Medicare And Mayhem – August 21, 1983
Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS Radio – Face The Nation + Hourly News – August 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day of stark contrasts from opposite sides of the world, this August 21st…
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The Staves Live At Lowlands 2013 – Nights At The Roundtable: Festival Edition
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Staves live at Lowlands 2013 – Recorded August 16, 2013 – 3voor12/VPRO Recapping some of the events from Lowlands 2013 this past weekend. One of the opening acts from the first…
August Is Overthrow Season – August 19, 1991
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS – The World Tonight + reports via KNX-AM – August 19, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Not to make light of a situation that often involves dramatic upheaval and…
Perfectly Safe – No Cause For Concern – Chemical Pollution In 1972 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio – Only One Earth – documentary series – 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hard to imagine, but not surprising, the warning signs of our global pollution catastrophe were…
August 15, 1969 – And While The Scent Of Incense And Patchouli Wafted In One Part Of The World – The Scent Of Teargas And Burning Tires Wafted In The Other –
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America Goes Wild – August 14, 1945
Click on the link here for Audio Player – VJ Day celebrations – continuing – NBC Radio – August 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection After days of waiting, false reports, rumors, fits and starts, Japan finally agreed to…
FDR Signs Social Security – August 14, 1935
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Roosevelt signs The Social Security Act of 1935 – August 14, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since it’s been a bone of contention and the target of avid attempts…
August 13, 1965 – City On The Edge – A City Engulfed – Watts Riots –
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Watts Riot Coverage – KTLA-audio – August 13, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If you were living in Los Angeles on this August 13th in 1965 you were no doubt…
Slipping Into Darkness – The Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution – August 10, 1964
Click on the link here for Audio Player – LBJ signs The Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution – August 10, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fifty years ago this week, the seemingly innocuous event of signing a bill pledging support…