Category: Social Commentary
Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – 1953 – Women In Politics – Past Daily Reference Room
Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – American Forum Of The Air – January 18, 1953 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1952, when General Eisenhower swept into the White House, becoming the first Republican President since Herbert Hoover, it caused for a considerable amount of speculation and soul-searching on
Shutting Down The Government 1995 – Past Daily Reference Room –
Government shutdown news – excerpt from ABC World News This week – November 19, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Government shut downs. We’ve had several of them. In fact, since 1976 we’ve had 22 of them – all for different reasons, all over different issues, all have had
Why Do People Vote The Way They Do? – 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room
Chicago University Roundtable – Why Do People Vote The Way They Do? – October 10, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The American voter – probably the largest slice of humanity that is the most unpredictable on earth. Despite every effort at perfecting the poll, every technological advance, every
December 31, 1991 – New Years Eve: 1991 – Looking At The Old Year – Cringing At The New One.
December 31, 1991 – NPR: All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 31, 1991 – New Years Eve on a year that saw change, upheaval and unrest. And tucked in there was a modicum of optimism, but if you blinked, you might have missed it. The big
Christmas In Wartime – Command Performance Dec. 24, 1942 – Past Daily Holiday Pop Chronicles
All Radio Networks – Command Performance – Dec. 24, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas in Wartime. One of the notable aspects of World War 2, aside from it being the first war to be broadcast as extensively as it was, it was the War that took entertainment
It’s 1969 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s Almost Christmas – Love Is In The Air And So Is KDAY
KDAY-AM – Santa Monica – November 26, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For everyone who says that holidays are a gigantic drag, there are those few people for which the possibilities of the holiday season are endless. It may have happened to you. There was always that one