"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
-Radio Peking (Beijing) – English language broadcast for December 21, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Radio Peking, before it was known as Radio Beijing, the Voice of The People’s Republic of China, who broadcast daily in English, and…
– NBC World News Roundup + News Of The World – December 12, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly no end to trouble, discontent, upheaval and strife on this particular December 12th. 1947 was a year of change throughout…
A messy week, this one ending on September 12th in 1949, with violence, racism, red scare, politics and birthdays tossed in for good measure. Starting with President Truman stumping on behalf of candidates running in the 1949 Mid-Term elections. Truman…
– News for August 26, 1945 – NBC Radio/WEAF, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1945 had much to do with preparations for the official surrender of Japan and the Allied occupation, getting…
– Voices and Events: 1953 – NBC Radio – Dec. 28, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – 1953; a world crammed with extremes. A war in Korea and an armistice, an inquisition on Capitol Hill and threats of Communist…
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May 19, 1989 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 19, 1989 – a day of increased tensions and confrontation. Students gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to protest the hardline regime and push for dramatic political…
Selling Of The President 1968 – Interview with Joe McGinniss – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Selling of The President in 1968. Much as the 1960 Presidential election changed the way politics was marketed to the American people, by…