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Dick Cavett & Chris Porterfield (9/23/1974)

July 20, 2018, 11:00 pm

Dick Cavett (Photo by Christopher Peterson)

Dick Cavett published his memoir, Cavett, in 1974. Soon thereafter, he and co-author Chris Porterfield were Studs Terkel’s guests on WFMT. They spoke of Cavett’s early years in Nebraska, his time as a comedy gag-writer, his long-running ABC talk show, and the manner in which the book allows readers to know him on a more personal level.

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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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Dick Cavett & Chris Porterfield (9/23/1974)