"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 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…
– The Voices Of World War 1 – 1914-1918 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Originally known as Armistice Day, and in England it’s still known as Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day (as it’s now known here) came about as the…
– CBS Radio – Where The People Stand w/Elmo Roper – November 6, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For all the complaints and bafflement over just how badly informed the American people are, not only with History, World…
– CBS World News Roundup – November 3, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Berlin and Capitol Hill: For all intents and purposes, the start of a historic week, this November 3rd in 1989. Starting with the showdown on…
This day, 40 years ago we were busily invading the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada in what has been described as “A lovely little war”. Considered a threat to stability in the region, the small island was at the center…
– CBS World News Roundup – October 23, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 23rd in 1979 was a harbinger of things to come. On this day, The Shah of Iran arrived in New York…
– Sen. Ernest Lundeen Discusses Future of Television and The FCC – April 6, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When Television was in the experimental stage – when it was just at the dawn of being realized as…
– Henry Wallace Campaign Address – October 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October of 1948, aside from everything else going on in the world, was also a Presidential campaign month. The Democrats had Harry Truman running for…
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.…
– CBS World News Roundup – September 19, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This September 19th in 1995 had a lot to do with still-at-large domestic terrorist The Unabomber and his demand to publish a 35,000 word manifesto…