(Bonus) The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union , when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba . The crisis lasted from 16 to 28 October 1962. The confrontation is widely considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into full-scale nuclear war...
Mar 26, 20240•Season 5Ep. 4
(Bonus) Andrei Gromyko (18 July 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War . He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s Western pundits called him Mr Nyet ("Mr No") or "Grim Grom", because of his frequent use of the Soviet veto in the United Nations Security Council ....
Mar 26, 20240•Season 5Ep. 4
(Bonus) Adlai Ewing Stevenson II ( February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956 , losing both elections to Dwight D. Eisenhower in a landslide . Stevenson was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson I , the 23rd vice president of ...
Mar 26, 20240•Season 5Ep. 4
S05-E-04 We feature Adlai Stevenson, who was the U.S. representative to the United Nations, and a brief speech to his Soviet counterpart concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Mar 26, 2024•7 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. Rear Window is considered by many filmgoers, critics, and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best,[4] as well as one of the greatest ...
Mar 18, 20240•Season 5Ep. 3
The Six Shooter is a United States Western old-time radio program starring James Stewart as a gunfighter. It was created by Frank Burt, who also wrote many of the episodes, and lasted only one season of 39 episodes on NBC (Sept. 20, 1953–June 24, 1954). Initially, it was broadcast on Sundays at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, through October 11. Then it was heard at 8:30 pm for three weeks. Finally, on November 8, 1953, through March 21, 1954, it was broadcast Sundays at 8 pm; beginning April 1, 1954, thr...
Mar 18, 20240•Season 5Ep. 3
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality, which he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth century. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors.[1] He received numerous honors inclu...
Mar 18, 20240•Season 5Ep. 3
S05-E03 We feature Mr. Jimmy Stewart staring in an episode of the radio drama, The Six Shooter. Mr. Jimmy Stewart is an iconic American actor who had a prolific career in radio, theater, major motion pictures, and long service to his country in the Air Force. The selection for this episode is from his western radio drama, The Six Shooter. It was common for Hollywood actors to take work in radio inbetween their major film roles. This is an example of this role.
Mar 18, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 3
White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that entailed ...
Mar 16, 20240•Season 5Ep. 2
The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show, hosted by the stage and screen star Danny Kaye, which aired on Wednesday nights from September 25, 1963, to June 7, 1967, on the CBS television network.[1] Directed by Robert Scheerer, it premiered in black-and-white. It switched to color broadcasts in the fall of 1965. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity. He starred in a string of successful 1940s and 1950s musical comedy features, made numerous personal appearances at venues su...
Mar 16, 20240•Season 5Ep. 2
Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz;[1][2] January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author.[3] Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie, and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife, Ida, and five daughters. Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee", "Ida (Sw...
Mar 16, 20240•Season 5Ep. 2
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל ק ַאמינסקי; January 18, 1911– March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.
Mar 16, 20240•Season 5Ep. 2
(S05-E02) We feature the entertainers Danny Kaye and Eddie Cantor in a radio show episode of the Danny Kaye Show. Both Danny Kaye and Eddie Cantor were legendary entertainers from the early days of radio, broadway, movies, and television. Both dominated the entertainment mediums from the 1930s through the 1960s. Both were heavily involved in charitable work. Mr. Kaye involvement including the United Nations charity work and Mr. Cantor was involved with the March of Dimes to raise funds for resea...
Mar 16, 2024•33 min•Season 5Ep. 2
(Bonus) The Warsaw Pact (WP), [d] formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), [e] was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw , Poland , between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War . The term "Warsaw Pact" commonly refers to both the treaty itself and its resultant defensive alliance , the Warsaw Treaty Organization [5] (WTO). [f] The Warsaw Pact was the military an...
Feb 23, 20240•Season 16Ep. 3
(Bonus) The Cold War originated in the breakdown of relations between the two main victors in World War II : United States and the Soviet Union , and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc , in the years 1945–1949. The origins derive from diplomatic (and occasional military) confrontations stretching back decades, followed by the issue of political boundaries in Central Europe and non-democratic control of the East by the Soviet Army. In the 1940s came economic issues (es...
Feb 23, 20240•Season 16Ep. 3
(Bonus) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO /ˈneɪtoʊ/ NAY-toh ; French : Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 31 member states – 29 European and two North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II , the organization implemented the North Atlantic Treaty , signed in Washington, D.C. , on 4 April 1949. [3] [4] NATO is a collective security system: its independent member state...
Feb 23, 20240•Season 16Ep. 3
(Bonus) The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc, the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe , Asia , Africa , and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991). These states followed the ideology of Marxism–Leninism , in opposition to the capitalist Western Bloc . The Eastern Bloc was often called the " Second World ", whereas the term " First World " referred to the W...
Feb 23, 20240•Season 16Ep. 3
S16-E03 Topics: Arming of the East and the West, formation of NATO pact, formation of the WARSAW pact. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsung Listen, Stitcher , TuneIn , Twitter , Vurbl , and YouTube . Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comment...
Feb 23, 2024•18 min•Season 16Ep. 3
(Bonus) On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists starring Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Fred Astaire , and Anthony Perkins . Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer , it is based on Nevil Shute 's 1957 novel On the Beach depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war, which attributes global annihilation to fear compounded by accident or misjudgment. World War III has devastated the N...
Feb 22, 20240•Season 16Ep. 2
(Bonus) Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet , based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler . The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow , and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike . The film features performances by actors Henry Fonda , Dan O'Herlihy , Walter Matthau , Frank Overton , Larry Hagman , Fritz Weaver , Dana...
Feb 22, 20240•Season 16Ep. 2
(Bonus) Duck and Cover is a 1952 American civil defense animated live-action social guidance film [1] that is often mischaracterized [2] [3] as propaganda . [4] It has similar themes to the more adult-oriented civil defense training films. It was widely distributed to United States schoolchildren in the 1950s, and teaches students what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion. [5] The film was funded by the US Federal Civil Defense Administration and released in January 1952. At the time, the S...
Feb 22, 20240•Season 16Ep. 2
(Bonus) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (known simply and more commonly as Dr. Strangelove ) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film directed, co-written, and produced by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers in three roles, including the title character. The film, which satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States , also stars George C. Scott , Sterling Hayden , Keenan Wynn , Slim Pickens , and T...
Feb 22, 20240•Season 16Ep. 2
S16-E02 Topics: Fail Safe movie, Dr. Strangelove movie, On the Beach movie, Duck and Cover movie. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsung Listen, Stitcher , TuneIn , Twitter , Vurbl , and YouTube . Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to ...
Feb 22, 2024•28 min•Season 16Ep. 2
(Bonus) Biography of SCOTUS Justice Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. ; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States . He was nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since January 31, 2006. After Antonin Scalia , Alito is the second Italian American justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court ....
Feb 14, 20240•Season 5Ep. 1
(Bonus) Justice Alito explains the majority decision on the Hobby Lobby religious freedom case.
Feb 14, 20240•Season 5Ep. 1
(Bonus) This short overview of the Hobby Lobby Case presents the major questions and issues decided regarding religious liberty.
Feb 14, 20240•Season 5Ep. 1
S05-E01 We feature U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito and audio summary of the SCOTUS decision concerning Burwell v. Hobby Lobby regarding religious freedom of businesses. The court case examined whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 allows a for-profit company to deny its employees' health coverage of contraception to which the employees would otherwise be entitled based on the religious objections of the company's owner. The Court held that Congress intended for the RFRA to be re...
Feb 14, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 1
(Bonus) The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus is described in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, and his mother Mary was betrothed to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention. The nativity is the basis for the Christian holiday of Christmas on December 25, and plays a major role in the Christian liturgica...
Dec 25, 20220•Season 4Ep. 5
(Bonus) Bethlehem is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about 10 km (6.2 miles) south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000, and it is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. The economy is primarily tourist-driven, peaking during the Christmas season, when Christians make pilgrimage to the Church of the Nativity. The important holy site of Rachel's Tomb is at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, though not freely accessible to the city's own inhabitants and in general P...
Dec 25, 20220•Season 4Ep. 5
(Bonus) The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem in the West Bank, of Palestine. The grotto it contains holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. The grotto is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity, and the basilica is the oldest major church in the Holy Land.
Dec 25, 20220•Season 4Ep. 5
