The World War 2 Radio Podcast

Today’s episode features U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat of February 23, 1942. This was FDR’s 20th fireside chat as he sought to reassure a nervous and discouraged American populati…

Today’s episode is the News of the World, as carried over the NBC Blue Network the morning of February 20, 1942.

Today’s episode is the NBC News Roundup of the morning of February 15, 1942.

Today’s episode is the CBS West Coast News Broadcast of the evening of February 13, 1942, with commentary from William Winter.

This week we have “They Call it Pacific” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on July 10, 1943. It tells the story of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and its aftermath. It …

This week we have an episode of Escape, The Thirteenth Truck, which tells the story of a group of Allied commandos planning to destroy a Nazi airbase in Africa. The episode originally aired on August…

Today’s episode comes to us from the NBC studios in New York, the NBC Blue Network News of the World of January 27, 1942.

This week we have a fundraiser for the Red Cross that aired over CBS on January 21, 1942. It is hosted by Kate Smith and Ted Collins and features entertainment and history programming.

Today’s episode is NBC’s War Reporters, a weekly series featuring commentary and reporting on the war effort. This episode first aired January 17, 1942, and features Earl Godwin reporting on the deat…

This week we have “Prisoner of the Japs” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on August 7, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by American journalist Gwen Dew and tells t…

Today’s episode is the CBS News of the World of January 6, 1942, with updates from the Middle East, Asia and at home.

This week we have another news update from 80 years ago, the NBC News Roundup of January 4, 1942.

This week we have an episode of Suspense, one of the most popular old time radio shows. This episode, The King’s Birthday, first aired on August 28, 1943. It stars Dolores Costello in a story that ta…

This week we have Mutual network’s broadcast of December 24, 1941, of the lighting of the White House Christmas tree. It features speeches by both U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British…

Today we have the NBC News broadcast of December 17, 1941, with war updates from Europe and the Pacific.

Today, we have the NBC News broadcast of December 15, 1941, as the country prepares for war following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Today’s episode features President Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chat of December 9, 1941, discussing the attack on Pearl Harbor and preparing the American people for war.

Today’s episode contains two segments. The first is President Franklin Roosevelt’s address to a joint session of Congress—the famous Day of Infamy speech from December 8, 1941. That is followed by th…

Today is the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. In recognition of this date, we are sharing multiple broadcasts from the date of the attack