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Jean Ritchie (04/03/1981)

December 29, 2023, 11:00 pm

Jean Ritchie, c. 1950s (Sdoknfonfosijogij licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0)

This encore Studs Terkel broadcast from 1977 features the American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, Jean Ritchie (1922-1915). She and Studs enjoyed many of such conversations over the years, with the first one taking place in 1957.

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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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