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	Title	Episodes ▼	MP3 CDs	Price
	World War II Collection 1220 Episodes 9 Volume This compilation includes vintage broadcasts and historical recordings of the era. The American men and women serving in WWII exclusively heard many of the recordings in this collection through the AFRS (American Forces Radio Service).	1220	9	Add To Cart: $45.00
	Family Business 1004 Episodes 21 Volume American politics is a family business. This collection is dedicated to these dynasties in American politics from the Twentieth Century forward.	1004	21	Add To Cart: $99.00
	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
	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
	Clinton (William J Clinton) Speeches 803 Episodes 23 Volume Relive the Swinging 1990's through the historical speeches and Radio Addresses of President Clinton!	803	23	Add To Cart: $99.00
	Cavalcade of America 739 Episodes 15 Volume This well-done, star-studded factual show is a wonderful resource for those interested in historical highlights.	739	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	Vice Presidents 669 Episodes 13 Volume This collection focuses on the men and woman who served as our nation's Vice President from 1949 to the present.	669	13	Add To Cart: $65.00
	John F Kennedy 630 Episodes 9 Volume Extensive collection of presidential speeches, recordings, and assassination coverage + transcripts, images and documents!	630	9	Add To Cart: $45.00
	Ronald Reagan 608 Episodes 10 Volume This collection contains his early old time radio appearances and recordings from his political career and presidency.	608	10	Add To Cart: $50.00
	Presidential Labor Day 603 Episodes 12 Volume It is to the American laborer and the retirees from labor that this collection has been created.	603	12	Add To Cart: $60.00
	Healthcare in America 572 Episodes 13 Volume When Americans think of the issue of health care they think of the cost for the doctor or prescriptions.	572	13	Add To Cart: $65.00
	Minstrel Shows 566 Episodes 13 Volume Minstrelsy is considered the first truly American form of entertainment, and as such provides the forms and traditions which would eventually form vaudeville and ultimately the Hollywood movies and TV shows which shape and inform the rest of the world's opinion of American culture.	566	13	Add To Cart: $65.00
	Commercials 545 Episodes 1 Volume The cost of free entertainment on your radio was having to listen to commercials, fortunately, many commercials were even more entertaining than the regular programming. Snap up these snappy commercials, and you'll truly be convinced to "make Jello for your own family, yum, yum, yum," "use Ajax the foaming cleanser (bum bum bum bum bum)," and buy "Nabisco, N-A-B-I-S-C-O, it's the name to know."	545	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
	Education in America 537 Episodes 12 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.	537	12	Add To Cart: $60.00
	Women in Government and Politics 518 Episodes 11 Volume Over the past century, women have really exploded onto the political landscape to set forth ideas that are more family friendly, meaning issues that are at the heart of what matters to the American family.	518	11	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Space Missions 490 Episodes 8 Volume Hear coverage and actual broadcasts of America's early Space Missions, from Mercury through Apollo 15.	490	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	Donald Trump 414 Episodes 11 Volume Former business man and television personality, Donald Trump is the 45th US president.	414	11	Add To Cart: $55.00
	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
	Kent State Shootings 398 Episodes 10 Volume Radio Broadcasts are historical artifacts. In this collection, we present a timeline of the coverage of the shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, including the political climate which led up to the incident, coverage of the shootings, and the aftermath for America.	398	10	Add To Cart: $50.00
	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
	Presidential Party Nominating Conventions 360 Episodes 5 Volume The Nominating Conventions are an important part of the path to the White House and are a vibrant example of Representative Democracy in action.	360	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Environment in America 359 Episodes 8 Volume Hear the history of environmental policy from political speeches from 1963 through today.	359	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	FDR Fireside Chats and Speeches (Franklin D. Roosevelt) 337 Episodes 6 Volume With his Fireside Chats, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the power of radio to speak directly and intimately to the American people through some of the darkest periods of the Nation's history.	337	6	Add To Cart: $30.00
	Apocalypse Bundle 334 Episodes 7 Volume Survive in style the end of the world. It includes five of our favorite world's end collections!	334	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	George W Bush Speeches 310 Episodes 3 Volume Major events during George W Bush two term presidency include the terrorist attack on 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.	310	3	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Presidential Before They Were Nominees 303 Episodes 8 Volume Every four years, the United States holds a Presidential Election to elect a President and a Vice President to lead the nation. For the most part, Americans like to elect leaders with a proven record for which they can run on.	303	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	Red Scare in Old Time Radio 300 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.	300	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	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
	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
	Nixon (Richard Nixon Recordings) 284 Episodes 4 Volume Richard M. Nixon was the 37th President of the United States of America, and one of the most controversial. In 1974, he became the only US President to resign from office.	284	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	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
	Sept 11 Attack 277 Episodes 6 Volume The 9/11 attacks targeted symbols of American power and democracy and fundamentally changed American culture.	277	6	Add To Cart: $30.00
	Lyndon Johnson Speeches 273 Episodes 3 Volume Johnson was the 36th President of the United States of America. His term as President was from 1963 when succeeded to the Presidency after the assassination for John F. Kennedy until 1969 when he was re-elected in 1964 by a large margin.	273	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 2016 265 Episodes 7 Volume Like 2000, the 2016 Presidential Election will be studied by contemporaries and historians alike.	265	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Presidential Election 1964 255 Episodes 3 Volume Starting out with the promise of a second Kennedy term only to be cut down in Dallas. Follow President Johnson's style of governing and how he uses the telephone to enact the Civil Rights Act and find the three missing civil rights workers.	255	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	First Children 224 Episodes 4 Volume This collection chronicles some of the First Children that we have had in the White House and their future ambitions.	224	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	George HW Bush Speeches 219 Episodes 4 Volume Served as the 41st President of the United States, George HW Bush presidency saw the falling of the Berlin Wall, the breakup of the Soviet Union, Invasion of Panama, and the Gulf War.	219	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Public Service Announcements (PSAs) 202 Episodes 1 Volume A Public Service Announcement (PSA) is defined as a message in the public interest which is disseminated through the media free of charge, with the objective of raising awareness of issues.	202	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Wax Cylinders 2 (1900 - 1904) 192 Episodes 1 Volume sales and popularity of wax cylinders were at an all time high during this era and there were many popular recording artists.	192	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Presidential Candidate Announcements 181 Episodes 5 Volume While only 44 men have served as President and 48 men have served as Vice President, so many Americans have stepped up to answer the call to run for these two top spots. Listen as we hear from some of these Americans as they make their plans known, give their victory, and even their concession.	181	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Movie Previews 178 Episodes 2 Volume This is a compilation of movie previews on radio shows with glimpses of some of the best classics in film history.	178	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	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
	Airchecks of the 1970s 172 Episodes 4 Volume As the decade wore on and 1960s started to fade into the 1970s by the resignation of President Richard Nixon due to Watergate, radio started to get much crazier.	172	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	AFVN Recordings (Armed Forces Vietnam) 171 Episodes 2 Volume The American Troops assigned to Vietnam did what American Troops did wherever they were assigned, served with Honor, and they had the American Forces Vietnam Network to bring them a slice of Home	171	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Adventures in Research 170 Episodes 2 Volume "Learn! Investigate! Instruct!" written by physicist, Dr. Phillips Thomas, this historically accurate series includes recordings about the invention of the typewriter, automobile, penicillin, machine gun, skyscraper, and more!	170	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	DJ Madness 164 Episodes 2 Volume The original Disc Jockeys from the Age of Radio bring you their best and greatest music from their era.	164	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Wax Cylinders 3 (1905 - 1906) 158 Episodes 1 Volume We continue on our journey through early 20th century recordings: during this time wax cylinders and other recording devises were becoming more popular.	158	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	American History 157 Episodes 2 Volume Famous and lesser know episodes from the birth and growth of a Great Nation presented from popular OTR sources, including Cavalcade Of America, American Trail, Frontier Fighters, Mr. President and You Are There. Great lessons and fine entertainment.	157	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Mr President 156 Episodes 3 Volume This old time radio series tells the untold tales the Commanders-in-chief's everyday life. In order to challenge the audience to guess his identity, the President's name was not revealed until the end of the show.	156	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	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
	Presidential Campaigns 1892-1974 155 Episodes 1 Volume Includes historic and entertaining campaign speeches from Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.	155	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	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
	History Through the Ears of Radio 147 Episodes 6 Volume This collection takes you back to those dangerous, yet simple times when you got your news on the go with that transistor radio tucked close to your ear.	147	6	Add To Cart: $30.00
	Presidential Election 1968 146 Episodes 3 Volume In the last five and a half decades there was one Presidential Election that saw more change than any other and that was the Presidential Election of 1968.	146	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Christmas Addresses 142 Episodes 2 Volume The President of the United States traditionally sends greetings to the People at Christmas time.	142	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Presidential Election 1992 141 Episodes 4 Volume Running against George HW Bush and political outsider, Ross Perot, Bill Clinton and Al Gore won the 1992 Presidential Election carrying 32 states plus Washington, DC.	141	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	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
	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
	Watergate Scandal News 134 Episodes 2 Volume Valuable up close look at events as they were unfolding during Nixon's Watergate Scandal.	134	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	John McCain 129 Episodes 2 Volume Relive the legacy of John Sidney McCain III through audio; A US Navy Officer who was captured in Vietnam, McCain later became US Senator for Arizona from 1987-2018 and ran for national office.	129	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Wax Cylinders 1 (1880 - 1890s) 126 Episodes 1 Volume First commercially produced sound recording devices and offer an early look at turn of the century audio technology as well as popular music and culture from the late 19th century and early 20th century. Mass recording were made on Wax Cylinders from music to speeches to comedy routines all to be enjoyed the in comfort of the listener's home. This collection includes highlights from early recordings from the 1880-1890s.	126	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Boxers Champions and Prizefighters 125 Episodes 3 Volume This OTRCAT original collection includes examples of boxing in all the genres of old time radio shows.	125	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Rare Historical 125 Episodes 2 Volume Old Time Radio is more than a report of History, OTR Programs ARE History!	125	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Civil Defense 124 Episodes 1 Volume Fascinating PSA, recordings and episodes to save americans from a nuclear attack!	124	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Radio Jingles (Allied Artists Radio Jingles) 122 Episodes 1 Volume Christmas Eve, 1924, a male vocal quartet began singing the "Have You Tried Wheaties?" gave the product a huge boost in the market leading to other companies creating jingles for their products.	122	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Norman Corwin 120 Episodes 3 Volume One of the greatest creative minds that has ever floated through the airwaves, Norman Corwin's poetic personality left an impression on listeners everywhere.	120	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	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
	Churchill (Winston) Recordings 113 Episodes 1 Volume Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom during WWII and great orator, wrote his own speeches and delivered them on many radio broadcasts.	113	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	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
	Bob Elson Interviews 107 Episodes 2 Volume primarily known as a sports announcer, a large portion of his career was spent simply interviewing famous people.	107	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Great Moments in Radio 103 Episodes 1 Volume Hear important Historical Events as they actually occurred on the Radio.	103	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Complete Broadcast 1944 (D-Day Invasion of Normandy NBC) 103 Episodes 1 Volume original full day broadcast from the day of the invasion June 6th, 1944 including news bulletins, comedy and variety shows. These recordings illustrate the response on the American home front to the Normandy Landings called "the greatest invasion in the history of the world."	103	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Apocalypse (End of the World) 103 Episodes 2 Volume Hear Duck and Cover, Plagues, Robot Attacks, Time Travel, Annihilation, Cold War Speeches, and more in this OTRCAT original collection of tales about THE END OF THE WORLD!	103	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Edward Murrow (Hear It Now) 101 Episodes 2 Volume One of the greatest American journalists in broadcast history, he pioneered the reporter on the scene reporting during WWII.	101	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Kennedy Brothers 101 Episodes 2 Volume This collection is a history of what each brother contributed to the country; whether good, bad, or indifferent.	101	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	CBS World News Today 95 Episodes 2 Volume one of the first news shows to send famed correspondents, Edward R Murrow, John Charles Daly, and William L. Shirer, around the world to give American eyewitness accounts to some of the most dramatic events in history.	95	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Atomic Radio 95 Episodes 2 Volume OTRCAT original collection featuring radio shows inspired by the Atomic Age. A blast from the past, this collection includes a bombardment of shows from all genres including Science Fiction, comedy, horror, detective, and drama.	95	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Jeffrey Silver 93 Episodes 2 Volume While on vacation from Cleveland, Jeffrey Silver made a few radio auditions just for fun, and wound up as a young, professional, Hollywood radio actor.	93	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	You Are There 92 Episodes 2 Volume This series takes historic events and dramatizes them with "live radio" coverage. Many of the announcers on You Are There were wartime correspondents in World War II.	92	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Jimmy Carter Speeches 92 Episodes 2 Volume Considered "a better man than he was a president", Jimmy Carter ushered America into the 1980s.	92	2	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Radio Fillers 92 Episodes 1 Volume Fifteen minute sample tastes of Hollywood's greats pictures by playing some of the movie's soundtrack and interview stars.	92	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Blitzkrieg 91 Episodes 1 Volume includes news reports and speeches on the german invasion across Europe as the atrocities unfolded.	91	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
	Robert F Kennedy 91 Episodes 1 Volume Sometimes thought of as 'the good Kennedy', Robert F. Kennedy had more in common with his mother, Rose, than with his father or even his older brothers	91	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
	Harry S Truman Speeches 90 Episodes 2 Volume Listen to historic speeches from the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.	90	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Words At War 89 Episodes 2 Volume This old time radio series is a wonderful blend of history and literature and sometimes a sprinkle of wartime propaganda.	89	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Dwight D Eisenhower 88 Episodes 1 Volume Eisenhower was a national hero after serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII and in 1952 won the Presidential Election.	88	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Biography in Sound 86 Episodes 4 Volume Produced by Joseph O. Meyers, this old time radio series fascinated radio audiences with the biographies of Churchill, Babe Ruth, Fred Allen, WC Fields, and more.	86	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	South African Rarities 86 Episodes 2 Volume Fill your Bakkie Full of Your Favorite Okes and Padkos and Listen to these Rare Radio shows from the Rainbow Nation!	86	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Impeach a President (Clinton) 86 Episodes 3 Volume Whenever a sitting President does something that his opposition does not like, there are calls for Impeachment. The case of President Clinton's Impeachment proceedings can be instructive.	86	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	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
	Wolfman Jack 83 Episodes 1 Volume As a DJ, he played a rowdy combination of Rock and Rhythm and Blues, and his trademark raspy voice conveyed an unending sense of mischief.	83	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Gerald Ford Speeches 80 Episodes 2 Volume President Ford became President when Richard Nixon left the office of presidency due to the Watergate scandal.	80	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
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