When Radio Ruled #160 – SoundScape 1939 part 30 December 10-21, 1939.

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

December 3 – December 10, 1939

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

In today’s SoundScape:

Smoking is good for the Nerves!

It is so near Christmas!!

Robert Armbruster plays a good milking tempo!!!

Charlie McCarthy, Detective!!!

And More!!

Featuring:

Cecil B. DeMille

Cary Grant

Carol Lombard

Kay Francis

Fibber McGee and Molly

Edward Arnold

Connee Boswell

The Shadow

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Mortimer Snerd

Dorothy Lamour

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Mary Livingstone

Phil Harris

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Orson Welles

Mary Wilson

Winston Churchill

Dave Fleischer

And More!

Click Here to Enjoy December 1939!

When Radio Ruled #156 – SoundScape 1939 part 26

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

November 12 – November 19, 1939

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

In today’s SoundScape:

Churchill Summarizes the First Ten Weeks of War.

Mexican Jumping Beans from Your Skelly Man!

Falling in Love in 30 Minutes!!

Should We Ignore Racial Differences???

And More!!

Featuring:

Winston Churchill

Captain Midnight

Harlow Wilcox

Fibber McGee and Molly

Edward Arnold

Marlene Dietrich

Maxie Rosenblum

Connee Boswell

Fanny Brice

Meredith Wilson

Hanley Stafford

Rudy Vallee

Dorothy Lamour

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Donald Dixon

Mortimer Snerd

John Garfield

And More!

Listen to a Week with 2 Thanksgivings and One Big War!

When Radio Ruled #148 – OTR Thanksgiving 2025

Happy Thanksgiving!!

The concept of Thanksgiving is as ancient as ancient can be. Harvest festivals dedicated to the god or gods currently in fashion as thanks for abundance and the survival it would provide.

But like so many things, Americans have made thanksgiving their very own with traditions and customs created and nurtured here in the good old USA.

FEATURING:

Lionel Barrymore

Edward Arnold

Fanny Brice

Hanley Stafford

Nelson Eddy

Cecil B. DeMille

Mickey Rooney

Don Wilson

Amos ‘n Ady

Wally Brown

Dinah Shore

Winston Churchill

And More

CLICK HERE FOR TURKEY TALK FROM THE 30s AND 40s