Research Paper On Studs Terkel
There's another lesson.
And it starts with this guy.
That Studs Terkel.
How many of you know Studs Terkel? Can I see a show of hands?
Not too many of you. Oldsters.
The old TEDxters know Studs Terkel. (Laughter)
Studs Terkel was probably the greatest living interviewer on the planet, as far as I'm concerned, but, certainly, in America when he was living, he died in 2008.
I was fortunate to interview him once he was deaf as a doornail
I did like shout into the microphone for him to hear me.
He was born 1912, died in 2008, so ninety six years old when he died had interviewed probably.
I mean thousands upon thousands of people. his seminal work or work that really set him apart which was also the.
The first work that I that I discovered by him. …show more content…
That would set your mind at ease
It's really obvious question right is there any compromise here any middle ground.
And he said: "Well, yeah. I think there is."
Nobody to ask that question yet for some reason like it had come up I don't know if he was waiting for enough enough press or something like that but sometimes the point of that is that sometimes. The obvious question is the most important question to ask.
So don't be afraid to ask the obvious question because it may turn out that the obvious question needs to be asked at that moment.
This is my friend no else the last.
And if you know some nuance Alaska give Show hands.
Fans of no else the last.
I'm a big fan of Noel Selassie and I've done a lot of work together.
One of the other areas in which you wind up sometimes asking questions.
Isn't always the interview, but sometimes you're facilitating a conversation.
Teachers know this really well.
In fact, part of what most of what I learned about asking questions
I learned when I was teaching high …show more content…
And the night before the interview we.
My friend Jeff and I met him at this event.
And we said Sir we're both it we're both big fans of yours were both at Berkeley we're both writing our theses are our undergraduate thesis on your poetry.
"Could we possibly interview you tonight.?"
And he said: "No".
What about tomorrow.
And he said sure.
As long as you can give me a ride from Palo Alto to San Francisco.
OK And did it so it.
Long story but what he said at that moment he said pick me up tomorrow morning at nine.
At the hotel over there whatever it was and make sure you don't ask me a question that anybody has asked me before.
(Laugher)
OK!
So it's so and.
The dude had been interviewed a lot of times
I mean there are books upon books upon books and magazine articles and everything Paris Review New York are everywhere.
So Jeff and I were like up all night.
You know reviewing everything that we've researched about him to make sure that we're not going over old ground.
Was a really really important lesson and in the end.
We did I mean we were asking him about stuff that really was new for him and it worked really well.
This is moral
And it starts with this guy.
That Studs Terkel.
How many of you know Studs Terkel? Can I see a show of hands?
Not too many of you. Oldsters.
The old TEDxters know Studs Terkel. (Laughter)
Studs Terkel was probably the greatest living interviewer on the planet, as far as I'm concerned, but, certainly, in America when he was living, he died in 2008.
I was fortunate to interview him once he was deaf as a doornail
I did like shout into the microphone for him to hear me.
He was born 1912, died in 2008, so ninety six years old when he died had interviewed probably.
I mean thousands upon thousands of people. his seminal work or work that really set him apart which was also the.
The first work that I that I discovered by him. …show more content…
That would set your mind at ease
It's really obvious question right is there any compromise here any middle ground.
And he said: "Well, yeah. I think there is."
Nobody to ask that question yet for some reason like it had come up I don't know if he was waiting for enough enough press or something like that but sometimes the point of that is that sometimes. The obvious question is the most important question to ask.
So don't be afraid to ask the obvious question because it may turn out that the obvious question needs to be asked at that moment.
This is my friend no else the last.
And if you know some nuance Alaska give Show hands.
Fans of no else the last.
I'm a big fan of Noel Selassie and I've done a lot of work together.
One of the other areas in which you wind up sometimes asking questions.
Isn't always the interview, but sometimes you're facilitating a conversation.
Teachers know this really well.
In fact, part of what most of what I learned about asking questions
I learned when I was teaching high …show more content…
And the night before the interview we.
My friend Jeff and I met him at this event.
And we said Sir we're both it we're both big fans of yours were both at Berkeley we're both writing our theses are our undergraduate thesis on your poetry.
"Could we possibly interview you tonight.?"
And he said: "No".
What about tomorrow.
And he said sure.
As long as you can give me a ride from Palo Alto to San Francisco.
OK And did it so it.
Long story but what he said at that moment he said pick me up tomorrow morning at nine.
At the hotel over there whatever it was and make sure you don't ask me a question that anybody has asked me before.
(Laugher)
OK!
So it's so and.
The dude had been interviewed a lot of times
I mean there are books upon books upon books and magazine articles and everything Paris Review New York are everywhere.
So Jeff and I were like up all night.
You know reviewing everything that we've researched about him to make sure that we're not going over old ground.
Was a really really important lesson and in the end.
We did I mean we were asking him about stuff that really was new for him and it worked really well.
This is moral