http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2008/11/02/destination-freedom-the-rhyme-of-the-ancient-dodger/ Ramblings of an Old Man on Old-Time and Contemporary Radio, Television, the Arts, and the News; includes OTR Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2008/11/02/destination-freedom-the-rhyme-of-the-ancient-dodger/#comment-7699 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:59:42 +0000 http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2008/11/02/destination-freedom-the-rhyme-of-the-ancient-dodger/#comment-7699 Hey Charlie, The first time I had ever heard of Studs Terkel was when my brother Jeff handed me a paperback he had just finished. It was Terkel's "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do". Having just graduated from high school (and thinking about my future career), I was awed how Studs documented how people worked and what they thought about their jobs. Really, I was awed that someone would care about people doing what I otherwise had thought was mundane labor. Every high school senior would do well to read "Working". Some years later I discovered the "Focus" show on WJR radio in Detroit in which J.P McCarthy interviewed a variety of people especially national performing artists booked in Detroit local business and political figures. J.P.'s show was like Studs' "Working" in that both gentlemen showed more than just a curiosity in their interviewees lives. The nearest to the two in warmth and empathy is Bob Edwards in my opinion. Anyway, I look forward to listening to "Destination Freedom". Best Regards. Hey Charlie,
The first time I had ever heard of Studs Terkel was when my brother Jeff handed me a paperback he had just finished. It was Terkel’s “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do”. Having just graduated from high school (and thinking about my future career), I was awed how Studs documented how people worked and what they thought about their jobs. Really, I was awed that someone would care about people doing what I otherwise had thought was mundane labor. Every high school senior would do well to read “Working”. Some years later I discovered the “Focus” show on WJR radio in Detroit in which J.P McCarthy interviewed a variety of people especially national performing artists booked in Detroit local business and political figures. J.P.’s show was like Studs’ “Working” in that both gentlemen showed more than just a curiosity in their interviewees lives. The nearest to the two in warmth and empathy is Bob Edwards in my opinion. Anyway, I look forward to listening to “Destination Freedom”. Best Regards.

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