Click on the link here for Audio Player – Radio Moscow News In English – April 13, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of the upticks during the Cold War was the near constant barrage of propaganda, newscasts, jamming of signals and plain old Publicity that took place between
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio Special Report – Nikita Khruschev Reports – Jan. 16, 1961 As the Kennedy Years started to unfold, the Cold War took on new aspects. The U-2 incident during the last months of the Eisenhower administration put a damper on
Click on the link here for Audio Player – George Fisher Interviews Carmen Miranda – July, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No question, Portuguese-Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda was a household name in American entertainment throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s. Anyone who is a fan of the Technicolor
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Tinariwen – In Concert from Salle Pleyel, Paris – February 2, 2012 – RFI-Monde With the recent surge in interest in Desert Blues, a flood of bands had been getting world attention of late. Luckily for all of us, many of
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: Options – U.S. Policy on Angola – Feb. 13, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the independence movements unfolded in Africa, and as nations emerged and went through the pangs of growth and adjustment, one of the most contentious
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service – Newsdesk – April 10, 1998 – BBC World Service After decades of violence, untold numbers dead and two years of talks, it was looking very much like Peace would finally come to Northern Ireland. On this April
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio: Youth Wants To Know – Guest: Governor Allan Shivers (D-Tx) – April 28, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection At first glance, the year 1954 doesn’t seem like that momentous a period in World history. The Cold War and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – The World Today – April 8, 2004 – BBC World Service Ten years ago today, the stark reality that our involvement in Iraq wasn’t going to be met with open arms had many wondering just how long this odyssey
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jesse Winchester – In concert at Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA – October 12, 1982 Sunday night, when the news came across several Social Media sites that singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester had lost his battle with Cancer at age 69, it
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: The Hidden Revolution – A Day Called X – March 18, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One thing was certain about the Cold War, there was no shortage of doomsday scenarios and no ceiling on the amount of
