Welcome to the third episode of the Sound of History. This episode examines political opposition with a speech from Mario Cuomo at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.

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Timeline

• 00:03 — Theme Music
  Wolverine Blues (excerpt) by Benny Goodman
  January 23, 1928
• 00:46 — Introduction
• 01:56 — Mario Cuomo
  Address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention [transcript]
• 41:00 — Wrap-up of speech
• 41:11 — Listener Comments
• 41:52 — Preview of next episode
• 42:16 — Credits, copyright, and full theme
• 42:52 — End of credits (theme continues)
• 45:11 — End of theme; end of recording

This episode is Copyright (c) 2006 by John Goerzen and is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

I’ve been rather busy lately and haven’t had time to maintain this site or the podcast like I’d like.

I’ve finally switched it over to Serendipity, which I use for other sites, and a new hosting provider. I’m also going to be more realistic and plan on new episodes monthly — with the next episode coming out shortly.

Thank you for your patience.

Welcome to the second episode of the Sound of History. This episode focuses on West Berlin with two speeches: one from just after the Berlin Wall was built, and one from just before the Berlin Wall came down.

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Timeline

• 00:03 — Theme Music
  Wolverine Blues (excerpt) by Benny Goodman
  January 23, 1928
• 00:46 — Introduction
• 02:06 — A brief history of the Berlin Wall
  Potsdam Agreement
  General Clay
  West Berlin
• 04:24 — John F. Kennedy
  Address to West Berlin [transcript]
  June 26, 1963
• 13:00 — Interlude (Wolverine Blues)
• 13:40 — Introduction to Reagan speech
• 14:00 — Ronald Reagan
  Address to West Berlin [transcript]
  June 12, 1987
• 40:38 — Follow-up to Berlin Wall
• 41:00 — Interlude (Wolverine Blues)
• 41:18 — Closing, request for comments, and preview of next week
• 41:48 — Credits, copyright, and full theme
• 42:33 — End of credits (theme continues)
• 44:43 — End of theme; end of recording

This episode is Copyright (c) 2006 by John Goerzen and is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.

Miscellaneous

Why Ich bin ein Berliner was indeed grammatically correct:

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Link 2

I have always intended to post new episodes Sundays. Last week’s was posted 3 days early because it was done and I wanted to get the site going. So episode 2 will be posted this Sunday.

Welcome to the first episode of Sound of History. On this episode, you’ll find John F. Kennedy cracking jokes about Marx in front of a bunch of newspaper publishers, Ronald Reagan talking about the Challenger, some blues from 1922, and an Edison recording from 1902.

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Timeline

• 00:02 — Theme Music
  Lonesome Mama Blues (excerpt) by Markel’s Orchestra
  March 23, 1922
• 00:22 — Introduction
• 01:10 — Introduction to Kennedy speech
• 02:12 — John F. Kennedy
  The President and the Press [transcript]
  April 27, 1961
• 21:26 — Interlude (Lonesome Mama Blues)
• 21:55 — Introduction to Reagan speech
• 22:34 — Ronald Reagan
  Address on the Space Shuttle Challenger [transcript]
  January 28, 1986
• 26:52 — Interlude
  Nearer, My God, to Thee
  Recorded by the Edison Concert Band
  1902
• 29:12 — Description of Nearer, My God, to Thee
  President McKinley’s possible relation to this recording
• 30:04 — Thanks, next week
• 30:19 — About Sound of History, invitation to send comments
• 31:35 — Credits, copyright, and full theme
• 32:22 — End of credits (theme continues)
• 34:33 — End of theme; end of recording

This episode is Copyright (c) 2006 by John Goerzen and is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.