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We The People

"Anybody's and everybody's soap box" - We The People is an entertaining old time radio show featuring human interest stories from the 1930's and 1940's.

We The People

17 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 7 hours, 1777 min)
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8 Audio CDs


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Dan SeymourWe The People is a human interest collection of not so simple stories from simple people and not so simple people.  The show featured real people telling an unusual and extraordinary true story in their own words, later the stories were dramatized.  Time Magazine called We The People "anybody's and everybody's soap box." 

Some We The People stories including in this collection:

  • Dunninger the Mentalist tells the true ghost story of a dead man's guitar that mysteriously strummed every night.
  • A heartwarming story of a small time crook doing time in prison who finds a pen-pal on the outside.  When he's released he travels to her home to surprise her only to be surprised himself by what he found.
  • A poor newsboy who always wanted a dog, finds one he named Rusty who helps him run his route.  He tells the story on how he lost he's dog to a reckless automobile drive.

Sanka CoffeeWe The People was sponsored by Sanka coffee and later Post Grape Nuts, and Gulf Oil. The show began as a skit on the Rudy Vallee Show and soon became it's own show so popular it rivaled Ripley's Believe it or Not for extraordinary stories. 

At times guests who were mostly amateurs had trouble reading their stories due to stage fright.  To prevent fraudulent stories from broadcasting, the production came up with an extensive test system to prove stories to be true. 

We The People is an entertaining old time radio show featuring human interest stories from the 1930s and 1940s. 

See also: Vox Pop, Bob Elson Interviews on the 20th Century LimitedDunninger the Mentalist and Ripley's Believe it or Not.

Bob Nelson We the People

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    COMMENTS

    I was elated to find a few listings of yours that supplemented my existing collection. I thought you might have somehow found more musical programs, for example, which is the reason I ordered the Kate Smith and Belll Telelphone Hour disks. I am interested if you might have somewhere programs by Cities Service Band of America. I have only located two or three.

    David Verified Purchase

    I was told in my family that my grandparents, Jerome and Dorothy Ulven appeared on We the People Program that was done with Phillips Lord. They won a trip to Radio City to tell the story of the Dale town bachelors and how getting married broke that cycle. I think it was in 1936.

    Maria Verified Purchase

    Thank you very much for providing me with many hours of reminiscing with old time radio shows.

    Joel Verified Purchase

    We the People was a little old fashioned, but provides a interesting window to the past. Enjoyed the disk very much.

    Byron Verified Purchase

    On Sept 10, 1940 my grandmother was interviewed in New York on the CBS radio program We, the People. (She survived being held hostage for two days by escaped convicts) Many decades ago my family had a copy of the recording but sadly has since been lost. No one has heard the interview she did in over 50 years. It was incredible to be able to find the audio of this episode online. Just to let you know, no one in our family has been able to hear this interview since 1940!! This is pretty amazing to find. Thank you so much for what you do!!

    Helen Verified Purchase

    I am looking for a recording of W.C. Bailey of Underhill Vermont, who was on the We The People radio show sometime in the mid to late 1930's. His claim to fame was that he took up riding the bicycle at the age of 79, and made two trips from Vermont to Chicago and back.

    Gary

    Do you have or know someone who has a recording of Clifford Johnson on We The People. It would have been sometime after 1943. He was a Coast Guard man on leave the night of the Cocoanut Grove Fire in Boston in 1942. He was a hero that night who suffered severe burns, but recovered after a year in the hospital. He was on a Sunday Evening Broadcast of that show, but I'm not sure if it was the radio or TV show. Pretty sure it was the radio show.

    Paul Verified Purchase

    My great great grandfather, interview on Or around August 16, 1940 in New York on We The People to discuss his role in the Civil War as a Black Man. It would be unbelievable to hear his story. He lived in Hugo Oklahoma at the time.

    TripleA

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  • MP3 CDs are delivered by mail. These archival quality MP3 CDs are playable in your computer and many MP3 player devices.



    17 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 7 hours, 1777 min
    17 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
    total playtime 7 hours, 1777 min
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    1. 17 shows – total playtime 7 hours, 29 minutes
    2. We People 370418 Dinosaur Tracks.mp3
    3. We People 390131 Clip James A Naismith Inventor Basketball.mp3
    4. We People 400206 Daughter Of Lillian Russell.mp3
    5. We People 400903 Boy Finds A Dog.mp3
    6. We People 400910 The Man Who Starts Riots For Swing Bands.mp3
    7. We People 410708 Tobruk.mp3
    8. We People 450513 Ralph Bellamy.mp3
    9. We People 450517 Kate Smith, Irving Berlin.mp3
    10. We People 470126 J.Benny M.Livingston H.Greenberg.mp3
    11. We People 470126 Time Magazines Woman Of Year.mp3
    12. We People 470518 Georgie Price, Gordon MacRae.mp3
    13. We People 470525 Henry Morgan.mp3
    14. We People 470611 Woman Of Year.mp3
    15. We People 490126 Life on Mars.mp3
    16. We People 4xxxxx Siegel and Shuster Superman.mp3
    17. We People Salute To US Marines.mp3
    18. We People Salute To US Navy.mp3
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    17 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 7 hours, 1777 min
    17 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
    206 MB – total playtime 7 hours, 29 min
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    1. 17 shows – 206 MB – total playtime 7 hours, 29 minutes
    2. We People 370418 Dinosaur Tracks.mp3
    3. We People 390131 Clip James A Naismith Inventor Basketball.mp3
    4. We People 400206 Daughter Of Lillian Russell.mp3
    5. We People 400903 Boy Finds A Dog.mp3
    6. We People 400910 The Man Who Starts Riots For Swing Bands.mp3
    7. We People 410708 Tobruk.mp3
    8. We People 450513 Ralph Bellamy.mp3
    9. We People 450517 Kate Smith, Irving Berlin.mp3
    10. We People 470126 J.Benny M.Livingston H.Greenberg.mp3
    11. We People 470126 Time Magazines Woman Of Year.mp3
    12. We People 470518 Georgie Price, Gordon MacRae.mp3
    13. We People 470525 Henry Morgan.mp3
    14. We People 470611 Woman Of Year.mp3
    15. We People 490126 Life on Mars.mp3
    16. We People 4xxxxx Siegel and Shuster Superman.mp3
    17. We People Salute To US Marines.mp3
    18. We People Salute To US Navy.mp3
  • Standard Audio CDs are delivered by mail on archival quality media with up to 60 minutes on each CD and play in all CD players



    17 recordings on 8 Audio CDs. Total playtime 7 hours, 29 min
    17 recordings on 8 Audio CDs
    total playtime 7 hours, 29 min

    We The People Disc A001

    1. We People 4xxxxx Siegel and Shuster Superman
    2. We People Salute To US Marines
    3. We People Salute To US Navy

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    We The People Disc A002

    1. We People 370418 Dinosaur Tracks
    2. We People 390131 Clip James A Naismith Inventor Basketball
    3. We People 400206 Daughter Of Lillian Russell

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    We The People Disc A003

    1. We People 400903 Boy Finds A Dog
    2. We People 400910 The Man Who Starts Riots For Swing Bands

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    We The People Disc A004

    1. We People 410708 Tobruk
    2. We People 450513 Ralph Bellamy

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    We The People Disc A005

    1. We People 450517 Kate Smith, Irving Berlin
    2. We People 470126 J.Benny M.Livingston H.Greenberg

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    We The People Disc A006

    1. We People 470126 Time Magazines Woman Of Year
    2. We People 470518 Georgie Price, Gordon MacRae

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    We The People Disc A007

    1. We People 470525 Henry Morgan
    2. We People 470611 Woman Of Year

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    We The People Disc A008

    1. We People 490126 Life on Mars

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