Fifty Years After Studs Terkel Published 'Hard Times' ... Here We Are Again

was Terkel's second bestseller and he'd already begun using a portable tape recorder to capture interviews with everyday people beyond his Chicago studio.

"I say to you, the Great American Depression, what's the first thought [that] comes to your mind?" Terkel inquired of Iowa farmer Harry Terrell for, the station where Terkel held the job title"Free Spirit" for more than 45 years. "Well, I think of the bank failures," Terrell replies quietly."The first time I became conscious of it was when our bank closed and I lost everything in it.". He spoke with college dropouts, hoboes, erotic dancers, teachers, activists and more. Robin Langston was an African-American social worker and jazz musician who was born during the Depression.

"You think a Depression of that intensity could come again?" Terkel wondered."I think it could," Langston answered mildly."But it would behoove the federal government not to let it come."

Damn, I remember reading that...the Jesuits suggested it when I was in high school📚

It's not the plandemic that's crumbling our economy, it's the leaders that people are blindly following who are messing it all up.

Great author

Thanks to the socialist party of US Democrats.

I read 'Race' 25 years ago. If that dosen't wake you up, nothing will.

I think Studs should be required reading right now.

I loved this book, like all of Terkel's books. Maybe time to read it again?

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Miss you Studs

Poignant and topical. Thank you.

NPR is rooting for our country to crumble. They hate America and people are seeing it more and more. Chinese payroll?

Anyone wanna borrow my copy?

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