Category Social Commentary

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Class of ’53 – Teenagers Of The 50s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sixty years ago, almost to the day, America was muddling over the question “what’s happening to today’s youth?” – Crime was up, juvenile delinquency was up, unwanted pregnancies were up,…

gordonskene
May 27, 2013

1940's, Americana, Capitol Hill, Congress, Day in history, Democracy, Democrats, economy, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Past Daily, Presidents, Small business, Social Commentary, Society, Taxes, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings

FDR Has A Few Words On Fiscal Policy – May 22, 1939

Click on the link here for Audio Player: As a reminder of the ongoing and seemingly endless battle over the Budget, here is an address given by President Roosevelt to the American Retailers Federation in Washington D.C. on…

gordonskene
May 22, 2013

1960's, Capitol Hill, Corruption, Day in history, Democracy, Education, Healthcare, John F. Kennedy, Medicare, Medicine, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings

May 20, 1962 – JFK Would Like A Word With You About Medicare – Past Daily Reference Room

For everyone who thinks the current situation over Medicare is something new, you’re wrong. The issue of Medicare has been raging since the days of the FDR administration. The arguments for it are the same – the arguments against it…

gordonskene
May 20, 2013

Mexico, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Radio, Rock Without Borders, Social Commentary, Society, Spain, Uncategorized

Natalia Lafourcade – In Session At Conciertos de Radio 3 – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Slight change of pace tonight. Pop with Indie leanings from Mexico City by way of Madrid in the form of Natalia Lafourcade. Recorded in session for the Conciertos de Radio…

gordonskene
May 20, 2013

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May 16, 1958 : Vice-president Nixon In South America – Having An Entire Continent Despise You.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News on this day in 1958 had to do with the aftermath of the disastrous visit by vice-President Nixon to South America. In each of the stops on this State…

gordonskene
May 16, 2013

1950's, Commentators, Communist China, Communists, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elections, Harry S. Truman, History, India, Iran, Pakistan, Past Daily Reference Room, Social Commentary, Socialists, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings

Pakistan At The Polls – 1950 – Today With Mrs. Roosevelt – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: With the first open and democratically held elections in Pakistan in several decades coming up this Saturday (May 11), I ran across this very early interview, less than three years…

gordonskene
May 10, 2013

1950's, Cambodia, Capitol Hill, Civil War, Cold War, Commentators, Communist China, Communists, Congress, Day in history, Democracy, Eisenhower, Foreign Policy, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Red Scare, Social Commentary, Socialists, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, United Nations, Veterans, Vietnam War, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War, World News

May 7, 1954 – And Then There Was Dien Bien Phu – End Of One Chapter, Beginning Of Another.

Become a Patron! Since most mainstream media will be focusing on the end of the War in Europe in 1945, May 7th also marks another anniversary; one that had far-reaching consequences during the years and decades directly following it. The…

1981, Capitol Hill, Civil War, Cold War, Communists, Congress, Day in history, Foreign Policy, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Northern Ireland, Past Daily, Protest Movements, Radio, Riots, Social Commentary, Society, Solidarity, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, United Nations, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War, World News

May 6, 1981 – Bobby Sands: When The Hunger Strike Goes Very Wrong.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”8157″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 6, 1981 – News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Not so much a cause for alarm, an ominous glimpse of things to come or a cautionary tale, but rather a…