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The Presidential Radio Address
All of the Presidents' Weekly Addresses. From FDR's fireside chats to Reagan's "weekly radio address," to Biden's "weekly conversations." Enjoy this daily bite-sized piece of American history, from 1933 to today. A variety of different names, but all part of the same tradition of personal weekly messages from our Presidents to their citizens. Reagan, Clinton, Bush and Obama gave these almost every week, while Roosevelt, Bush Sr., Trump, and Biden were more sporadic, but they are all here. (Presidents from FDR to Reagan didn't give these addresses.) Enjoy, and have fun learning!
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Episodes
Ronald Reagan - 1982-5-15 06.02.2023 5:02
Radio Address to the Nation on Armed Forces Day
Ronald Reagan - 1982-5-8 05.02.2023 7:45
Radio Address to the Nation on Federal Budget Legislation and Unemployment Figures
Ronald Reagan - 1982-5-1 04.02.2023 5:25
Radio Address to the Nation on the Program for Economic Recovery
Ronald Reagan - 1982-4-24 03.02.2023 5:10
Radio Address to the Nation on Taxes, the Tuition Tax Credit, and Interest Rates
Ronald Reagan - 1982-4-17 02.02.2023 5:12
Radio Address to the Nation on Nuclear Weapons
Ronald Reagan - 1982-4-10 01.02.2023 5:07
Radio Address to the Nation on the Caribbean Basin Initiative and Student Loans
Ronald Reagan - 1982-4-3 31.01.2023 5:22
Reagan liked the idea behind Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats," of speaking directly to the citizens about his policies, and current events, so he revived the practice in 1982. He made them more regular (once a week) and more consistent in length (about 5 minutes). Reagan gave one of these weekly addresses almost every week of his presidency, with a few breaks, and every president since h...
Franklin Roosevelt - 1944-6-12 (Fireside Chat #30) 30.01.2023 12:45
Opening Fifth War Loan Drive.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1944-6-5 (Fireside Chat #29) 29.01.2023 15:07
On the Fall of Rome.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1944-1-11 (Fireside Chat #28) 28.01.2023 29:43
On the State of the Union.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1943-12-24 (Fireside Chat #27) 27.01.2023 26:30
On the Tehran and Cairo Conferences.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1943-9-8 (Fireside Chat #26) 26.01.2023 11:53
On the Armistice in Italy - (Opening Third War Loan Drive)
Franklin Roosevelt - 1943-7-28 (Fireside Chat #25) 25.01.2023 29:07
On the Fall of Mussolini - (On the Progress of War, and Plans for Peace)
Franklin Roosevelt - 1943-5-2 (Fireside Chat #24) 24.01.2023 20:49
On the Coal Crisis.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1942-10-12 (Fireside Chat #23) 23.01.2023 28:22
Report on the Home Front.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1942-9-7 (Fireside Chat #22) 22.01.2023 27:10
On Inflation and Food Prices, and the Progress of the War
Franklin Roosevelt - 1942-4-28 (Fireside Chat #21) 21.01.2023 32:33
On Sacrifice - (On Our National Economic Policy)
Franklin Roosevelt - 1942-2-23 (Fireside Chat #20) 20.01.2023 36:09
On the Progress of the War
Franklin Roosevelt - 1941-12-9 (Fireside Chat #19) 19.01.2023 25:54
On the Declaration of War with Japan.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1941-9-11 (Fireside Chat #18) 18.01.2023 28:10
On the Greer Incident - (On Maintaining Freedom of the Seas)
Franklin Roosevelt - 1941-5-27 (Fireside Chat #17) 17.01.2023 42:46
Announcing Unlimited National Emergency.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1940-12-29 (Fireside Chat #16) 16.01.2023 37:05
On the Arsenal of Democracy - (On National Security)
Franklin Roosevelt - 1940-5-26 (Fireside Chat #15) 15.01.2023 32:14
On National Defense.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1939-9-3 (Fireside Chat #14) 14.01.2023 11:00
On the European War.
Franklin Roosevelt - 1938-6-24 (Fireside Chat #13) 13.01.2023 27:40
On Party Primaries.
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