Click on the link here for Audio Player: FDR – Accepting VP – 1920 Before the Great Depression, before the New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt had been nominated for vice-President in 1920, sharing the ticket with Governor James Cox. Here is an excerpt of FDR’s acceptance speech from August 9,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 1960 Democratic Convention Preview I keep forgetting that, prior to the past few Presidential elections, nominating conventions were still something of a horse race and that the air at these gatherings was, not only thick with smoke, but also thick with drama.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”4355″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 24, 1939 – News from Paris Mondial – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] August 24, 1939 – News of this day – and depending on where you were, it was either August 24th or 25th, was completely taken over by the surprising move on
Click on the link here for audio player: The Who BBC Sessions – 1965-1967 Depending on where you’re reading this, it’s either still August 23rd or already August 24th. In any event, it would be criminal to let a birthday observance go unnocticed of one of the most celebrated drummers
Click on the link here for audio player: News for August 22, 1971 Since August 22nd came on a Sunday in 1971, the news for this day was taken up mostly with looking at the week past and contemplating what was ahead for the coming week. Starting off with news
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR Democratic Convention – 1940 After much consideration and speculation, President Roosevelt decided to run for a third term in 1940. Addressing the convention via radio from the White House, Roosevelt outlined his goals for a third term and spoke of a
Grateful Dead – High Time – 1970 Since we’re spending some time today remembering the contributions to music by Jerry Garcia, I thought I would toss in my two cents and offer a track tonight from one of my favorite Grateful Dead albums. Tonight it’s High Time from Workingman’s Dead,
Click on the link here for audio player: News for August 9, 1995 There was a lot of news going on in the rest of the world, this Wednesday August 9th in 1995, but it was overshadowed by the sad and shocking news that Grateful Dead founder, legend and icon
Clink on the link here for Audio player: News for August 8, 1941 News for August 8, 1941 focused on the War in East with reports of German advances 130 miles into The Ukraine. Depending on who gave the accounts, the casualties were staggering. Germany claimed 200,000 Russian losses with
Even though the most horrific event of the 20th Century had taken place many hours earlier, no word of it having taken place was mentioned. August 6th, 1945 was seemingly just another day in World War 2 as far as this newscast was concerned. With that in mind, the news
