Politics

Address to the Nation After 16 Days in Office

Read by Ronald Reagan
In this address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan speaks after his first 16 days in office. The recording offers a direct example of pr…

Winston Churchill Speeches

Read by Winston Churchill
Hear Winston Churchill deliver a wartime address on preparation for the assault that would bring liberation. His speeches combine direct arg…

Meet the Press

Meet the Press is a television news interview program built around direct questions to prominent public figures. Its format brings journalis…

America Looks Abroad

America Looks Abroad presents a program focused on international affairs and the choices facing the United States beyond its borders. The ep…

Meet the Press

Meet the Press is a television interview program built around direct questioning of prominent public figures. Its panel of journalists probe…

Story Behind the Headlines

Story Behind the Headlines presents a topical subject through the lens of current events. This recording is identified with the date October…

Winston Churchill Speeches

Read by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill delivers a wartime address concerning the sinking of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. His speeches combine politica…

Historical News and Speeches

A historical radio address concerning the forthcoming Reichstag elections, dated July 28, 1932. It offers a direct encounter with political …

Elmer Davis and the News

Elmer Davis and the News presents a wartime news broadcast led by journalist Elmer Davis. This program, dated December 16, 1940, is identifi…

Winston Churchill Speeches

Read by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill delivers a speech concerning Mr. Eden's resignation. The recording offers a direct encounter with Churchill's public speak…

Winston Churchill Speeches and Radio Broadcasts

Read by Winston Churchill
Hear Winston Churchill in a recorded talk, presented as part of a collection of his speeches and radio broadcasts. Churchill’s distinctive v…

Story Behind the Headlines

Story Behind the Headlines presents a radio discussion of current events and the issues shaping public life. This installment focuses on the…

America Looks Abroad

America Looks Abroad presents a program focused on international affairs and the United States’ relations with other nations. The episode ti…

You Can't Do Business with Hitler

You Can't Do Business with Hitler is a wartime radio program centered on the economic and political consequences of doing business with Nazi…

Orson Welles Commentaries

Read by Orson Welles
Orson Welles offers a commentary on postwar international diplomacy. His distinctive, resonant voice gives the program the character of a di…

Address to the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago

Read by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago on December 9, 1935. The speech offers a direct listening exp…

Drew Pearson

Drew Pearson was a prominent American political commentator and newspaper columnist whose radio broadcasts brought his analysis of current a…

Winston Churchill Speeches

Read by Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill delivers a wartime address as Britain faces the threat of invasion. The title also invokes Lord Haw-Haw, the name associat…

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell brings the sharp, fast-moving style of a prominent American newspaper columnist and radio commentator to the microphone. Kno…

H. V. Kaltenborn

Read by H. V. Kaltenborn
H. V. Kaltenborn discusses the Taft-Hartley Act, the 1947 labor law that amended the National Labor Relations Act. This broadcast offers a c…

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