Studs Terkel

Legendary broadcaster and author Studs Terkel comments on President Bush, Mahalia Jackson, James Baldwin, Louis Armstrong, the rebuilding of New Orleans, and what gives him hope. He's one of the great social historians of our time. He prefers to call himself a "guerrilla journalist with a tape recorder." Born in 1912 in New York City, Studs Terkel moved with his family to Chicago at the age of ten where he spent most of his life. Over the years he has worked as an activist, a civil servant, a labor organizer, a radio DJ and a television actor. But he is best known as a Chicago radio personality and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. For 45 years, Studs Terkel spent an hour each weekday on his nationally syndicated radio show interviewing the famous and the not-so-famous. With his unique style, he created portraits of everyday life in America and chronicled the changing times of the 20th century.