Bughouse Square with Eve Ewing

Studs Terkel Radio Archive & WFMT Radio Network

History comes alive as we revisit important moments in American culture with interviews from the archives of the inimitable 20th-century broadcaster and oral historian Studs Terkel. Host Eve Ewing guides us through

the Studs Terkel Radio Archive and pairs each piece of archival audio with an interview with a contemporary thinker, intertwining the past and the present. Dust off your soapbox, open your ears, and come down to the Bughouse Square. Bughouse Square with Eve Ewing is produced by the WFMT Radio Network and made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: exploring the human endeavor.

4hr 42min

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Erika L. Sánchez explains what it was like to live in Spain and to feel like she spoke a different language, even though it was still Spanish.

February 15, 20195min 57sec

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Sandra Cisneros talks to Studs about the tradition of Chicano writers, the wisdom of her mother, and the representation of fierce women in her work.

February 1, 201948min 50sec

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Min Jin Lee explains the racism she experienced as a Korean-American living in Japan, and how that pulled at both her Korean and American selves.

January 18, 20193min

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Episode 4 features a STRA interview, Studs with Younghill Kang and host Eve Ewing in conversation with Min Jin Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko, and a 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist.

January 4, 201949min 55sec

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We have more from our interview with Imani Perry! She describes the intimate friendships that Lorraine Hansberry had with James Baldwin and Nina Simone.

December 21, 20182min 1sec

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Episode 3 features a STRA interview, Studs with Lorraine Hansberry, and host Eve Ewing in conversation with the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and author extraordinaire, Dr. Imani Perry

December 7, 201856min 22sec

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Before the next episode drops, we need to talk about Adam Mansbach’s contentious relationship with the singer of Baby Beluga.

November 23, 20181min 41sec

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If you’re going to write a book that involves swearing at your child, it probably shouldn’t go in the children’s section, right?

November 9, 20187min 4sec

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Episode 2 features a STRA interview, Studs with Shel Silverstein, and host Eve Ewing in conversation with Adam Mansbach, New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter and cultural critic.

November 2, 201852min 23sec

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Episode 2 is almost ready, but we have more from Darnell Moore! He names more black, queer writers that merit our attention now.

October 26, 20183min 21sec

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To tide you over until Episode 2, here are some more insights from Darnell Moore on the Movement for Black Lives and the challenges of creating inclusive spaces.

October 19, 20185min 36sec

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Studs Terkel talks to the legendary writer James Baldwin, and Eve asks why Black writers are so often expected to be hopeful.

October 5, 201844min 39sec

Studs Terkel talks to the legendary writer James Baldwin, and Eve asks why Black writers are so often expected to be hopeful.

September 17, 20181min 12sec