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This is the final episode. I thank everyone who has subscribed and listened to this podcast. On today's episode I have a recording from Helen Keller. Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She learned to communicate through the eyes and ears of others after a fever left her deaf and blind as an infant. In this record…
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On today's episode I give you an excerpt from JFK's speech "The President and the Press". This speech was given 10 days after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, in which America failed to overthrow Fidel Castro. Kennedy discusses the cold war and the balance between our freedoms of speech and the responsibility of newspapers to not publish information that …
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On today's episode I have a recording from Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson pioneered integration in American professional athletics by becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball. In 1952 he recorded an essay for Edward R. Murrow's radio series This I Believe. In this essay, Robinson discusses his fight against prejudice. I give to yo…
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The 1950's was a time of absolute hysteria. Hysteria that communists were secretly living amongst Americans. The main person behind this was Senator Joseph McCarthy. Edward R Murrow and his news team fought deeply against many of McCarthy wrongful claims of communists. And on March 9th, 1954, Murrow and his news team produced a half hour special ti…
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Halloween is coming up so I have another horror story for you. This one is from a short story written by Ray Bradbury called Zero Hour. I'll give you the synopsis. It is a typical day in the New York home of the Morris family, and Mrs. Morris is busy with her usual routine. Her daughter, Mink, as well as all of the other young children, are intense…
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This week is the story "The Thing on the Fourble Board" from the radio show "Quiet Please". This story starts out a little slow and you'll learn all about the daily activities of an oil worker... but stick it out and you'll hear possibly the scariest horror story ever told on the radio and without a doubt the scariest sound ever recorded. This reco…
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On this episode I have a recording from Orson Welles. Orson Welles is best known for making the cinema classic Citizen Kane and scaring the whole United States with a rendition of War of the Worlds. In this rare interview, Orson Welles talks about the regrets he had over his career and how he felt like he’s had to prove himself over and over again.…
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On this episode I have a recording from an advertisement for an Edison Phonograph. This advertisement was played widely in shops to entice customers to purchase a phonograph. Len Spencer, a famous singer of the time, provided the voice. This recording is from 1906. If you stick around until the end there's also a bonus recording as well. Enjoy.…
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