The World War 2 Radio Podcast

Today we have the NBC News of the World from the morning of November 13, 1942. It includes updates on the war from London, Cairo, Australia, Moscow, Washington and New York. It is followed by a brief…

Today’s episode consists of two segments from November 10, 1942. The first is a portion of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s speech to the Lord Mayor’s Luncheon that day, commonly known as t…

Today’s episode consists of two segments reporting on Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. The first segment is a November 7, 1942, CBS special report on the invasion with upd…

Today we have the CBS World News from the morning of November 2, 1942. It includes updates on the war from New York, Moscow, London and Washington. The very end of the broadcast seems to be cut off, …

Today, we have a little taste of the home front for Halloween. It’s “Masquerade,” an episode of Dark Destiny, which aired on October 31, 1942. Dark Destiny was a short-lived radio series that aired o…

Today we have the CBS News of the World from the morning of October 30, 1942. It includes updates on the war from New York, London, Cairo, Moscow and Washington.

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Today we have the final episode of Nazi Eyes on Canada, a radio play produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The series warns Canadians of the danger of Germany and imagines a future where…

Today we have the CBS News of the World from the morning of October 26, 1942. It includes updates on the war from New York, London, Cairo, Moscow and Washington.

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Today we have the next segment of Nazi Eyes on Canada, a multi-week radio play produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The series warns Canadians of the danger of Germany and imagines a fu…

Today we have an episode of The Story Behind the Headlines. This episode focuses on Guadalcanal and aired on October 18, 1942. It was produced by NBC in cooperation with the American Historical Assoc…

Today we have the third part of Nazi Eyes on Canada, a five-episode radio play produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The series warns Canadians of the danger of Germany and imagines a fu…

Today we have President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat of October 12, 1942. It was his 23rd fireside chat. This speech was delivered after Roosevelt had completed a trip around the country…

Today we have the CBS News of the World from the morning of October 9, 1942. It includes updates on the war from New York, Stockholm, Moscow, London and Washington.

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Today we have the CBS News of the World from the morning of October 6, 1942. It includes updates on the war from New York, London, Washington and Moscow.

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Today we have the second part of Nazi Eyes on Canada, a five-episode radio play produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The series warns Canadians of the danger of Germany and imagines a f…

Today we have “To Fly with a Fighting Navy,” a recruiting program aimed at helping grow the number of naval aviators. It was syndicated and aired on various stations across the country in early Octob…

Today we have “Extra, Extra,” a 1942 episode of Yarns for Yanks. The series was produced by the Special Service division of the U.S War Department and aired over the Armed Forces Radio Network. This …

Today we have the September 24, 1942, broadcast of the Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade show, the final broadcast before Glenn Miller joined the U.S. Army. Miller, one of the most popular performers o…

Today we have the first part of Nazi Eyes on Canada, a five-episode radio play produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This first episode aired on September 20, 1942, and stars Helen Hayes…

Today we have a news update and commentary from Fulton Lewis as it aired over the Mutual Network on September 18, 1942. Lewis delivered his commentaries five nights a week over Mutual throughout the …