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The Presidential Radio Address

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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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Franklin Roosevelt - 1938-4-14 (Fireside Chat #12) 12.01.2023 37:53

On Economic Conditions - (On the Recession)

Franklin Roosevelt - 1937-11-14 (Fireside Chat #11) 11.01.2023 13:09

On the Unemployment Census

Franklin Roosevelt - 1937-10-12 (Fireside Chat #10) 10.01.2023 26:04

On New Legislation.

Franklin Roosevelt, 1937-3-9 (Fireside Chat #9) 09.01.2023 34:25

On the Reorganization of the Judiciary - (On Court Packing)

Franklin Roosevelt, 1936-9-6 (Fireside Chat #8) 08.01.2023 24:53

On Farmers and Laborers - (On Drought Conditions)

Franklin Roosevelt, 1935-4-28 (Fireside Chat #7) 07.01.2023 26:54

On the Works Relief Program and Social Security Act

Franklin Roosevelt, 1934-9-30 (Fireside Chat #6) 06.01.2023 26:51

On Government and Capitalism - (On Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Greater Security)

Franklin Roosevelt, 1934-6-28 (Fireside Chat #5) 05.01.2023 18:52

This one also seems to exist only in a very abridged form, so I recorded the missing parts. Report on Recovery - (Review of the Achievements of the Seventy-third Congress)

Franklin Roosevelt, 1933-10-10 (Fireside Chat #4) 04.01.2023 19:17

This address was recorded, but as far as I could tell, only a very abridged version of it. Since the text of the complete speech survives, I've filled in the missing parts. On the Currency Situation

Franklin Roosevelt, 1933-7-24 (Fireside Chat #3) 03.01.2023 22:19

This address was never recorded, but we do have the transcript, so I recorded it myself. On the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program.

Franklin Roosevelt, 1933-5-7 (Fireside Chat #2) 02.01.2023 22:39

On the New Deal program - (On progress during the first two months)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-3-12 (FDR's Fireside Chat #1) 01.01.2023 13:06

The first one. He gave these sporadically, from 1933 to 1944. This fireside chat is on the banking crisis, given March 12, 1933.