"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– President Truman Address to Congress – November 17, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the War over and the slow process of rebuilding underway, the economic woes of the world were becoming an increasing point of concern to…
– Newsfront – Discussion on The Wolfenden Report – November 16, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 16, 1969 – News for this day, from the NET Nightly program Newsfront, was mostly devoted to recent changes in British…
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…
– 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…
– November 8, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 8, 1995 – ending months of speculation over whether he would seek the White House or not, Gen. Colin Powell laid all speculation to…
– 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 Radio: Newsbreak + CBS Radio Hourly News – November 6, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Iran underwent sweeping changes, starting in late 1978 and culminating in the exile (under the pretense of tests for Cancer)…
– 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…
– The-OPen-Mind-Can-Fallout-Shelters-Save-Us-November-1961.mp3″>The Open Mind – Can Fallout Shelters Save Us? – November, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1950s and early 1960s. A time of anxiety, dread, fear and paranoia. Fear of a nuclear war – one that…
-NBC – Listen To Washington – November 2,1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Cold War became a permanent fixture for life in the 1950s, so were the Summit conferences taking place in Geneva. Seemingly, ever few months,…