Behind The Mike – Impersonations Of Famous People. ep63, 411130
A top Impersonator of the day, Aurthur Buraham, begins the show. He impersonates anything from the moo of a cow, to any noise, to any person that he admires. How…
Adventures in Research – The First American Patent. ep187, 460820
Rolling the clock back to 1646, in the early colonial days of America, we learn the circumstances of the first patent issued in America. An ironworker had already been inventing…
Behind The Mike – Zulu Radio Star. ep56, 411012
A radio personality from Africa is on hand, for some behind the scenesaction of radio. A dramatization of how radio impacted African superstition. A nervous singer ran out of the…
Adventures in Research – Golden Jubilee. ep186, 460813
Shouts of, "Get a horse!" often fell on the ears of early motorists as their mechanical marvels broke down to become the butt of jokes. In days when horses, and…
Behind The Mike – The Associated Press. ep41, 410629
A 30 minutes salute to the reporters at the Associated Press. Beginning with the history of the AP we eavesdrop on a meeting of arguing reporters who have to share…
Adventures in Research – The Paper Invention That Worked. ep185, 460806
In the early days of automobiles, Rudolph Diesel came up with a new kind of engine to power the machines that would be more efficient than steam. We learn that…
Behind The Mike – Selling A Show To A Sponsor. ep38, 410608
On an earlier episode we learned how a sponsor cells a show to a client. Today we'll learn how a producer uses an advertising firm to sell a show to…
Adventures in Research – King of Clocks. 460730
Enjoy the story of Big Ben, and how the famous clock came to be, and got its name. Though it seems to have been there for centuries, it was finished…
Adventures in Research – Electronics in Communications. ep180, 460702
The story of man's friend, the electron, and how they have been harnessed to carry his message around the world. From native drumbeats, and the ever expanding distances people have…
Behind The Mike – Amusing Stories Behind Radio. ep35, 410518
Featuring: Graham Macknamee, Gilbert Martin. Al Simons helps to bring a few amusing stories behind the scenes in radio. A frustrated telephone operator and a question about the time, sound…