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	Title	Episodes	MP3 CDs	Price
	Presidential Debates 118 Episodes 8 Volume Although not mandated by the Constitution and a "tradition" which only goes back to 1960, Americans have come to expect a broadcast debate between their Presidential Nominees as a part of the Election Process.	118	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	Health Care in America 505 Episodes 12 Volume When Americans think of the issue of health care they think of the cost for the doctor or prescriptions.	505	12	Add To Cart: $60.00
	Before the Doctor Comes 11 Episodes 1 Volume Tapping the knowledge of an experienced physician, Before the Doctor Comes helps train young mothers to deal with medical emergencies	11	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Elmer Davis and the News 74 Episodes 1 Volume During the months before Pearl Harbor, FDR appointed Elmer Davis to head up the Office of War Information. From this bully pulpit, Davis helped to whip the Nation into a fury over the aggressions of the Nazi's in Europe.	74	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Pacific Powerland 45 Episodes 1 Volume Entertaining Educational Historic Tales	45	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Stroke of Fate 13 Episodes 1 Volume History is filled with "What If?'s" Here is a show that explores how things could have been if not for a single Stroke of Fate.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	WPA Concerts 31 Episodes 1 Volume The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was established by executive order of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 6, 1935. The WPA was a work relief program that provided jobs for many individuals who had become unemployed during the Depression.	31	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Old Fashioned Revival Hour 91 Episodes 2 Volume Classic old time radio Christian evangelicalism.The show was lead by Pastor Charles E Fuller who was one of the first radio ministers.He dedicated his life to the ministry and often traveled around the country and aired live revivals.	91	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	1957 36 Episodes 1 Volume The "Baby Boom" reached his highest point, the Soviets launch Sputnik 1, and the "Little Rock Nine" fought against segregation.	36	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	HV Kaltenborn Edits the News 39 Episodes 1 Volume History repeats itself when H. V. Kaltenborn provides vivid commentary and pointed insight into world affairs and politics in the 1940s and 1950s.	39	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Meet the Press 128 Episodes 3 Volume an excellent interview program featuring top makers and shakers of the day being put under the microscope and asked tough questions.	128	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Apocalypse Bundle 330 Episodes 7 Volume Survive in style the end of the world. It includes five of our favorite world's end collections!	330	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Wax Cylinders 4 (1907 - 1908) 173 Episodes 1 Volume Featuring the earliest recording artists of their day including Enrico Caruso, Billy Murray, as well as minstrel team Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan.	173	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1959 44 Episodes 1 Volume From the Red Scare to the Space Race, Alaska and Hawaii entered the Union and music died when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a fatal airplane crash.	44	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1960 31 Episodes 1 Volume In the year 1960, it felt as though the future was about to begin as a new President would be elected, but it was also a year with many changes in Radio.	31	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1962 19 Episodes 1 Volume John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, the world on the brink of a nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and CBS broadcast the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar on September 30.	19	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1955 51 Episodes 1 Volume The year Disneyland opens, the FDA approved the Polio Vaccine, The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, entered the seas, and many old time radio shows left the airwaves including The Jack Benny Program.	51	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Graduation Day Speeches 178 Episodes 4 Volume Hear some inspiring words from our national leaders and people from the worlds of business, entertainment, media, military, politics, religion, sports, and other vocations that might have inspired our studies whom we can benefit from their advice.	178	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Standard School Broadcast 15 Episodes 1 Volume The Standard School Broadcast began airing in 1928 under the sponsorship of Standard Oil of California, making it one of the earliest educational radio programs.	15	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Golden Door 4 Episodes 1 Volume After the terrors of the Holocaust, some fortunate survivors were invited to enter "the Golden Door" to America, but joining this new Society was not always easy.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Presidential Christmas Addresses 24 Episodes 1 Volume The President of the United States traditionally sends greetings to the People at Christmas time.	24	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Education in America 502 Episodes 11 Volume "Education teaches us compassion and kindness, connection to others." When anyone has any kind of education, no one can ever take that knowledge away from you. It is with this collection that we can learn from the past to make our future brighter than our past and our present.	502	11	Add To Cart: $55.00
	Presidential Sports 125 Episodes 2 Volume Sports can make a politician feel human and have a personal connection with the voters.	125	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	American in England 6 Episodes 1 Volume Norman Corwin's visits to England during WWII. It documented war-time conditions in England from the perspective of the citizens of England, instead of those in power or of handouts from the war department.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Fifth Horseman 8 Episodes 1 Volume Near the beginning of the Cold War, there was a serious campaign to place atomic weapons under the direct control of the United Nations. Whatever your feelings towards the politics of such a move, The Fifth Horseman, the radio program which promoted the idea, is some of the most powerful programming of the era.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Romance of the Ranchos 35 Episodes 1 Volume Romance of the Ranchos tells the stories of the brave men and women who lived and loved in Old California when it was still a Spanish colony.	35	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Freedoms People 2 Episodes 1 Volume A deeply patriotic radio show which celebrates democracy and freedom. Made by and for African-Americans, the show featured some of the greatest leaders in 1940s black culture	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Dr John Brinkley (Medical Quack) 7 Episodes 1 Volume began experimenting with goat glands, surgically implanting them for every ailment from fertility, to dementia, to impotency. Called a quack, charlatan, and mega-medical radio star, Dr John Brinkley is a character from the 20th century that could not have existed without the power of radio.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Lands of the Free 15 Episodes 1 Volume Inspired by President Roosevelt and England Prime Minister Winston Churchill "The Charter Of Freedom," this radio program illustrated various historical stories of freedom.	15	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	America First Committee Broadcasts 12 Episodes 1 Volume an old time radio program using well know individuals like aviator Charles Lindbergh to convince America to stay OUT of WWII	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Communists and Cold War 155 Episodes 4 Volume This extensive collection includes radio shows, news broadcasts, psa's, and debates about The Red Scare, McCarthyism, and The Cold War which pervaded politics, cultures, life and more in second half the the 20th Century.	155	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Bertrand Russell 13 Episodes 1 Volume Philosopher and one of the brightest minds of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell spoke out against war and nuclear proliferation.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1958 29 Episodes 1 Volume The year of the first American Satellite Explorer 1 launched, the Hula Hoop craze, the army inducts Elvis, 14 year old Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship, and 1958 also saw the debut of Have Gun Will Travel.	29	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	1956 46 Episodes 1 Volume By the mid-1950s the standard of living was increasing and rock n roll grew in popularity, UnAmerican Activities Committee searched the entertainment industry for Communist Sympathizers.	46	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	ABC News (Orson Welles Commentary) 8 Episodes 1 Volume This program was initially sponsored by Lear Radio Laboratories. Commentaries reached a high-water mark on July 28 when Welles reads and comments on an affidavit in the case of Isaac Woodard.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Eleanor Roosevelt 23 Episodes 1 Volume Known as "First Lady to the World", Eleanor Roosevelt was the legs and face of FDR's presidency, appearing where and when he could not.	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Rare Holiday 42 Episodes 1 Volume There are several holidays on a year’s calendar, and they all deserve to be celebrated.	42	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Presidential Election 2000 59 Episodes 2 Volume Perhaps one of the most historic and nail biting Elections in our history was not one from the 19th Century or the 20th Century. The most nail biting Election had to be that of the first Election of the 21st Century in 2000.	59	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Eulogies 138 Episodes 2 Volume When someone you know and love passes away, someone is tapped with the awesome task of eulogizing the deceased. That person can be your sibling, your child, a dear family member or friend, and in some cases; the President of the United States	138	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Front Line Theater 7 Episodes 1 Volume Before AFRS could broadcast a program donated by the networks, the show had to be "decommercialized". Sometimes this meant changing the show title and cutting out the sponsor pitch.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Oklahoma City Bombing 19 Episodes 1 Volume Oklahoma City Bombing occurred on Wed, April 19, 1995, the United States fell victim to the worst domestic terrorist attack on American soil so far.	19	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	American Adventure 23 Episodes 1 Volume Join us on the Adventure of Our Nation	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Empire Builders 7 Episodes 1 Volume Sponsored by the Great Northern Railway, this collection contains all seven known episodes to be in existence. In these historical-drama, we get a glimpse of the history of railroads in the development and use of the Columbia River.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Religious Recordings 21 Episodes 1 Volume Uplifting and Inspirational Sermons from Reverend Beale and Reverend Charles Fuller	21	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	US Navy Shows 48 Episodes 1 Volume If great music was all it took to get young men to the recruiting office, these U.S. Navy Shows would have found more sailors than we have ships. As it was, these great programs from the USN Recruiting Command gave us hours of toe-tapping goodness and dreams of the high seas.	48	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Cavalcade of Kings 50 Episodes 1 Volume features the radio dramatization of the fascinating history of the British Monarchy.	50	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	This is Civil Defense 13 Episodes 1 Volume entertaining and informative broadcast created during the Red Scare to teach the public how to act in the case of a disaster such as flooding, tornados, food shortages, and nuclear attack.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Vox Pop 140 Episodes 3 Volume You won't want to miss this charming program featuring often spontaneous and playful interviews with citizens across the US and abroad. This extensive collection contains rare recordings previously not in circulation.	140	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	One World Flight 12 Episodes 1 Volume In 1946, Norman Corwin spent 4 months on a flying trip around the world, carrying 225 pounds of recording equipment to 16 countries. What should have been a broadcasting triumph was aired in the same timeslot as Bob Hope, dooming One World Flight to relative obscurity.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Quick and Dead 4 Episodes 1 Volume Starring Bob Hope and produced by Fred Friendly, this old time radio show dramatically presents the science and horrors of Atomic War.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	GK Chesterton Recordings 3 Episodes 1 Volume Experience a bit of the genius of G. K. Chesterton through his thoughts about architecture, Rudyard Kipling, and the ingredients for the Spice of Life.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Abraham Lincoln 61 Episodes 2 Volume One of the most revered Presidents in American History, Abraham Lincoln was a popular figure in old time radio shows.	61	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Titanic Recordings 9 Episodes 1 Volume Included episodes from Adventures in Research, The Cavalcade of America, and historic sound clips referring to the tragedy.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hawaii Old Time Radio Shows 288 Episodes 7 Volume Aloha! This collection includes old time radio shows from all genres from ting-ting steel guitar music to epic Hawaiian Adventure and detective stories to supernatural Tiki tales.	288	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Home Front 8 Episodes 1 Volume Featuring William B Williams, The Home Front tells the stories of WWII from the point of view of the families and friends who stayed home.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Barack Obama Speeches 945 Episodes 15 Volume Born in Hawaii, Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States serving as president between 2009-2017.	945	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	VE Day Clips 14 Episodes 1 Volume For the peoples living in the victorious nations it seemed as though it should be a time of celebration, Nazi Germany had declared their unconditional surrender to the forces of the Allied Powers.	14	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Red Scare in Old Time Radio 276 Episodes 7 Volume After the Second World War, American culture was shaped and driven largely by fears of Communist infiltration corrupting American institutions and values.	276	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	First 50 Years of Radio 12 Episodes 1 Volume Produced for Westinghouse by KDKA on the station's 50th anniversary.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	WWI Great War Recordings 22 Episodes 1 Volume The Great War was just a memory by the time commercial radio had become an important medium, but the experience shaped America as well as many of the personalities involved in Old Time Radio.	22	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Plan for Survival from Civil Defense 20 Episodes 1 Volume Atomic Attacks and Major Pandemics do not seem related, but the response to the threat from government and citizens is surprisingly similar.	20	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Ted Kennedy 91 Episodes 1 Volume His career started in a way that you would think an American political dynasty would, as a Senator in Waiting until he was 30 years old to take over the seat of his older brother, John F. Kennedy.	91	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Joe Biden 923 Episodes 15 Volume This collection begins in 1972 the day after Joe Biden's 30th birthday being sworn in as a Senator through his Presidency in 2021.	923	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	Kamala Harris 384 Episodes 5 Volume Celebrate the first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris with this collection. Follow her career as a San Francisco District Attorney to California’s Attorney General to California’s Junior United States Senator to Vice President of the United States.	384	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Horizons West 13 Episodes 1 Volume This well-written and performed program documents the exploration of America by Lewis and Clark!	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Science Magazine of the Air 23 Episodes 1 Volume Great men of science and their world changing discoveries are profiled on Science Magazine of the Air.	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	American Gallery 12 Episodes 1 Volume celebrates American artists of all genres with a whole episode dedicated to each artist and their music	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	You Cant Do Business with Hitler 12 Episodes 1 Volume A Pre-War anti-Nazi propaganda program, You Can’t Do Business With Hitler was based on the true-life experience of a former employee of the US Embassy in Berlin.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Fighting AAF 12 Episodes 1 Volume Broadcast in 1945, this old time radio show focused on the technological achievements of the Army Air Forces (AAF) including: dropping the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, radar defenses, blind landings, hydroponics, the GI Bill, and much more. With dramatic reenactments and jazzy music interludes, this show featured interviews with the principal officers and pilots involved.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Behind the Mike 32 Episodes 1 Volume During the Golden Age of Radio things may have been less technical, but the effort required the skills of a great many diverse personalities, Behind The Mike introduces us to many of these folks, and tells the inside story of Old Time Radio from the people who were there to create it.	32	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Pacific Story 171 Episodes 4 Volume One of the many lessons of WWII was how the countries of the Pacific would grow in importance on the world scene, as profiled in The Pacific Story.	171	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	University of Chicago Roundtable 112 Episodes 3 Volume uses the media of radio as a platform to answer big questions of the day. Topics include war time politics, civil rights, economics, great literature, psychology, nutrition, and more.	112	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Keys to the Capitol 10 Episodes 1 Volume weekly news discussion program discuss news of the week in the mid-1950s.	10	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Doctor Fights 4 Episodes 1 Volume Live through the adventures of doctors on the front lines of World War II in the battlefield anthology series	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Author Meets Critic 53 Episodes 2 Volume Join the battle between authors and critics when you listen to The Author Meets the Critic.	53	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Sounds of War 18 Episodes 1 Volume major events and campaigns of WWII are presented using historic recordings and reenactments of important speeches.	18	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Story Behind the Headlines 25 Episodes 1 Volume Hosted by Cesar Saerchinger and created as joint venture between NBC and the American Historical Association cover "outstanding news events and major trends in world affairs"	25	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Stars for Defense 13 Episodes 1 Volume Created by Federal Civil Defense Administration as a public service program to be broadcast by participating radio stations throughout the country with music and practical advice for Americans fearful of an impending attack during the Cold War.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Americana 24 Episodes 1 Volume Hosted by Professor Martin Maloney with the cooperation of the Speech Department at Northwestern University, Americana looks at American people and customs in the mid century.	24	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Our Cats 22 Episodes 1 Volume Cats are very close companions to humanity, but are they truly domesticated? According to the "Our Cats" program, being allowed to love them is enough.	22	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Cavalcade of America Christmas 9 Episodes 1 Volume Produced by DuPont to improve its public image, Cavalcade of America Christmas features drama shows.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Joint Sessions of Congress 48 Episodes 2 Volume The Senate and the House of Representatives each go about their business of making laws independent of each other, however, there are several important occasions when both Houses meet in Joint Session.	48	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Exploring the Unknown 6 Episodes 1 Volume Produced a decade before Sputnik brought America's educational system into question, Exploring the Unknown, may have helped to inspire the generation of scientists who eventually won the Space Race.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Impeach a President (Trump) 278 Episodes 4 Volume Hear the proceedings and rhetoric as Donald Trump has becomes the first president in history to be impeached twice.	278	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Bob Dole 154 Episodes 4 Volume Bob Dole first ran for political office in 1950 and ran for president three times starting in 1980s.	154	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Presidential Labor Day 583 Episodes 12 Volume It is to the American laborer and the retirees from labor that this collection has been created.	583	12	Add To Cart: $60.00
	Voting in US 299 Episodes 5 Volume To understand voting in the United States, one must understand the history of voting.	299	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Crossroads 8 Episodes 1 Volume An important Crossroads in life for Americans comes when they become eligible for Social Security Benefits.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	First Ladies 545 Episodes 10 Volume Some First Ladies sat quietly while their husbands steered the ship of state, but as time went on, the role evolved into a position to champion a favorite cause.	545	10	Add To Cart: $40.00
	Presidential Hanukkah 21 Episodes 1 Volume The basis for the eight day celebration of Hanukkah states that the Temple only had enough oil to keep one of its most ritual objects; the menorah lit for one day. However, the flame stayed alight for eight days until a new supply of oil could be found.	21	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Presidential Eavesdropping 404 Episodes 3 Volume Listen in on conversations either in the office or on the phone of three presidents in a most defining decade and a half in recent history.	404	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Its Your Life 30 Episodes 1 Volume Pioneering the use of magnetic tape in radio production, It's Your Life brought compelling Public Health Stories to the Air.	30	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Recollections at Thirty 41 Episodes 1 Volume The OTR era ended in 1962 when Suspence went off the air, but NBC was already looking back nostalgically to 1930’s programing in the mid-50’s with Recollections at Thirty.	41	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	That Was the Year 39 Episodes 1 Volume is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896-1934. Headlines include Spanish American War in Cuba, Volcano Mt Pelee destroys town of Saint Pierre, Republic of China established, and Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from the year.	39	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	We Came This Way 29 Episodes 1 Volume will be appreciated by students of history, as well as fans of radio drama with stories including Joan of Arc, Valley Forge, The French Revolution, and Walt Whitman.	29	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Howard Hughes Hearings 2 Episodes 1 Volume Senate War Investigation Committee tried millionaire Howard Hughes for a misuse of government funds to build an airplane nicknamed the "Spruce Goose."	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Mitch Miller Show 8 Episodes 1 Volume the man who helped shape the careers for Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell, and Rosemary Clooney.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Behind the Scenes in Hollywood 18 Episodes 1 Volume Bidwell McCormick worked in the publicity department at RKO and produced this show to share the magic of the movies. This old time radio show gives listeners an up close and personal look at the action behind the cameras in the golden age of Hollywood.	18	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Mike Wallace 104 Episodes 2 Volume with early appearances in old time radio quiz shows, radio dramas, and as an announcer, Mike Wallace later focused on news broadcasts and earned the nickname "King of Confrontation" for his hardboiled interviewing style.	104	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Election Collection 84 Episodes 2 Volume old time radio shows take on elections, voting and ballots taken from all genres including comedy, drama, western, news programs, and more.	84	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
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