Category Social Commentary

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Elian? – January 21, 2000

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – January 21, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A spillover from the insane 90’s, this 21st day of January in 2000. Not the…

Bob Marley And The Wailers – Live in London – 1976 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bob Marley And The Wailers – Live at The Exeter Club, London – June 24, 1976 Since today is a holiday, I thought I would end out the day with a…

KFWB On KMET – 1972 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – KFWB on KMET – Gary Owens Show – November 11, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Unless you grew up in L.A. in the 1960s, or have an interest in Top-40…

Today’s Young Woman – 1953 – A Lecture By Millicent Carey McIntosh – Past Daily Reference Room

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A View From The Abyss – January 16, 1966

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – January 16, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No doubt about it, on this January 16th in 1966 we were slipping further and…

Cesar Chavez Has A Few Words About Organizing And Humanity – 1969 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio – Cesar Chavez: The California Grape Boycott – 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of those names certainly synonymous with political and human rights movements of the 1960s,…

With Pots Of Tar And Bags Of Feather – January 15, 1999

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – January 15, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Gearing up for a second day of political rock-throwing in the Impeachment trial of President Clinton, this January…

A Word From Arthur Ashe And A Few Words From Robertson Davies And A Word About Ethics – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Newsmark – Arthur Ashe, Roberston Davies, Sen. John Tower – May 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two interesting and diverse interviews this weekend, and something political to…

Here Comes The Great Society – LBJ’s State Of The Union – January 8. 1964

Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Johnson – State of the Union Address – January 8, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day fifty years ago, President Johnson declared War on Poverty in his first…