– CBS Radio – The Hidden Revolution: The 20 hour Work Week with Edward R. Murrow – Dec. 17, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Lately, you hear people moaning about the bucolic days of the 1950s, wishing they were back – morals and all. In the 1950s, many people
The Cleanup – An Oil spill with long-lasting consequences. April 2nd came on a Sunday in 1989. And on that particular Sunday the focus was still over the on-going disaster and its aftermath from the oil spill from the Tanker Exxon Valdez. The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska‘s Prince
The Grogans – Australia heads to the Garage. The Grogans in concert for the Lunchroom today – Live at The King Street in Newcastle, Australia during Triple J’s 50th Tour on November 21, 2025. Here’s a blurb from their Management’s Website: “Genre-expanding outfit The Grogans are a trio of best
April 2, 1979 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 2, 1979 – The nuclear Power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg Pennsylvania was continuing. Amid signs of optimism that the #2 reactor didn’t completely melt down, officials were upbeat that the worst of
April 1, 1979 – News – Bulletins – Carter Press Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 1, 1979 – the situation at the 3 Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant had already gone into the history books as the worst Nuclear Power Plant accident in U.S.history. On this day,
April 1, 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy Press Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 1, 1968. A day after President Johnson announced his decision not to seek re-election, the focus was now on Robert F. Kennedy, who announced his candidacy on March 16th. On March 31, President Johnson
Dry Cleaning In session – X-Posure With John Kennedy – Radio X – August 13, 2021 – Radio X Dry Cleaning in session tonight. Recorded (as they put it) in isolation for Radio X in London and broadcast on August 13th 2021. Formed in 2018, they were just getting their
March 31, 1971 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 31, 1971 – Lt. William Calley, convicted in the massacre of 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968 was handed the sentence on this day. The jury was given only one of two possibilities
President Bush on the Walter Reed Mea Culpa tour – Promise to make things right. Scandals and standoffs for this March 30, 2007. Starting with President Bush carried a promise of better treatment for neglected war veterans on a tour of Walter Reed Army Medical Center Friday, but critics questioned
March 30, 1951 – CBS Radio: Hear It Now with Edward R. Murrow – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1951 – What this week sounded like in 1951, and a look at Hollywood at a crossroads. A week loaded with drama – from hearings on Organized Crime to
