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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Three Good Witnesses
5d 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
2w ago00:20:04Tap 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
3w ago00:46:25Tap 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
3w ago00:24:24Tap 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
4w ago00:31:37Tap 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.
Transcribe →American in England - Clipper Home
Apr 2900:30:29Tap to summarizeToday we go back to the early days of America’s participation in the war, with “Clipper Home,” an episode of “An American in England.” This short-run series aired in the summer and fall of 1942. It was written by the legendary Norman Corwin, based on his time in England, and produced by Edward R. Murrow.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →Truman on FDR & World Hunger/Post-War Easter
Apr 2200:29:37Tap to summarizeToday we bring you several broadcasts from April 1946.First, we have two short speeches by U.S. President Harry Truman. Then, we’ll hear from the Canadian Broadcasting Company. After that, we have Cesar Saerchinger with his “Behind the Headlines” report from April 21, reporting on the first post-war Easter.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
Transcribe →The Doctor Fights - Medicine for the Enemy
Apr 1500:31:31Tap to summarizeToday we have Gregory Peck in “Medicine for the Enemy,” an episode of The Doctor Fights. This episode first aired over CBS on August 28, 1945. The series aired in the summers of 1944 and 1945 over CBS and told dramatic stories of physicians 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.
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