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When Radio Ruled #165 – SoundScape 1940 #2 January 7-9, 1940

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Barbara Stanwyck and Micrphone

January 7 – January 9, 1940

This episode delivers some serious propaganda from Father Coughlin, some serious acting from Jack Benny, some serious forgiveness from Spencer Tracy and some serious entertainment from the theater of the mind!

Hop into your time machine join the rest of us back in January 1940 for some listening pleasure!

In today’s SoundScape:

Jack Benny Wins a 50 dollar Bet!

Barbara Stanwyck at the Wiltshire Bowl!

Tipping is UnAmerican!

Prognosis Negative!

Fibber and Molly see Gone with the Wind!

And More!!

Featuring:

Don Wilson

Jack Benny

Mary Livingstone

Dennis Day

Phil Harris

Barbara Stanwyck

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Father Coughlin

Cecil B DeMille

Spencer Tracy

Bette Davis

Fibber McGee and Molly

Harlow Wilcox

Orson Welles

Helen Hayes

And More!

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When Radio Ruled #122 – SoundScape 1939 part 7, March 22 – April 5, 1939

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Radio highlights originally broadcast live March 22 through April 5, 1939

Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.

History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.

In today’s soundscape:

Nothing about the war in this one, things were quiet there and we were more than happy to pretend the bombs and blood wasn’t real. We will soon find out different.

The violent wedding of Andy Brown!

Georgie Jessell kills it with the comedy on the Fed Allen show!

And more!!!

This episode features:

Cecil B DeMille

Loretta Young

Spencer Tracy

Father Flanagan

Fibber McGee

Robert Young

Leo Carillo

Orson Welles

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Phil Harris Orchestra

Mary Livingstone

Mr. Distrct Attorney

Amos ‘n Andy

Fred Allen

Portland Hoffa

Peter Van Steeden

Harry Von Zell

And

Georgie Jessell

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When Radio Ruled #95 – SoundScape 1938 part 21

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This episode starts out solemn with references to the marauding Japanese and unreasonable bully  Nazis but ends with lots of laughs thanks to Charlie McCarthy and Friends.

It consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live July 3 through July 31, 1938.

Starring:

Orson Welles

Edward Arnold

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Spencer Tracy

And

Fay Bainter

In this episode:

Nazis and Japanese as Villains!

The War Goes On in the News!

Lots of Columbia Workshop!

Lots of the Shadow!

Spencer Tracy meets Charlie McCarthy!

And More!!

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