On Demand
Survival Kit
Sunday, June 29, 2003
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Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel has been called the voice of Chicago; for over five decades he had a popular radio show in that city, and his bestselling oral histories, including Division Street: America, Hard Times, Working, Race, and The Good War have examined our national experience from the Depression, through World War II, to the lives of contemporary Americans, and their thoughts on a wide range of subjects. Now I’ve asked him to leave behind the two things he loves most - the city of Chicago and people - at least in imagination, for a long stay in a remote place, and to figure out what he would need to get him through the ordeal.
Studs Terkel's Survival Kit:
1. As much George Bernard Shaw as traffic will bear
2. Ditto Mark Twain
3. Schubert’s Die Winterreise sung by Hans Hotter or Fischer Dieskau
4. Big Bill Broonzy/ Mahalia Jackson
5. Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe
6. Bombay Gin
7. H. Upmann Cigars
8. Toscanini’s Beethoven’s 9th (oh, and the presence of Michelle Pfeiffer)
1. As much George Bernard Shaw as traffic will bear
2. Ditto Mark Twain
3. Schubert’s Die Winterreise sung by Hans Hotter or Fischer Dieskau
4. Big Bill Broonzy/ Mahalia Jackson
5. Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe
6. Bombay Gin
7. H. Upmann Cigars
8. Toscanini’s Beethoven’s 9th (oh, and the presence of Michelle Pfeiffer)
