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 date as possible, with some additional bonus episodes thrown in that include related content.
Today we have something a little different. It’s a look back on some key figures from World War II from Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story.” The series was hosted by Harvey over ABC from 1976 until…
Today we have a March 21, 1943, address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the British people and countries around the world. He talks about the progress toward victory and possible goals…
Today we have a story from Cloak & Dagger, The Trap. Cloak and Dagger was a short-lived radio series that told stories taken from the files of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War 2 foreru…
Today we have the March 14, 1943, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes updates on the war from Algiers, Australia, London, Washington and New York.
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Today we have “Since You Went Away” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on September 16, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by Margaret Buell Wilder and tells the story…
Today we have the March 2, 1943, edition of the CBS Morning News. It includes updates on the war from Australia, London, Washington and New York.
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Today we have the February 28, 1943, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes updates on the war from Algiers, Honolulu, London, Tunisia, the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Washington and New York.
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Today we have the Roma Nightly News as it was broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System on February 26, 1943.
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Today we have a February 22, 1943, address by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on George Washington’s birthday. He compares the challenges Washington faced during the American Revolution and early…
Today we have a February 20, 1943, closed-circuit broadcast from the U.S. Office of Censorship. It was broadcast out to employees of radio stations across the country, but was not intended for public…
Today we have the February 18, 1943, address to a joint session of Congress by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, the first lady of the Republic of China. This appearance was part of an eight-month speaking tou…
Today we have a series of short news updates and other broadcasts from this week in February 1943. First, we have a brief announcement of the new policy of rationing shoes on the homefront. The next …
Today we have the February 7, 1943, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes updates on the war from Algiers, Australia, Cairo, Honolulu, Washington and New York.
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Today we have Know Your Ally: China, a production of the Armed Forces Radio Service. It was produced in 1943 with the goal of emphasizing to those serving in the U.S. military the importance of China…
Today we have a CBS News Special Report on the Casablanca Conference between U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other Allied leaderts. It also includes an…
Today we have a story from Cloak & Dagger, The Norwegian Incident. Cloak and Dagger was a short-lived radio series that told stories taken from the files of the Office of Strategic Services, the Worl…
Today we have the January 17, 1943, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes updates on the war from London, Australia, Cairo, Honolulu, Washington and New York.
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Today we have something a little different. It’s a collection of public service announcements that originally aired over various stations in 1943, including a war bond plea from Orson Welles and a re…
Today we have the CBS World News Today of January 10, 1943. It includes updates on the war from Honolulu, London, Cairo, Moscow, Santiago, Washington and New York and from inside a B-25 over the Gulf…
As promised, here is today’s bonus episode: U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address of January 7, 1943. He discusses domestic issues and the war.