OLD STUBBORN GUTS.(Review) (sound recording review)

Oral History Review, The, January, 2001 by Stein, Alan Harris

OLD STUBBORN GUTS. Producer, David Prest. London: BBC Radio 4, 1997.5 audiotapes (2.5 hours). BBC Radio Production Resources, 017 1-765-5306.

While Studs Terkel is primarily known for his oral history books, he will be most remembered in the twenty-first century for his American library of voices. Two important radio anthologies devoted to Terkel's archives are the subjects of this review. The first anthology, Voices of Our Times: Five Decades of Studs Terkel Interviews, is a chronological compilation of forty-eight broadcast interviews produced by Tom Voegeli, who used to work with Terkel at WFMT. The second collection, Old Stubborn Guts, is a five-part series divided into broad themes, best described as an archival journey with Terkel. It is produced and...

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