Category Social Commentary

Mad Cow – Mad World – March 28, 1996

Click on the link here for Audio Player – PRI/BBC – The World – March 28, 1996 – WGBH, Boston Further evidence there are no dull days in history, no matter when – March 28th in 1996 was overflowing with…

Vague Threats – Aroused Suspicions – Exxon Valdez – March 26, 1989

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC World News This Week – Week Ending March 26, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection For the week ending, this March 26, 1989 – much of the “big ticket” news…

Playing The C Card – George Wallace Addresses The Alabama Legislature – March 18, 1965 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Governor George Wallace Addresses The Alabama Legislature – March 18, 1965 – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On the eve of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March,…

Endemic To Apartheid – March 21, 1985

Click on the link here for Audio Player- CBS World News Roundup – March 21, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1985 began with an Angry commemoration – March 21st 1985 marked the 25th anniversary…

March 18, 1958 – Cold War Thaws And Tensions – Adlai Stevenson, Pierre Mendes France And Hugh Gaitskill – Past Daily Reference Room

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Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney – March 20, 1962 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney – March 20, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Taking a minor detour around our usual daily dose of news, history and things…

Making Peace Look Real – March 18, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 18, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection There were glimmers of hope, this March 18th in 1994. In a historic first-step, warring factions which had…

Gotti Walks – Paris Waits – March 14, 1987

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 14, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A contrasting sort of day, this March 14th in 1987. From New York came word that reputed Underworld…

Shapes Of Things – March 13, 1985

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 13, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1985 started with a funeral. Soviet Premier Konstantin Chernenko, after only 13 months in office,…