Is there such a thing as a spirit world? And if there is, can the living actually communicate with the dead? Those questions have occupied human beings for centuries, but by the early 1970s they had acquired an interesting new dimension. Radio and television had made the intimate workings of
When the BBC World Service broadcast Children of the Revolution in two parts on April 7, 2010, it offered a remarkable portrait of a generation that had grown up knowing no other Iran than the Islamic Republic. The young people interviewed for the documentary were not participants in the 1979
Here’s something I’ll bet you never thought much about. But thanks to BBC 1Extra and a broadcast from August 23, 2005, you can hear all about it. Language is supposed to be something we all share. But listen closely and it becomes clear that language is also one of the
In February 1950, the question of whether the federal government should have the power to prevent discrimination in employment was still far from settled. On the American Forum of the Air, moderated by Theodore Granik, Senators Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Spessard L. Holland of Florida confronted the issue directly:
A lot of things make us unhappy, including the things we thought would make us happy. What does it mean to be happy? And, perhaps more importantly, who gets to decide what happiness should look like? Those questions were at the heart of an unusual debate between economist Lord Richard
Working at night – More and more American workers, even White Color preferred the graveyard to the 9-5 in the 80s. By the 1980s, the traditional American workday was beginning to look less traditional. The idea of working from nine to five remained deeply embedded in American life, but an
In the summer of 1959, Vienna became the unlikely meeting place for thousands of young people from around the world. From July 26 through August 4, approximately 18,000 young people representing more than 100 countries gathered for the Seventh World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship. There
CBS Radio – Newsmark: Housing the Homeless – January 17, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When CBS Radio’s Newsmark aired its documentary Housing the Homeless on January 17, 1988, homelessness had become one of the defining social issues of the Reagan era. Images of families living in shelters, men
In the immortal words of Howard Beale in Network: “I’m Mad as Hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore!” BBC Radio 4 – A Brief History Of Anger – March 13, 2015. Leave it to the BBC to throw light on issues of living on the planet. For centuries,
American Forum Of The Air – November 2, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. When Alexander P. de Seversky published Air Power: Key to Survival in 1950, the United States stood at the dawn of the Cold War and at the threshold of the nuclear age. A decorated Russian-born aviator,
