History

Ireland Under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum

Read by Jim Locke


Richard Bagwell



This second volume of a history of Ireland focuses on the years 1642-1660. It, like the first, was a period of dramatic, and even of violent…

Biographies In Sound

Read by H. V. Kaltenborn




H. V. Kaltenborn narrates "A Salute to Network Radio on its 30th Anniversary," exploring the rich history of network radio. This p…

Eyes Aloft




Eyes Aloft presents a special December 7th Memorial Program on the one year anniversary of America at war. This program explores how the Air…

NBC's 40th Anniversary




NBC celebrates their 40 years in broadcasting with hosts Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, who introduce excerpts from 40 years worth of en…

CBC




Experience the rich history of CBC with this special program celebrating its 50th anniversary. This broadcast from 1986 highlights the achie…

Mutual Broadcasting System In Review




The Mutual Networks present highlights from the year 1937, including FDR's re-inauguration, Ohio and Mississippi river floods, a CIO strike …

State of the Union Addresses

Read by KevinS


Gerald Ford



The State of the Union address is a speech or report presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States…

The World's Famous Orations

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Various,William Jennings Bryan and Various, William Jennings Bryan



William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 8 includes speeches from the years 1774…

Mother Earth

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Various



Mother Earth, an American anarchist journal, was self styled as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Mo…

The Tale of the Spinning Wheel

Read by Amelia Chesley


Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel and Elizabeth C. Barney Buel



Adapted from a talk given for various New England historical societies and chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), this …

Cavalcade Of America




A dramatization of events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Cavalcade Of America




A dramatization of how the Connecticut Charter was saved from falling into the hands of the Crown in 1687.

History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century

Read by Gillian Hendrie


Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné



This third volume of d'Aubigné's work on the Reformation covers the years 1521 - 1527, as it developed in Germany, Switzerland, Engla…

The Poisoned Loving-Cup

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Charles Grant Miller



"ANGLO-AMERICAN accord is splendid sentiment. America ever rises gladly to this toast. But we must drink from our own crystal chalice o…

Adventures In Research




The story of the first regularly scheduled radio broadcast in history, in 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcast the presidential election c…

The World's Best Orations

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Various



Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…

A Life of Napoleon

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi


Ida M. Tarbell



Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of …

Histories

Read by ARodrigo


Polybius



Of the forty books which made up the history of Polybius, the first five alone have come down to us in a complete form; of the rest we have …

Stories of South Pole Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell



The famous search for the North-West Passage led many daring pioneers to penetrate into the unknown and to brave the dread perils of the Arc…

Canadian School Days

Read by Elwy Yost


Max Braithwaite



Join us for a delightful journey back in time with Canadian School Days, a unique presentation that takes listeners to the one-room schoolho…

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