The goal of this podcast is to deliver radio broadcasts as you would have heard them 80 years ago, during the days of World War 2. Our episodes will be a mix of entertainment, news and other information. You’ll hear each episode as close to the original d
Today, we have a special episode of NBC's University of the Air, reporting on U.S. foreign policy. It was broadcast from San Francisco, site of the United Nations conference planning for the post-war world on May 26, 1945.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the May 23, 1945, edition of NBC News of theWorld. The top story is the news of political turmoil in Great Britain as the Labour Party pulls out of the governing coalition with Winston Churchill's Conservative Party. It also includes additional updates on the war and from the home front.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have “On a Note of Triumph,” a special presentationwritten by Norman Corwin for CBS. It celebrates theAllied victory in Europe. It first aired on May 8, but was rebroadcast several times during the month of May. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have a May 13, 1945, address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He speaks of the victory in Europe and his five years as prime minister. He also addresses the future and ongoing fight in the Pacific.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the May 13, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from London, Paris, San Francisco, Washington, and New York.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have a salute to the troops from a bevy of entertainers. This broadcast went out over the Armed Forces Radio Service to men and women serving all over the world, celebrating the victory in Europe. It features Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland and other top stars of the day.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have a celebration of V-E Day – Victory in Europe as the Germans surrender to the Allies. We'll hear from U.S. President Harry Truman, then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. That is followed by additional news updates from the day. Then, we'll hear from U.S Generals George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today, we have three reports as news breaks of the surrender of Germany. The news came early in the morning and as you can hear from our first NBC segment, there was some doubt that it was true. You'll also hear further coverage of the news in updates from Mutual station WOR of New York and the Portland, Ore., CBS affiliate. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today, we start the week off with a few short segments. We have news updates from the Mutual network and the CBC, then a report from NBC from Drew Pearson. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have a couple of segments. First, we have a May 1 report from CBS on the initial reports of the death of Adolf Hitler. Our second segment is a VOA rebroadcast of NBC's coverage of the surrender of German forces in Italy. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the April 29, 1945, edition of NBC's News of the World. It includes reports on the continued rumors of a German surrender, plus updates from Germany, San Francisco, Washington, and New York.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have three segments. First, two news updates as U.S. and Soviet troops meet in Germany. There is also a brief report on rumors of a German surrender.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have Lowell Thomas & the News, as it aired over NBC on April 24, 1945. Hugh Gibson substitutes for Thomas on this broadcast. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have a few broadcasts from this week in 1945. First, an April 21 update from the BBC on Soviet victories in Berlin. Then, from NBC, an April 22 update from Drew Pearson. We end with an April 22 report from the CBC on the conditions in Holland.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have several brief broadcasts from this week in 1945. First is Harry Truman's April 16 address to Congress following the death of FDR. That is followed by brief news updates from first the CBC and then CBS from April 17.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today's episode features broadcasts from April 13. First, you'll hear coverage of the arrival of the funeral train that brought thepresident from Warm Springs to Washington, D.C., and the procession from the train station to the White House. That is followed by an address from Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., delivering a speech his father had written for the United Nations conference and planned to deliver on April 13.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Eighty years ago today, U.S President Franklin Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia, stunning the nation and the world. Today, we have two episodes memorializing that pivotal event. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Eighty years ago today, U.S President Franklin Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia, stunning the nation and the world. Today, we have two episodes memorializing that pivotal event. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the April 8, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, Germany, London, Moscow, Washington, and New York.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have a report from Edward Ward of the BBC on the Buchenwald concentration camp. He describes the situation there as he arrives on site a week after the liberation of the camp.
Today we have the April 1, 1945, edition of NBC's News of the World, as the news breaks of the invasion of Okinawa. There are also updates on the war in Europe.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the March 29, 1945, episode of The March of Time as it was heard over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. Sponsored by Time magazine, the series featured documentaries and dramatizations of the news of the day.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have NBC's Don Hollenbeck and the News, as it aired the evening of March 27, 1945. It focuses mostly on developments on the Western front, and addresses false rumors of a German surrender.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today's episode has two segments from March 24, 1945. First, we have a breaking news report from CBS on the news of the Allies crossing the Rhine. The second segment is Alex Drier's Weekly News Analysis, as it aired over NBC later that day.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have Feature Story with Harry Marble as it was broadcast over CBS this week in 1945. Marble was a long time broadcaster for CBS, covering the war in the 1940s and continuing on with the network through 1955. In this episode, Marble discusses the upcoming United Nations conference in San Francisco.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the March 18, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, San Francisco, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the March 15, 1945, episode of The March of Time as it was heard over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. Sponsored by Time magazine, the series featured documentaries and dramatizations of the news of the day. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the March 12, 1945, evening news broadcast from KORM radio in Portland, Oregon. It offers updates on the war in Europe and the Pacific, as well as news from the home front. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the February 22, 1945, episode of The March of Time as it was heard over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. Sponsored by Time magazine, the series featured documentaries and dramatizations of the news of the day. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the March 4, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, Germany, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the March 1, 1945, address by President Franklin Roosevelt to a joint session of Congress. He reports on the recent summit in Yalta with other Allied leaders and discusses the future of the war and plans for the post-war world. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the February 27, 1945, morning edition of the NBC News of the World. It includes analysis and updates on the war in Europe and the Pacific, with reports from Manila, London, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the February 25, 1945, episode of The Story Behind the Headlines. Hosted by Cesar Saerchinger, the show was a joint venture between NBC and the American Historical Association that took a deeper look at the news of the day. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have several short broadcasts reporting on the beginning of the Battle of Iwo Jima. These broadcasts all originally aired on February 19 and 20, 1945. Please note that today's episode contains live reports of combat and may be disturbing to some listeners. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the February 18, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, Belgium, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have “Into Berlin,” the March 3, 1945, episode of The Man Called X as it aired over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. It was sponsored by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today's episode features a program from New York's WOR radio saluting Purple Heart recipients from the U.S. Marine Corps. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the February 9, 1945, evening news from New York radio station WEAF. It offers updates on the war from both the Western and Eastern Fronts in Europe, as well as news from the Pacific. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have “The Bid Was Four Hearts” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on February 27, 1945. It is based on the book “Faith of our Fighters” by Ellwood C. Nance. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have a little taste of the home front, the February 13, 1945, episode of the Alan Young Show as it aired over ABC. This episode also was a fundraiser for the U.S. Treasury Department's War Bond efforts. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the January 28, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, Belgium, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have NBC's War Telescope as it aired on January 20, 1945. Usually broadcast from London, it offered weekly updates on the war every Saturday, as well as looking at what could be coming in the weeks and months ahead. This week, John MacVane delivers commentary on Allied efforts in Europe. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the January 19, 1945, noontime news from Minneapolis radio station WCCO. It offers updates on the war in Europe and the Pacific, as well as news from the home front. That is followed by President Franklin Roosevelt's inaugural address as he begins his fourth term in office. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the January 14, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have an episode of “Yanks in the Orient” as it aired over the Blue Network this week in 1945. The series featured recordings and reports from U.S. forces in India and Burma. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have NBC's War Telescope as it aired on January 6, 1945. Usually broadcast from London, it offered weekly updates on the war every Saturday, as well as looking at what could be coming in the weeks and months ahead. Most of this week's episode features a broadcast from Paris, reporting on the front in Bastogne. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have President Franklin Roosevelt delivering his Fireside Chat of January 6, 1945. It is a presentation of the State of the Union message he had sent to Congress earlier that day. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we have the NBC afternoon news update with Morgan Beatty from January 3, 1945, reporting on the Allied counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge and other war news. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
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Today we have the December 31, 1944, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Today we offer two news updates from December 28, 1944. First is CBS's The World Today from the early evening. Our second segment is the late NBC news from that night. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
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