Four interviews with Amy Goodman at democracynow.org
From one of them:  See, we’ve forgotten so many things. It’s not that; the kids are never told things, never told about the Depression, never told what it does to families. I saw it at the men’s hotel we ran, what happened with the guys, to their self-esteem. And finally, there came the government that saved industry. And the very children and grandchildren whose daddies asses were saved by big government condemn big government. And so, we have a non-memory.
http://www.democracynow.org/
2007/5/16/studs_terkel_at_95_ordinary_people

You are someone i respect, Studs. Safe journey home.

I was looking for a book by Grahme Greene this morning, and came across some of my worn copies of Stud’s many books. The books reminded me I had not heard or read his name lately in all my news gathering.

I wondered how he was doing.

Then, I went on line and read of his death.

It is a bleaker world for sure.

No other interviewer has ever made the ‘little’ man more relevant than Studs could with a few insightful questions.

The amazing people who inhabit the nooks and crannies of any city - and yet, we never meet them without help. Reading or listening to Studs’ ask questions of a cab driver or bartender or waitress, only to discover that his focus was on the most memorable event in a lifetime of memorable happenings. Not the rich and famous, but perhaps the tired Black Woman who helped desegregate schools in a racist corner of Tennessee or Mississippi.

Studs always took the time and the effort to uncover the story - whether anyone else saw the potential or not. He will be greatly missed and yet, I can pick up any of his books - They are timeless - and immerse myself once again in the journey of discovery made by Studs and his readers: One question at a time…