Nov 30 2008

Broadcast Date: 
Nov 30 2008

A remembrance of Studs Terkel by his longtime editor André Schiffrin, with audio from Studs' interviews about the Great Depression; plus "Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949," at the Jewish Museum.

Episode segments
  • Remembering Studs Terkel
    Obituaries
    André Schiffrin, founder of The New Press and long time publisher of Studs Terkel.
    Esther Kaplan

    We talk with André Schiffrin about his long relationship with Studs Terkel.

  • The Voice of Studs Terkel
    Obituaries
    Esther Kaplan

    We play three interviews conducted by Studs Terkel for Hard Times, his oral history of the Great Depression of the 1930s, courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

  • Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater 1919-1949
    Theater, Visual Art, Arts & Culture, Exhibits
    Susan Tumarkin Goodman is the curator of the Jewish Museum's exhibit.
    Alisa Solomon

    Through paintings, costume and set designs, posters, photographs, film clips and theater ephemera this exhibition reveals an exhilarating but fleeting moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union when innovative visual artists joined forces with avant-garde playwrights, actors, and theatrical producers.  Alisa Solomon walks through the exhibit with curator Susan Tumarkin Goodman.