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Judy Collins (07/12/1963)

October 23, 2026, 11:00 pm

Judy Collins, 1971 (Heinrich Klaffs via flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Studs Terkel’s guest in this musical hour is the celebrated American creator and interpreter of songs, Judy Collins. This program first aired on WFMT in July 1963, and features Judy, some of her own songs, and some of her contemporaries, too. Judy Collins brings her Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: Farewell tour to sold-out performances at the Old Town School. Tonight, the Best of Studs Terkel celebrates her enduring legacy with this treasured archive rebroadcast.

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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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