The Studs Terkel Archive Podcast returns for season two

The Studs Terkel Archive Podcast is back for season two.

Each Friday it will deliver a curated interview from the legendary Chicago journalist's long-running radio broadcast.

Subscribe at studs.show.

Our new season opens with a twin billing:

A brief 1964 interview with Martin Luther King Jr. in Mahalia Jackson's home

An in-depth talk with parents and students in Gage Park, which became a flashpoint of Chicago's desegregation struggle after a march led by King

The pairing shows the two sides of Studs.

He's rightfully famous for filling his books with the poetry, and profundity, uncovered in interviews with common people.

His radio show, which ran for decades on Chicago's classical and folk music station, showcases something else.

Studs was also an engaging interviewer of the leading lights of his time, eliciting fascinating discussions with well-known activists, artists and actors.

I've dragged this season through the garden, loading it up with interviews I know you'll want to hear. That includes:

Louis Armstrong

Marlon Brando

Toni Morrison

Susan Sontag

Timothy Leary

And many more!

You can tune in using your favorite podcatcher at studs.show. We support:

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All episodes are drawn from the excellent archival work done at WFMT.

If you want to learn more about Studs, this is a great place to start.

With audio interviewing again en vogue, it's a good time to revisit a master of the form.

Whenever I listen, I'm struck by Studs' simplicity.

He never tries to sound smart, to oversimplify or to shoehorn people into the sociological pigeonholes that often pass as analysis.

Without resorting to formulaic questions and other gimmicks, he always manages to make the show about his guests, their ideas, their origins, their work and their passions.

But don't take my word for it. Hear it for yourself. Subscribe today at studs.show!