"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
June 26, 1936 – CBS – Convention Day 4 excerpt – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 26, 1936 – Day 4 of the Democratic Convention from Philadelphia. Philadelphia was the site for the 1936 convention – a convention which…
September 27-30,1938 – BBC Home Service – NBC Radio Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The recent world developments have brought a plethora of speculation and comparisons. One that stands out is a series of events which took…
April 7, 1935 – Grayco Movie Column Of The Air – Week ending April 7, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 7, 1935. If you thought Hollywood (or the concept of Hollywood) was Mecca in the early days…
April 5, 1938 – Special Broadcast From Copenhagen – Neils Bohr Address- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Neils Bohr – a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel…
William Hard: Essay on the Constitution – You And Your Government radio series – March 31, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Democracy and the Constitution – periodically, during our nation’s history, the very basis of our democracy and…
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Nat King Cole Swing Trio – in session for Standard Broadcast Transcriptions – February 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another legendary figure who transitioned over from Jazz to Pop and achieved massive success. Last night it was Peggy…
Prime Minister Edouard Daladier – Address to France – December 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 1, 1939 – With the war in Europe four months old, and the threat of an invasion of France becoming more…
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