Category Scandals

Nixon: ‘I Am Not A Crook’ – And The Energy Crisis – November 24, 1973

– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – November 24, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – No shortage of Big Ticket crises this week, the one ending on this day in 1973. There was Watergate and the seemingly endless…

Anita Hill - Clarence Thomas Hearings 1991

October 10, 1991 -Anita Hill Goes To The Hill – The Ever-present Stain Of Harrassment

– October 10, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 10, 1991 – and the atmosphere around Capitol Hill was going to get very thick with outrage. Days after revelations that Supreme Court nominee…

Corporate America: Death By Mergers – 1955 – Past Daily Reference Room

– NBC Radio – The American Forum – Mergers: Are they Helpful or Harmful? – January 2, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In this almost constant state of corporate mergers, leveraged buyouts and hostile takeovers, it’s hard to…

The Unabomber: A Man And His Manifesto – September 19, 1995

– 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…

Folk Night 1965 – Josh White, Brothers Four, Ian & Sylvia, Judy Collins, Bud & Travis – Hollywood Bowl – Past Daily Backstage Pass

Folk Night 1965 – Josh White, Bud & Travis – Hollywood Bowl – August 1965, Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – – Folk Night 1965 – Ian  Sylvia, Judy Collins, The Brothers Four – Hollywood Bowl – August…

Watergate And Cambodia: Putting A Strain On The Constitution – Revisiting Kent State – August 4, 1973

– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Week ending August 4, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A week of drama, the week ending this August 4th in 1973. Supreme Court challenges to the War in Cambodia,…

A Sickness Named Dahmer – July 28, 1991

– ABC World News This Week – Week Ending July 28, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 28th in 1991 was the end of a horrifying week. As news filtered out regarding the arrest of a seemingly innocuous…

Linda Tripp

Tripp Dishes Dirt – Scandals In The Oval Office – Fires In Florida – July 7, 1998

– July 7, 1998 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 7, 1998, and the third return of the notorious Linda Tripp to the Grand Jury to lay out some 20 hours of taped phone…

Civil Rights

Civil Rights: Long, Hot Summer ’66 – Vietnam: “No Bargain Basement War” – June 26, 1966

– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – June 26, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The week of June 26th in 1966 pretty much epitomized the tone of the 60s; contentious, ironic and questioning. Beginning with the…