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Inti-Illimani (04/14/1980)

September 29, 2023, 11:00 pm

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In 1980, Studs Terkel welcomed the distinguished Chilean musical group, Inti-Illimani, to WFMT’s studios. Back then, during the time of the dictatorship of Pinochet in Chile, the group was still in exile. In this broadcast, the members of Inti-Illimani perform Latin American folk music, and speak with Studs about their music, their culture, and their country.

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Studs Terkel (1912-2008) radically redefined the concept of radio interviews. For 45 years starting in 1952, WFMT was his homebase. His daily radio show was a pillar of WFMT’s programming, with its eclectic and astute mix of music and conversation. Studs juxtaposed interviews with the many of the 20th century’s most significant figures with the voices of uncelebrated, working people from Chicago. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Studs helped established oral history as a popular and socially ambitious literary genre. Some of his titles include: Division Street, Hard Times, Working, Race and And They All Sang (Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey). Studs was also a recipient of the National Book Award.

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