2009-06-06T16:59:02-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b04/286861-09-m.jpgPaul Buhle and Harvey Pekar talked about their book Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic ...

For Labor Day, we’re bringing you a special, one hour episode of our series The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel. In 1974, oral historian Studs Terkel published a book with an unwieldy title: “Working: ...

Studs Terkel’s death at age 96 reminds me of a story. My mother had just finished reading a paperback copy of “Working,” Studs Terkel’s astounding collection of interviews with ordinary Americans who ...

Studs Terkel had a gift for connecting with people and collecting their stories. Some of those oral histories of everyday workers talking about their jobs became a bestselling book published in 1974 ...

“These are real people in Working. We used Studs Terkel’s [1974] book, of course, but for this production, I also did some new interviews. I learned a lot about interviewing through my association ...

Overwhelmed with worry? Eager for hope and inspiration? In search of some presiding philosophy to just get you through this pandemic, the quarantine — the afternoon itself? You could turn to your ...

In 1974, oral historian Studs Terkel published a book with an unwieldy title: "Working: People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do." This collective portrait of ...