1974: Through A Past Darkly – A Year That Was – Past Daily Thousand Yard Stare
A year-end look at 1974, as reported by CBS News – click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original report.
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A Few Words From Woodward And Bernstein – 1976 – Past Daily Reference Room
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward – interview from NPR’s Options – April 23, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As our current state of affairs unfold like the convoluted and sinister plot in a straight-to-video b-movie, the historic importance…
Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra – Live At Lugano 2004 – Past Daily Downbeat
Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra – live at the Lugano Jazz Festival 2004. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete concert.
President Eisenhower At The 1957 Governor’s Conference – June 24, 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room
President Eisenhower – Addressing the 1957 Governors Conference – June 24, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Eisenhower, addressing the annual Governors Conference from June 24, 1957. Here we were, in the middle of a Cold War, a…
Herbert Hoover – Address To Haverford College – June 7, 1941 – Past Daily Reference Room
Herbert Hoover – Address to Haverford College Commencement – June 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Former President Herbert Hoover, who lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 election didn’t retire from the public eye after the…
Thor Heyerdahl Has A Few Words About The Environment – Our Planet – The Ocean – 1972 Stockholm Conference
Thor Heyerdahl -Lecture given at the Stockholm Conference On The Environment 1972 – CBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – To those of you who may not be familiar, Thor Heyerdahl was an adventurer and Ethnographer, whose studies…
January 9, 1999 – Troubled Skies – Troubled President
January 9, 1999 – CBS Radio News On The Hour + President Clinton Saturday Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 9, 1999 – Usually a Saturday with not much going on, but this particular Saturday in January had…
A Khrushchev Press Conference – September 27, 1959 – Past Daily Reference Room
A Nikita Khrushchev Press Conference – National Press Club, Washington D.C.– September 27, 1959. After a whirlwind tour of the U.S., which included a refusal by Walt Disney to let Khrushchev visit Disneyland, the Soviet Premier gave his final press…
Chapterhouse – Live At The Marquee 1991 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Chapterhouse – live at The Marquee, London – September 3, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Chapterhouse tonight. One of the bands heralded by the Press as part of the wave of Shoegaze in the late 80s/early 90s,…
Bayard Rustin Talks About Race And Civil Rights – 1969 – Past Daily Black History Month
Bayard Rustin – On Speaking Freely – March 3, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bayard Rustin is a name synonymous with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s, but also was an Anti-War activist, campaigner for…