Tag Government

Should Federal Aid To Education Be Expanded? 1949 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – America United Program – Should Federal Aid To Education Be Expanded? – May 29, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In 1949 access to a good, or even adequate education, depended…

The Police – Live At Markethalle, Hamburg – 1980 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Police – In concert at Markethalle, Hamburg – January 14, 1980 –  RBB, Berlin Classic concert this weekend. Early Police, as recorded in concert for Rockpalast by RBB in Berlin…

Wooden Saints – Live At Noorderslag 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders/Mini-Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Wooden Saints – live at Noorderslag 2014 – January 18, 2014 – VPRO/3FM – The Netherlands Over to The Netherlands tonight for a set by Dutch Indie/Alt up-and-comers Wooden Saints, at…

State Of The Union – January 24, 1995

Click on the link here for Audio Player: NPR – State Of The Union Message – January 24, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1995, at least in this country, had to do with what…

The Clot Thickens – October 17, 1986

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – October 17, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day of diplomatic wrangling, spin and damage control, this October 17th in 1986. Beginning with the White…

Last Time The Lights Went Out – Government Shutdown’s Greatest Hits – Dec. 1995 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – News reports on Government Shutdown – December 16-21, 1995 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With word today of the impasse on Capitol Hill and the resulting shutdown…

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…