A place to share articles, stories, photos, and videos from America's halcyon days. The cars, the clothes, the music, the movies, the art, and the culture: it all belongs here. Feel free to post items of substance - the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing, the Cold War and Space Race were hot, environmentalism was nascent, and under society's pristine veneer was an undercurrent of new thinking and the unstoppable force of change.
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For those interested, I produce/host a monthly docu-podcast on the history of US network radio broadcasting called Breaking Walls. It's free to subscribe and listen on youtube — https://www.youtube.com/@thewallbreakersllc/podcasts. It's a Ken Burns-style show that combines radio episodes, interviews, newsreels, sfx, and narration. This month I'm releasing a new episode on Jack Benny's life and career in the spring of 1944 (#151) as well as an old episode from my archives on the life and career of Fred Allen (#81) . Next month I'll be doing a deep dive on D-Day for the 80th anniversary (#152) and releasing an episode on the history of Sam Spade on radio (#105) from my archives.