Piece Description

Despite his best efforts, like the very establishments he excoriated, Studs Terkel became an American institution. A man of the people, he was also an unapologetic liberal and intellectual in a culture where neither is especially popular. In this program, drawn from a nonstop three-hour conversation in the final years of his life, Studs reflects on a life spent listening to the battered but unbowed spirit of ordinary and extraordinary Americans.

Guest: Studs Terkel, prize-winning author and radio broadcast personality