Studs Terkel - It's Personal

Left to my own devices, I don’t think I would have naturally come across Studs Terkel, certainly not in my 20s … maybe in later life, but not in my 20s. But, thanks to my sister, I had not only heard of Studs Terkel, I had actually read him … ‘American Dreams: Lost and Found’ being my first exploration.

“He was the voice of Chicago between Carl Sandburg a century ago – ‘hog butcher to the world,’ and all that – and?Chance the Rapper?today.”

If you know Studs and his work, you will understand why he fits into the People First canon. If you do not, well who am I to tell you? Listen to the?podcast. Explore the?archive?or simply?read?this from 2015 - and when done I hope you agree - not only an extraordinary person, a very ‘People Firsty’ person.