Podcast
The World War 2 Radio Podcast
Hosted by Brick Pickle Media LLC · EN
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.
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Lear Radio Show with Orson Welles 6/30/1946
1w ago00:16:24Tap to summarizeToday we have an episode of the Lear Radio Show, a weekly news and commentary program hosted by Orson Welles. This episode first aired on June 30, 1946, and features Welles talking about the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and the end of price controls. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →Stolen Diamonds for the Nazis
2w ago00:31:21Tap to summarizeToday we have “Stolen Diamonds,” the November 25, 1944, episode of The Man Called X as it aired over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. It was sponsored by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →The Kuchin Story
3w ago00:30:55Tap to summarizeToday we have an episode of Cloak & Dagger, “The Kuchin Story”, from June 18, 1950. 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 forerunner of the CIA.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →Three Good Witnesses
4w ago00:31:12Tap to summarizeThis week we have “Three Good Witnesses,” an episode of Escape, based on a story by Harold Lamb. The episode originally aired on January 21, 1948. It’s a tale of espionage and intrigue set in Turkey during the war. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →Bob Hope interview 6/8/1946
Jun 300:20:04Tap to summarizeToday we have an interview with Bob Hope that aired over Seattle’s KOMO radio on June 8, 1946. One of the topics of the interview his work performing for the troops during the war.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →Ghosts of Yesterday
May 2800:46:25Tap to summarizeToday we have “The Ghosts of Yesterday,” the December 26, 1977, episode of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. The Mystery Theater was part of the radio drama revival of the 1970s and aired more than 1,300 episodes over CBS from 1974 to 1982. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →VE Day + 350/Princess Elizabeth address
May 2400:24:24Tap to summarizeToday we have two broadcasts from early 1946. The first is VEDay + 350, a drama presented by the United Jewish Appeal in April 1946. That is followed by the May 24, 1946, Empire Day Speech by Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →Battle Hymn of China
May 1900:31:37Tap to summarizeToday we have “Battle Hymn of China,” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on September 30, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by Agnes Smedley. The book and radio play offer a firsthand account of Chinese resistance during the Sino-Japanese War.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →Diary of a Saboteur
May 1300:31:24Tap to summarizeToday we have “Diary of a Saboteur,” an episode of Cavalcade of America, which first aired on March 1, 1943. It tells the story of a Nazi third columnist in the United States. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →James Stewart: Mission Completed
May 600:31:08Tap to summarizeToday we have Mission Completed, starring James Stewart. It’s an episode of Suspense that first aired December 1, 1949.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
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