Category: Politics
Chicago 1968 – A Day In the Park – August 27, 1968 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Our subscribers keep us afloat – you can join them: Become a Patron! – KPFK/Pacifica – Chicago 1968 – A Day In The Park – The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention Protests – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Chicago – August 27, 1968 – In an already tumultuous year; one that
El Salvador – The Cold War Frying Pan – March 22, 1981
Become a subscriber: Become a Patron! – CBS Radio – The World This Week – ending March 22, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1981 – Ending a week of turmoil and uncertainty. The situation in El Salvador, the drumbeat of war and the fear of another
Paranoia In The Age Of Anxiety – Operation Alert – 1959 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– Operation Alert 1959 – Conelrad Emergency Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If the Cold War period wasn’t frightening enough for the average person, with daily news reports of tensions and takeovers and thinly-veiled threats, there was the extra added bonus of having to deal with the almost constant
Postwar Europe: A Delicate Balance – March 14, 1948
News on this March 14th in 1948 came by way of commentary on the Marshall Plan for reconstruction of Europe. Branded by some as an unwarranted blank check to the former European allies with no obligation to pay back, while looked on by others as competition with the Soviet Union
National Farm Day – 1941 – FDR, Henry Wallace, Claude Wickard – March 8, 1941
Check us out for 7 days free: Become a Patron! – Pres. Roosevelt, vice-President Wallace, Sec. of Agriculture Claude Wickard – Farm Day 1941 – March 8, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection March 8, 1941 marked the 2nd annual National Farm Day. To commemorate the event, President Roosevelt,vice-President Henry
Super Tuesday And The Panic Over $2.00 Gas – March 6, 2000
Coffee goes well with everything: – CBS World News Roundup-Late Edition – March 6, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hard to imagine it was 24 years ago on this day that people were in a state of shock and dismay over the prospect of paying upwards of $2.00
March 4, 1939 – 150th Anniversary Of Congress – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to the actual addresses from March 4, 1939 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Congress.
Statehood – A Hard Sell For Hawaii And Alaska – March 1, 1955
Coffee works and it works real good: – NBC Radio – Listen To Washington: Alaska-Hawaii Statehood Question – March 1, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was a question on everybody’s minds for a very long time. Ever since Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867, the question
Campaign ’96: “Forty Bucks A Head” – Whitewater: The Saga Continues – February 29, 1996
Become a Patron! – February 29, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 29, 1996 – Campaign ’96 was ramping up, with GOP Presidential hopeful and mega-millionaire Steve Forbes sailing to victory in the Arizona primary, which gave him the biggest win of his