"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– NBC Radio – Labor Racketeering Hearings – March 27, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this March 27th in 1957 had much to do with the ongoing Labor Racketeering Hearings going on in Washington. One of…
– Radio Moscow – News from Moscow to America – March 7, 1947 – One of the constants during the Cold War period was the War of Words waged between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. This broadcast, from Radio…
Become a Patron! – NBC Radio – News Of The World – February 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this February day in 1945 was full of optimism and momentum. The Western front was now pushing…
Help keep us alive: Become a Patron! – NBC News: Second Sunday – Sic Transit America – June 10, 1972 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the 1960s, as awareness of what was going on in our world was growing,…
CBS Radio Hourly News + Spectrum – December 19, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The saga of Poland continued, this December 19th in 1981. Despite a crackdown and Martial Law imposed, protests and strikes were still going on. News…
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and…
November 15, 1947 – An approaching Winter and a time of much discontent in the Postwar world. The slow rebuilding of Europe was complicated by mass flooding which wiped out crops and added a severe food shortage to the already…
– NBC Radio – The American Forum – Mergers: Are they Helpful or Harmful? – January 2, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In this almost constant state of corporate mergers, leveraged buyouts and hostile takeovers, it’s hard to…
ABC Radio: Baukhage Talking – news for October 3, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A nervous October day in 1949. News of China – strikes dragging on, news of a creeping paranoia over Communists, news of Capitol Hill gamesmanship.…
– September 8, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 8, 1987 – Summer vacation was over and the picket lines were forming in Chicago as negotiations between Teachers and the School District were…