Category History

Christmas And Propaganda – 1957 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles: Holiday Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Life And The World – December 19, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even during the holiday season, we were never too far away from thinking about…

‘The Yankees Are Invading Panama! The Yankees Are Invading Panama!’ – December 19-20, 1989

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – News and bulletins – December 19, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If you happened to be around on this day, 25 years ago,…

Robert Gordon – In Concert At My Father’s Place – 1979 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Robert Gordon Band – Live At My Father’s Place – Roslyn, New York – March 6, 1979 – WLIR-FM In the odd event listening to a Piano…

Is Cuba Going Red? 1959 – Reporting On A Revolution – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: Is Cuba Going Red? – May 7 and 13, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the momentous news today of the resumption of diplomatic…

Kicking Russia Out – Soviets Dropped From League Of Nations – December 17, 1939

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Foreign Policy Association – December 17, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what was considered a strange move and unholy alliance, Germany and Russia signed a…

Calling The Whole Thing Off – Government Shutdown 2 – December 16, 1995

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – December 16, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Just like clockwork, another government shutdown for this December 16th in 1995. This one,…

A System Of Torture – An Interview With Janis Karpinski About Abu Ghraib – 2006 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio National: Late Night Live – Janis Karpinski – May 22, 2006 – ABC Radio National, Australia/Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the latest set of horrifying…

Lied To By The KGB – December 10, 1981

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Hourly News – December 10, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News regarding the continuing odyssey of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov and the tribulations and drama…

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…

Hijackings And Oil Prices – December 9, 1981

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News On The Hour – December 9, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Compared to other December 9th’s in history, December 9, 1981 was downright calm.…