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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 1
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Ann Tudor
Part 1 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie.
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A Rare Recording of John R. Brinkley Volume 2
by John R. Brinkley
read by John R. Brinkley
Part 2 of the Rare Recording of... series
John R. Brinkley (July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) became nationally known as the "goat gland doctor" for his controversial medical practice that promised virility for his male patients. He was a pioneer in radio broadcasting and advertising, as he promoted his services to his large listening audience. Despite detractors and critics in the medical community thoroughly discrediting his methods, Brinkley operated clinics and hospitals in several states for two decades. When opposition from the organized medical community resulted in revocation of his radio and medical license he turned to politics, with two failed runs for the governorship of Kansas. Brinkley's rise to fame and fortune was as precipitous as his eventual fall: At the height of his career he had amassed millions of dollars; yet he died sick and nearly penniless, as a result of a number of malpractice, wrongful death and fraud suits brought against him.
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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 2
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Ian Richard Kyle Paisley
Part 2 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie.
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A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley, Volume 2
by Aldous Huxley
read by Aldous Huxley
Part 2 of the Rare Recording of... series
Aldous Huxley (July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He was best known for his novels "Brave New World" and "The Doors of Perception." This recording is from a speech he gave, "What a Piece of Work Man Is." Earlier in his career Huxley edited the Oxford Poetry magazine, wrote travel articles, film stories, and scripts. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism, including universalism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in seven different years.
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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 3
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Corrie Ten Boom
Part 3 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie. The following is part one of a speech ten Boom gave called, Authority Over Demons.
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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 4
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Corrie Ten Boom
Part 4 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie. The following is part two of a speech ten Boom gave called, Authority Over Demons.
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A Rare Recording of Poet John Ciardi Reading His Own Writing
by John Ciardi
read by John Ciardi
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John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, Ciardi pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, and recorded commentaries for National Public Radio. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean?, which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. In the following recordings, Ciardi reads "And They Lived Happily Ever After For Awhile," "To Judith, I," "Happiness," and "The Lamb."
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Dorothy Lamour, Volume 2
by Dorothy Lamour
read by Dorothy Lamour
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Dorothy Lamour, born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton (December 10, 1914 - September 22, 1996) was an American actress and big band singer, best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen." For her contribution to the radio and motion picture industry, Lamour has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The following recordings are from tv appearances in 1972 and 1981.
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A Rare Recording of Evel Knievel
by Evel Knievel
read by Evel Knievel
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Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 - November 30, 2007), known as Evel Knievel, was an American stunt performer and entertainer, born in Butte, Montana. Throughout his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Knievel's most famous stunts include a 1967 jump over the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, which infamously resulted in severe injuries, and a September 8, 1974, attempt to jump across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho using a rocket-powered cycle called the Skycycle X-2. The jump failed after the parachute deployed prematurely, but Knievel survived with minor injuries. The following recordings are from interviews in 1970, 1972, 1974, and in 1975 after Knievel jumped 14 Greyhound buses.
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A Rare Recording of Poet John Ciardi
by John Ciardi
read by John Ciardi
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John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, Ciardi pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, and recorded commentaries for National Public Radio. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean?, which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. The following recording is from a speech Ciardi gave in 1965.
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A Rare Recording of Senator Barry Goldwater
by Senator Barry Goldwater
read by Senator Barry Goldwater
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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 to May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the US Air Force, flying dangerous war zone supply routes overseas during World War II, who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964. The following recording is from a 1988 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Novelist Harold Robbins
by Harold Robbins
read by Harold Robbins
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Harold Robbins, born Harold Rubin (May 21, 1916 - October 14, 1997), was an American author from New York City. One of the best-selling novelists of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers-including The Carpetbaggers in 1961-and sold over 750 million copies in 32 languages. The following recording is from a 1974 tv interview.
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A Rare Recording of the Apollo 11 Post-Flight Press Conference Held on August 12, 1969
by Neil Armstrong
read by Neil Armstrong
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Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon, conducted by NASA from July 16th to 24th 1969. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin landed the Lunar Module Eagle on July 20th at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the surface about six hours later, at 02:56 UTC on July 21st. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes afterward, and together they spent about two and a half hours exploring the site they had named Tranquility Base upon landing. They collected 47 pounds of lunar material to bring back to Earth before re-entering the Lunar Module. In total, they were on the Moon's surface for 21 hours and 36 minutes before returning to the Command Module Columbia, which remained in lunar orbit, piloted by Michael Collins.
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A Rare Recording of Five Famous Seabiscuit Horse Races
by Various Authors
read by Various Readers
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Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 to May 17, 1947), foaled in Lexington, Kentucky, on May 23, 1933, from the mare Swing On and sire Hard Tack, a son of Man o' War, was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States that became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938. Seabiscuit has been immortalized in books and films, including the Shirley Temple film, The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); the book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (1999) by Laura Hillenbrand, along with the film adaptation of Hillenbrand's book, Seabiscuit (2003), that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The following recordings include the Third Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on February 27, 1937; the Fourth Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on March 5, 1938; a Match Race between Seabiscuit and Ligaroti held at Del Mar, California August 12, 1938; a Match Race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, MD - dubbed the "Match of the Century" - held on November 1, 1938; and the Sixth Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on March 2, 1940.
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A Rare Recording of 1988 US Presidential Candidate Gary Hart's Campaign Exit Speech
by Gary Hart
read by Gary Hart
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Gary Warren Hart (born November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential nominations, until in 1988, he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987. The following is Hart's public announcement on May 8, 1987 that he was ending his presidential campaign.
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A Rare Recording of Senator Richard M. Nixon's 1952 Checkers Speech
by President Richard Nixon
read by President Richard Nixon
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The Checkers speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by Senator Richard Nixon (R-CA) at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, six weeks before the 1952 United States presidential election, in which he was the Republican nominee for Vice President. Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses. His place was in doubt on the Republican ticket, so he flew to Los Angeles and delivered a half-hour television address in which he defended himself, attacked his opponents, and urged the audience to contact the Republican National Committee to tell it whether he should remain on the ticket. During the speech, he stated that he intended to keep one gift, regardless of the outcome -- a black-and-white Cocker Spaniel that his children had named Checkers, thus giving the address its popular name.
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A Rare Recording of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fourth Inaugural Address
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
read by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest-serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II. The following recording is from his fourth inaugural address delivered on January 20, 1945.
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A Rare Recording of Somerset Maugham
by Somerset Maugham
read by Somerset Maugham
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William Somerset Maugham (January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university. He became a medical student in London and qualified as a physician in 1897. He never practiced medicine, and became a full-time writer. His first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), a study of life in the slums, attracted attention, but it was as a playwright that he first achieved national celebrity. By 1908 he had four plays running at once in the West End of London. He wrote his 32nd and last play in 1933, after which he abandoned the theatre and concentrated on novels and short stories. The following is a 1955 recording of a conversation between Maugham and British critic and journalist Alan Pryce-Jones.
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A Rare Recording of President Truman's 1945 Radio Address on the Potsdam Conference and Bombing of H
by President Harry S. Truman
read by President Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as vice president from January to April 1945 under FDR and as a US senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945. Assuming the presidency after FDR's death, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. The following recording is an August 9th 1945 radio address President Harry S. Truman gave on the results of the Potsdam Conference and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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A Rare Recording of the 1965 "Phantom Punch" Title Fight Between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston
by Muhammad Ali
read by Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston
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This is the audio recording of the "Phantom Punch" title fight--the second championship bout between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston--held on May 25, 1965, at St. Dominic's Hall in Lewiston, Maine. It also includes a follow-up analysis by boxing experts. This rematch is infamous for the controversial "phantom punch" that led to Liston's quick defeat in the first round. Ali knocked Liston down, but the punch was not clearly seen by many observers, leading to speculation about a fix. The fight was marred by confusion, as the referee failed to administer a proper count, and the atmosphere surrounding the event was tense, contributing to its notoriety.
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A Rare Recording of the Oldest Known Complete Game of Baseball, NY Yankees vs Detroit Tigers, From S
by Ty Tyson
read by Ty Tyson
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Announced by radio broadcaster Ty Tyson, the game on September 20, 1934, is notable for being the oldest known recorded complete game of baseball. It features the New York Yankees beating the Tigers, 11-7, at Navin Field in Detroit. The game featured future Hall-of-Famers Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri for the Yankees, and Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg for the Tigers. Detroit would go on to win the American League pennant, but eventually lose to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, four games to three.
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A Rare Recording of the 1970 World Cup Final Between Brazil and Italy
by Italian National Futbol Team
read by Italian National Futbol Team Team
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This is the audio recording of the 1970 FIFA World Cup final held on Sunday, June 21st, in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, between Brazil and Italy. This marked the first time two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962. After the incomparable Pele opened up the scoring in the 18th minute, Brazil would go on to win the match, 4-1, making Pele the only player in futbol history to win three World Cups.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Natalie Wood
by Natalie Wood
read by Natalie Wood
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Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 - November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began acting at age four and co-starred at age eight in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), followed by a role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956). Wood starred in the musicals West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962) and received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). The following recording is from a 1979 interview.
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A Rare Recording of US Senator Huey P. Long Delivering His 1935 "St. Vitus Dance Government" Speech
by Senator Huey P. Long
read by Senator Huey P. Long
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Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 - September 10, 1935), nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical. The following recording is of Long's 1935 radio broadcast speech, The St. Vitus Dance Government.
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A Rare Recording of Entertainment Icon Eartha Kitt
by Eartha Kitt
read by Eartha Kitt
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Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 - December 25, 2008) was an American singer/songwriter, author, and actress of stage, television and films. She was known for her highly distinctive singing style, starring as Catwoman in the final season of the Batman television series in 1967, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two Grammy nominations, and two Tony Award nominations. Orson Welles once called Kitt the "most exciting woman in the world." The following includes audio clips from three television interviews.
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A Rare Recording of Mr. Rogers' 1997 Emmy Award and 1999 Television Hall of Fame Acceptance Speeches
by Fred Rogers
read by Fred Rogers
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The following two recordings include Mr. Rogers' speeches for his 1997 Emmy Award, and his 1999 induction into the TV Critics' Television Hall of Fame. In the second clip, wheelchair-bound Jeff Erlanger, who had appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as a boy, surprises Mr. Rogers with his on-stage presentation. Mr. Rogers goes on to address the audience of television celebrities and producers, and asks the poignant question, "How do we make goodness attractive?"
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A Rare Recording of the 1972 Title Fight Between Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson
by Muhammad Patterson
read by Muhammad Patterson, Floyd Patterson
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This is the audio recording of the second Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson boxing match contested on September 20, 1972, for the NABF championship. It followed Patterson's victory over Oscar Bonavena in February 1972. The fight lasted 7 rounds. After the ringside doctor inspected eye between rounds, referee Arthur Mercante Sr. stopped Patterson from coming out for the eighth round, giving Ali a RTD (retired) victory. This was the final fight of Patterson's career.
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A Rare Recording of Odell Rhodes, Survivor of the 1978 Jonestown Massacre
by Odell Rhodes
read by Odell Rhodes
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The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name of Jonestown, was a remote settlement in the South American country of Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American religious cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. On November 18, 1978, a total of 918 people died at the settlement, at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma, and at a Temple-run building in Georgetown, Guyana's capital city. The tragedy is often called the Jonestown Massacre. The following is a tv interview with survivor Odell Rhodes at Guyana's Park Hotel on November 24, 1978.
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A Rare Recording of Titanic Survivor Eva Hart
by Eva Hart
read by Eva Hart
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RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it the deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time. It remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of an ocean liner or cruise ship. In this 1993 interview, Eva Hart, a seven year-old passenger on the Titanic, offers a vivid account of her family's unexpected journey aboard the Titanic, and her mother's unsettling premonition. As Hart said of the ship having too few lifeboats: "One life is worth more than the whole ship, surely."
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A Rare Recording of Novelist Joseph Heller
by Joseph Heller
read by Joseph Heller
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Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 - December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is his debut novel Catch-22, published in 1961, a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for a dilemma with no easy way out. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1972 and 1975. The following recording is from a 1986 tv interview at the US Air Force Academy.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Jean Harlow
by Jean Harlow
read by Jean Harlow
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Jean Harlow, born Harlean Harlow Carpenter (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), from Kansas City, MO, was an American actress known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde," Harlow was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow number 22 on its greatest female screen legends list. In the following recording from 1936, Harlow is interviewed by Elsa Schalert, a radio show host and Los Angeles Times writer.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Veronica Lake
by Veronica Lake
read by Veronica Lake
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Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 - July 7, 1973), born in Brooklyn, NY, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, her peek-a-boo hairstyle, and films such as Sullivan's Travels (1941) and I Married a Witch (1942). The following audio recording is from a 1971 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Television Icon Jean Stapleton
by Jean Stapleton
read by Jean Stapleton
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Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 - May 31, 2013), born in Manhattan, was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family--arguably the most iconic female character in television history. The role earned her three Emmys and two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a comedy series. The following recordings include two interviews (1972 and 1980) and two of Stapleton's Emmy Award wins, in 1972 and 1978.
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A Rare Recording of Entertainment Icon Zero Mostel
by Zero Mostel
read by Zero Mostel
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Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 - September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer, best known for his portrayal of Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks' 1967 film The Producers. Mostel won three Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. He is also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, inducted posthumously in 1979. This recording includes a 1949 tv show appearance, a 1961 interview by boxing great Rocky Marciano, and a 1967 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of William Morris Meredith Jr. Reading His Own Poems
by William Morris Meredith Jr.
read by William Morris Meredith Jr.
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William Morris Meredith Jr. (January 9, 1919 - May 30, 2007), born in New York City, was an American poet and educator. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1978 to 1980, and the recipient of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In the following recordings Mederdith reads his poems "The Wreck of the Thresher," "Parents From The Cheer," "The Illiterate," and "Crossing Over."
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Greer Garson
by Greer Garson
read by Greer Garson
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Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress and singer. She was a major star at MGM who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront and was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's Top 10 box office draws from 1942 to 1946. The fourth most-nominated woman for the Best Actress Oscar, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, including a record-tying (with Bette Davis) five consecutive nominations (1941-1945) in the best actress category, winning for her performance in the title role as the British housewife in the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver.
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A Rare Recording of Virologist Jonas Salk
by Jonas Salk
read by Jonas Salk
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Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 - June 23, 1995), born in New York City, was an American virologist and medical researcher. A graduate of City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine, in 1947, Salk accepted a professorship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he undertook a project to determine the number of different types of poliovirus and, eventually, develop a vaccine against polio. This recording is from a 1974 tv interview.
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A Rare Recording of US Naval Rear Admiral and Computer Pioneer Grace Hopper, Volume 1
by Grace Hopper
read by Grace Hopper
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Grace Brewster Hopper (December 9, 1906 to January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. A pioneer of computer programming, Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. She is credited with writing the first computer manual, "A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator." The following audio recording is from a 1982 presentation.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Betty Grable
by Betty Grable
read by Betty Grable
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Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 - July 2, 1973) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942 to 1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars. Throughout her career, Grable was a celebrated sex symbol. Her iconic bathing-suit poster made her the top pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth. The photo was later included in the Life magazine project, "100 Photographs That Changed the World." The following recording is a clip from a 1969 tv interview.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Gene Tierney
by Gene Tierney
read by Gene Tierney
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Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991), born in New York City, was an American stage and film actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, Tierney was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She starred in Otto Preminger's Laura (1944), a film noir classic, and in John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven (1945), which earned Tierney a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Darryl F. Zanuck, co-founder of 20th Century Fox, said Tierney was "unquestionably, the most beautiful woman in movie history." The following recording is from a 1979 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Gloria Swanson, Volume 2
by Gloria Swanson
read by Gloria Swanson
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Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 to April 4, 1983), born in Chicago, was an American actress who joined United Artists in 1925 as one of the film industry's pioneering women filmmakers. She produced and starred in the 1928 film Sadie Thompson, earning a nomination for Best Actress at the first annual Academy Awards. Her sound film debut performance in 1929's The Trespasser earned her a second Academy Award nomination. Swanson earned her third Oscar nomination for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award. The following recordings are from two tv interviews, one in 1950 and one in 1957.
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A Rare Recording of Robert Wadlow: The Tallest Person in Recorded History
by Robert Wadlow
read by Robert Wadlow
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Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 to July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant, and the Giant of Illinois, was born and raised in Alton, Illinois. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow's height was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) while his weight reached 439 lbs (199 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH). The following audio recordings are from a 1937 New York radio interview, a 1937 Ripley's Believe It or Not radio interview, and outtakes from 1930 film footage of Wadlow as a 12 year-old.
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A Rare Recording of Baseball Great Lou Gehrig, Including His "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"
by Lou Gehrig
read by Lou Gehrig
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Henry Louis Gehrig (June 19, 1903 to June 2, 1941), born in New York City, was an American baseball player who played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees (1923-1939). Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him the nickname the "Iron Horse," and he is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Gehrig was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League Most Valuable Player twice and a member of six World Series championship teams. He had a career .340 batting average, hit 493 home runs, and had 1,995 RBIs. He is also one of 19 players to hit four home runs in a single game. In 1939, Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired by a team, when his number 4 was retired by the Yankees. The following recording is a radio interview from August 1939 after Gehrig had retired from baseball due to his illness, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable neuromuscular illness which, since then, is often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease."
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A Rare Recording of US Naval Rear Admiral and Computer Pioneer Grace Hopper, Volume 2
by Grace Hopper
read by Grace Hopper
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Grace Brewster Hopper (December 9, 1906 to January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. A pioneer of computer programming, Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. She is credited with writing the first computer manual, "A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator." The following audio recording is from a 1982 presentation.
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A Rare Recording of Ludwig von Mises - Volume 1
by Ludwig Von Mises
read by Ludwig Von Mises
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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (September 29, 1881-October 10, 1973) was an Austrian-American Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism and the power of consumers. He is best known for his work on human behavior studies comparing communism and capitalism.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Dorothy Dandridge
by Dorothy Dandridge
read by Dorothy Dandridge
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Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 to September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of the Wonder Children, later the Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films. In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. The following recordings are from a television interview in 1954, Dandridge's presentation of the Film Editing Oscar at the 1955 Academy Awards, and a speech at a freedom rally at Wrigley Field on May 26, 1963.
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A Rare Recording of Ludwig von Mises - Volume 2
by Ludwig Von Mises
read by Ludwig Von Mises
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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (September 29, 1881-October 10, 1973) was an Austrian-American Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism and the power of consumers. He is best known for his work on human behavior studies comparing communism and capitalism.
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A Rare Recording of President Ford's 1974 Pardoning of Former President Richard M. Nixon
by President Gerald Ford
read by President Gerald Ford
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The full and unconditional pardon of Richard M. Nixon (officially, Proclamation 4311) was a presidential proclamation issued by President Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974, to his predecessor, for any crimes that Nixon might have committed against the United States as president, in particular, his actions during the Watergate scandal.