"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
ABC Radio: Baukhage Talking – news for October 3, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A nervous October day in 1949. News of China – strikes dragging on, news of a creeping paranoia over Communists, news of Capitol Hill gamesmanship.…
– September 28, 1996 – NPR – Weekend Edition News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 28, 1996 – it was billed as the most contentious Congress in recent history. The 104th Congress was about to hit the history…
– CBS World News Roundup – September 19, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This September 19th in 1995 had a lot to do with still-at-large domestic terrorist The Unabomber and his demand to publish a 35,000 word manifesto…
– George Meany – Labor Day Address – Sept. 1, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Labor Day in 1967 was on the pessimistic side. Unrest all over the country. Poverty, cities in turmoil, unemployment, the Vietnam War sapping…
– JFK – The State Of The Economy – Aug. 13, 1962 – The Economy, it seems, is always the prevailing topic of political conversation. Where are the jobs, where is the stimulus, where are the tax breaks, where is…
– American Forum of The Air – Is Government Favoring Big Business? – NBC Radio August 7, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Funny how it’s always been speculated on and feared over, but it happens anyway. In 1955,…
– CBS Radio – Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – July 10, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 10, 1951 was an interesting day – not so much for what it represented in the present,…
– June 19, 1968 – Coretta Scott King – Solidarity Day Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 saw no end of turmoil and upheaval in the world. In the first six months alone there was the Tet Offensive in…
– CBS News – June 8, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1978 was an interesting one if you lived in California. The Jarvis-Gann Initiative, or Prop 13 was passed by a landslide vote in the…
– CBS Radio – 9:00 Hourly News w/Richard C. Hottelet – May 16, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day for squabbles and finger pointing, this 16th of May in 1983. Wall Street was reacting to Capitol Hill…