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NPR-PBS – Live Coverage Impeachment Debate – Day 1 – Part 1 – July 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – NPR-PBS – Live Coverage Impeachment Debate – Day 1 – Part 2 – July 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – NPR-PBS – Live Coverage Impeachment Debate...
May 7, 1989 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 7, 1989 – A week full of wonderment. Starting with the verdict in the Col. Oliver North trial. North was on trial for his participation in the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal during...
Dave Brubeck Quartet in Concert from London – November 1966 – BBC Taking a decided turn for the Cool this weekend with a 1966 concert by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on sax, Joe Morello and drums and Gene Wright on bass. Broadcast live (at the time) and...
CBS Radio – The Great Challenge – What Beliefs Sustain the Free World? – May 28, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the 1950s were drawing to a close, issues of who we were as people were starting to surface. We were, in America, financially well-off, we were...
September 29, 1973 – Not enough we had Nixon and Watergate to weather through, we now had a scandal involving vice-President Spiro Agnew, which was not going to go away anytime soon. Seems the issue stemmed from his time as Governor of Maryland, prior to his selection by then-candidate Nixon...
Civil Rights Legislation For 1957 – American Forum – NBC Radio – June 9, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Civil Rights. A subject bubbling under the radar around Capitol Hill for quite some time. In the 1940s, President Truman enacted legislation to integrate the Armed Forces, which were...
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra – Mini-Concert from The Casino at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire – July 21, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Stan Kenton this week. At a time when Big Bands were on the wane, Sten Kenton, with his New Concepts In Rhythm and full 20-piece...
Meet The Press – Terry Sanford, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke – December 1, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Democrats and Presidential elections. In 1974 a potential victory was handed to the party on a platter; the resignation of President Nixon and the swearing in of his successor; a man...
Watergate – Week 4 – NBC News -John Chancellor – August 3, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Watergate – the event that captured the attention of the country, if not the world, for one steamy summer in Washington D.C. The Watergate Hearings. The daily ritual of sitting down,...
John Ehrlichman – Watergate Testimony – Evening Session – July 27, 1973 – Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John Ehrlichman – Watergate Testimony – Evening Session – July 27, 1973 – Part 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John Ehrlichman, in testimony before the Senate Watergate...