Category Commentators

A Word Or Two From Linus Pauling – 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – guest: Dr. Linus Pauling – May 11, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. During the dark days of the 1950s, if you were…

Should We Limit The Rights Of Political Groups With Alien Ties? 1939 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – America’s Town Meeting – March 23, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As the world was inching closer to all-out war, the debate raged over how much…

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December 31, 1979 – Scrambled World And Richard Rodgers: The Passing Of An Icon

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Will America’s Youth Carry On The American Way? 1939 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – America’s Town Meeting – Can We Depend On Youth To Follow The American Way? – April 20, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The age-old question; leaving…

‘I Am Troubled By The Cynical Immorality Of My Country’ – John Steinbeck – America’s Moral Crisis – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Open Mind – Moral Crisis in America – 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Some 54 years ago, we were in the midst of a moral crisis.…

From The Mind Of Jean Shepherd – 1967 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jean Shepherd – WOR-Radio – December 4, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A dose of mid-century Americana this weekend, via Jean Shepherd and his daily radio…

The World Of December 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Eric Sevareid Commentaries – December 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Some idea of how far-flung and wide-ranging our world was in 1958 can be heard in…

The Hostage Crisis Goes To The UN – December 2, 1979

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – United Nations Security Council Session – Dec. 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran and some 50 Embassy employees held…

Body Counts And Questions – November 19, 1970

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Nightly News (Audio version) – November 19, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A horrific day in history, by most accounts. November 19th 1970 brought with it…

‘You Can Do Very Little With The Hardcore, Depraved Family Of Today’ – Juvenile Delinquency In 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Youth Wants To Know: Juvenile Delinquency – November 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Oh, those carefree, innocent 1950s – where seldom was heard a discouraging word.…