The World War 2 Radio Podcast

Today we have the August 19, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the end of the war and its aftermath, with reports from Manila, Guam, London, Chungking, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today our episodes celebrate the Japanese surrender and the end of fighting in World War II on August 14, 1945. This episode has two parts. The first is that evening’s episode of Columbia Presents Corwin, hosted by Orson Welles. Then, we’ll hear news reports from across the country as Americans celebrate the end of the war. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-fr...

Today our episodes celebrate the Japanese surrender and the end of fighting in World War II on August 14, 1945. First, we have the breaking news of the Japanese acceptance of the Allied terms for surrender. That is followed by coverage of the surrender from first CBS and then ABC and the Mutual network. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https:/...

Today we have two items from the Mutual Broadcasting System as Americans were still awaiting updates on the surrender of Japan. First, we have a roundtable discussion with several war commentators from August 12, 1945. That is followed by the Mutual news update from August 13, 1945. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.c...

Today we have two reports from August 10, 1945. First we have the early morning news report from CBS. That is followed by the evening edition of the NBC News of the World. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have two more news updates in the wake of the first atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. The first is the CBS Morning News of August 7, 1945. It includes updates on the aftermath of the bomb, as well as reports from Berlin, Moscow, Washington, and New York. That is followed by NBC’s From the Pacific from August 8, 1945. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to t...

Today we have the August 6, 1945, edition of the CBS morning news. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Guam, Paris, London, Washington, and New York. After the news update, you’ll hear two breaking news alerts from NBC and CBS. That is followed by U.S. President Harry Truman’s statement on the attack. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the a...

Today we have the August 1, 1945, episode of London Column, where the BBC delivered news and features designed for an international – mostly American – audience. That is followed by several war public service announcements and advertisements from 1945. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subs...

Today we have the July 29, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from San Francisco, Berlin, London, Paris, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have a double dose of the news from July 26, 1945.First it’s the NBC News of the World, reporting on the surprising loss of Winston Churchill’s conservative party in the British elections. Then we have the Sinclair Headliner with Frank Singiser from the Mutual network later that evening. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcas...

Today we have the July 22, 1945, edition of CBS World NewsToday. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Berlin, Manila, London, Rome, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have a Voice of America broadcast from July 4, 1945. It is the final broadcast from the American Broadcasting Station in Europe. The station had broadcast since April 30, 1944. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today our episode has two segments. First we have the July15, 1945, Jergens Journal featuring famed newspaper columnist Walter Winchell. Following that is London Column from this week in 1945. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have the July 7, 1945, episode of “Our ForeignPolicy,” featuring a discussion of the United Nations charter. The guests are U.S. senators Tom Connally of Texas and Harold Burton of Ohio. The program was broadcast to a national audience over NBC’s University of the Air and to Americans serving abroad through the Armed ForcesRadio Service. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts....

Today we have the July 8, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Guam, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Paris, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have the late-night edition of the NBC news from July 3, 1945. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Berlin, Washington, and New York. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have an episode of We, the People a series that told stories of average Americans at home and at war. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have an address from U.S President Harry Trumanfrom June 26, 1945. Truman was speaking at the closing of the United Nations conference in San Francisco. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today’s episode has three segments, all from this week in 1945. First, we have a brief NBC news report announcing the surrender of Okinawa on June 21, 1945. This is followed by another NBC program, featuring news and commentary from Robert St. John. Finally, we have the BBC's London Column from June 20. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at htt...

Today we have an episode of Inner Sanctum, one of the mostpopular radio shows of the World War 2 era. This episode, Dead Man’s Holiday, first aired on June 19, 1945, on CBS stations. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today we have the June 16, 1945, edition of Alex Drier’s Weekly News Analysis as it aired over NBC. We’ve followed that news report with a few short war PSAs, advertisements, and songs. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have a June 12,1945, address delivered by U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower to a British audience at Guildhall in London. Our second segment is an episode of Yankee Yarns, asyndicated series that aired on New England radio stations. This episode from 1945 tells the story of the sinking of the Aeolus, a U.S.-based commercial fishing, boat by a German U-Bo...

Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on June 9, 1945, offering updates on the war from London. That is followed by a speech from U.S. General George Patton, delivered in Los Angeles on June 9. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.

Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have a June 4, 1945, update from the Army News Service on the United Nations negotiations in San Francisco. That is followed by a Mutual special from New Brunswick, New Jersey, featuring interviews with freed U.S. POWs, returning from Germany. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spoti...

Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on June 2, 1945. That is followed by a re-recording of U.S. President Harry Truman’s address to a joint session of Congress on the war effort against Japan. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.