey, Arlene Francis, and Jack Paar, Garroway was one of the pioneers of the television talk show.
		Dave Garroway was found dead of a gunshot wound at his Philadelphia area home on July 21, 1982.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dave_Garroway (774 words)

	Nader 2000
		Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder will perform a song at the Chicago super rally, which will also include speeches by renowned broadcaster and author Studs Terkel, filmmaker Michael Moore, former Independent presidential candidate John Anderson.
		Former talk show host Phil Donahue will be the evening’s master of ceremonies.
		The all-out challenge to ballot access mounted by the Democrats was defeated Oct. 5, when the state agreed to officially place Nader on the Illinois ballot.
	www.commondreams.org /news2000/1006-03.htm (774 words)

	Studs Terkel hits air waves for American Public Media interview
		On February 24, 2005, Studs Terkel was featured on Speaking of Faith, the American Public Media program heard on many public radio stations.
		Studs Terkel hits air waves for American Public Media interview
		Publisher of unabridged audiobooks / books on tape (cassette or CD), including public radio favorites Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, Car Talk, and Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
	www.highbridgeaudio.com /news0503-4.html (166 words)

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