Studs Terkel interviews Tom Wolfe ; part 2

01/09/2023 25 min
Studs Terkel interviews Tom Wolfe ; part 2

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Episode Synopsis

First broadcast on July 26, 1965. Studs Terkel and Tom Wolfe discuss Wolfe's first collection of essays, "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby".

Terkel and Wolfe begin their conversation by listening to and discussing an excerpt from an interview with a young motorcycle enthusiast named Chuck.

Topics of conversation include Wolfe's writing process and personal history, the generation gap, class and income disparity, motorcycle culture, Las Vegas, and stock car racing.

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