Historic Voices: Global History and Culture

(Bonus) The  Cuban Missile Crisis , also known as the  October Crisis  in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis , was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States  and the  Soviet Union , when American deployments of  nuclear missiles  in  Italy  and  Turkey  were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in  Cuba . The crisis lasted from 16   to   28 October 1962. The confr...

(Bonus) Andrei Gromyko (18 July 1909 – 2 July 1989)  was a  Soviet  politician and diplomat during the  Cold War . He served as  Minister  of  Foreign Affairs  (1957–1985) and as  Chairman  of the  Presidium of the Supreme Soviet  (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s Western pundits called him  Mr Nyet  ("Mr No"...

(Bonus) Adlai Ewing Stevenson II ( February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the  United States Ambassador to the United Nations  from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st  governor of Illinois  from 1949 to 1953 and was the  Democratic  nominee for  president of the United States  in  1952  and  1956 , losing both elections to  Dwi...

S05-E-04 W e feature Adlai Stevenson, who was the U.S. representative to the United Nations, and a brief speech to his Soviet counterpart concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis. 

Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. Rear Window is considered by man...

The Six Shooter is a United States Western old-time radio program starring James Stewart as a gunfighter. It was created by Frank Burt, who also wrote many of the episodes, and lasted only one season of 39 episodes on NBC (Sept. 20, 1953–June 24, 1954). Initially, it was broadcast on Sundays at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, through October 11. Then it was heard at 8:30 pm for three weeks. Finally, on Nove...

James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality, which he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth century. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ran...

S05-E03 We feature Mr. Jimmy Stewart staring in an episode of the radio drama, The Six Shooter. Mr. Jimmy Stewart is an iconic American actor who had a prolific career in radio, theater, major motion pictures, and long service to his country in the Air Force. The selection for this episode is from his western radio drama, The Six Shooter. It was common for Hollywood actors to take work in radio in...

White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is notable for being...

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show, hosted by the stage and screen star Danny Kaye, which aired on Wednesday nights from September 25, 1963, to June 7, 1967, on the CBS television network.[1] Directed by Robert Scheerer, it premiered in black-and-white. It switched to color broadcasts in the fall of 1965. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity. He starred in a string of...

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show, hosted by the stage and screen star Danny Kaye, which aired on Wednesday nights from September 25, 1963, to June 7, 1967, on the CBS television network.[1] Directed by Robert Scheerer, it premiered in black-and-white. It switched to color broadcasts in the fall of 1965. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity. He starred in a string of...

Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz;[1][2] January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author.[3] Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie, and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing an...

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל ק ַאמינסקי; January 18, 1911– March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.

(S05-E02) W e feature the entertainers Danny Kaye and Eddie Cantor in a radio show episode of the Danny Kaye Show. Both Danny Kaye and Eddie Cantor were legendary entertainers from the early days of radio, broadway, movies, and television. Both dominated the entertainment mediums from the 1930s through the 1960s. Both were heavily involved in charitable work. Mr. Kaye involvement including the Uni...

(Bonus) The  Warsaw Pact  ( WP ), [d]  formally the  Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance  ( TFCMA ), [e]  was a  collective defense  treaty signed in  Warsaw ,  Poland , between the  Soviet Union  and seven other  Eastern Bloc   socialist republics  of  Central and Eastern Europe  in May 1955, during the  Cold War . The term "Warsaw Pact" commonly refers to both the treaty itse...

(Bonus) The  Cold War  originated in the breakdown of relations between the two main victors in  World War II :  United States  and the  Soviet Union , and their respective allies, the  Western Bloc  and the  Eastern Bloc , in the years 1945–1949. The origins derive from diplomatic (and occasional military) confrontations stretching back decades, followed by the issue of political boundaries in Ce...

(Bonus) The  North Atlantic Treaty Organization  ( NATO   / ˈ n eɪ t oʊ /   NAY-toh ;  French :  Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord ,  OTAN ), also called the  North Atlantic Alliance , is an  intergovernmental   military alliance  of 31  member states  – 29 European and two North American. Established in the  aftermath of World War II , the organization implemented the  North Atlantic Tr...

(Bonus) The  Eastern Bloc , also known as the  Communist Bloc , the  Socialist Bloc , and the  Soviet Bloc , was the coalition of  communist states  of  Central and Eastern Europe ,  Asia ,  Africa , and  Latin America  that were aligned with the  Soviet Union  and existed during the  Cold War  (1947–1991). These states followed the ideology of  Marxism–Leninism , in opposition to the  capitalist...

S16-E03 Topics: Arming of the East and the West, formation of NATO pact, formation of the WARSAW pact. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsung Listen, Stitcher , TuneIn , Twitter , Vurbl , and YouTube . Automatically available through these...

(Bonus) On the Beach  is a 1959 American  post-apocalyptic   science fiction  drama film from  United Artists  starring  Gregory Peck ,  Ava Gardner ,  Fred Astaire , and  Anthony Perkins . Produced and directed by  Stanley Kramer ,  it is based on  Nevil Shute 's 1957 novel  On the Beach depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war.  Unlike the novel, no one is assigned blame for starting the war, wh...

(Bonus) Fail Safe  is a 1964  Cold War   thriller film  directed by  Sidney Lumet , based on the  1962 novel of the same name  by  Eugene Burdick  and  Harvey Wheeler . The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy  Moscow , and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a  nuclear first strike . The film features perform...

(Bonus) Duck and Cover  is a 1952 American  civil defense   animated   live-action   social guidance film [1]  that is often mischaracterized [2] [3]  as  propaganda . [4]  It has similar themes to the more adult-oriented  civil defense  training films. It was widely distributed to United States schoolchildren in the 1950s, and teaches students what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion. [5] T...

(Bonus) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  (known simply and more commonly as  Dr. Strangelove ) is a 1964  political satire   black comedy film  directed, co-written, and produced by  Stanley Kubrick  and starring  Peter Sellers  in three roles, including the title character. The film, which satirizes the  Cold War  fears of a  nuclear conflict  between the  Sov...

S16-E02 Topics: Fail Safe movie, Dr. Strangelove movie, On the Beach movie, Duck and Cover movie. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsung Listen, Stitcher , TuneIn , Twitter , Vurbl , and YouTube . Automatically available through these podc...

(Bonus) Biography of SCOTUS Justice  Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.  ; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an  associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States . He was  nominated  to the high court by President  George W. Bush  on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since January 31, 2006. After  Antonin Scalia , Alito is the second  Italian American  justice to serve...