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U.S. Policy On Angola -1976 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: Options – U.S. Policy on Angola – Feb. 13, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the independence movements unfolded in Africa, and as nations emerged and went through the…

Allan Shivers And The World Of 1954 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio: Youth Wants To Know – Guest: Governor Allan Shivers (D-Tx) – April 28, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection At first glance, the year 1954 doesn’t seem like that…

Pete Seeger Has A Word Or Two About TV Censorship In 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NET – Newsfront – Interview with Pete Seeger regarding Smothers Brothers censorship – Sept.13, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Certainly no stranger to controversy, Pete Seeger had more than his…

Not With Candy And Flowers – April 8, 2004

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – The World Today – April 8, 2004 – BBC World Service Ten years ago today, the stark reality that our involvement in Iraq wasn’t going to be met with…

Jesse Winchester – In Concert – 1982 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition – Update: RIP Jesse Winchester (1944-2014)

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jesse Winchester – In concert at Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA – October 12, 1982 Sunday night, when the news came across several Social Media sites that singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester…

A Day Called X – 1959 – Cold War Fear And Paranoia – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: The Hidden Revolution – A Day Called X – March 18, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One thing was certain about the Cold War, there was no shortage…

Staple Singers – Live At WPLJ – 1972 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Staple Singers – Live at WPLJ – June 26, 1972 – WPLJ Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ending up the week on a Soulful note, with a radio concert…