DN!: Legendary Radio Broadcaster and Oral Historian Studs Terkel Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:12:36 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST November 13, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Legendary Radio Broadcaster and Oral Historian Studs Terkel on the Iraq War, NSA Domestic Spy Program, Mahalia Jackson, James Baldwin, the Labor Movement and His New Memoir "Touch and Go" * We are broadcasting from Chicago, the hometown of our very special guest for the hour -- broadcaster, author, social historian, American legend, Studs Terkel. Today, at the age of 95, Terkel is still speaking out. Two weeks ago, he wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times criticizing the Bush administration's warrantless spy. And he has just come out with his long-awaited memoir. It's called łTouch and Go." Studs Terkel joins us for the hour. 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