A few years ago, I had the honor of spending the day with Studs Terkel, a journalist that I deeply admire. At the time, I was an editor at a publishing company called Seven Stories Press and Studs Terkel had come to New York for several interviews. I was his escort through different parts of the city and was too shy to ask him questions about his life. He was older now and his wife had just passed away. He kept on calling me "kid!" which I really liked and he wore a bright red sweater and still had the smile of a curious young man. He died a little over a week ago at the age of 96 and when I heard that he was no longer physically on this earth, I truly felt a great person was lost. Terkel published several books including Working and had a radio show in Chicago for 45 years. Listen to some of his recordings, here are some special ones on The Depression that aired last week on This American Life.