Lost & Found Sound Center of the World February 19, 1999 • NPR's year-long Friday collaboration with independent producers Jay Allison and the Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) -- a series called LOST AND FOUND SOUND. Today we present an item from our QUEST FOR SOUND, in which listeners call 202-408-0300 and tell us about recordings they have - or have stumbled upon. Reverend Dwight Frizzell of Kansas City, Missouri found a recording of the late President Harry S. Truman from 1957 -- five years after Truman left office. The tape is of Truman dedicating a shopping center to be built on the site of his boyhood home. With music Frizzell and a friend added, this remarkable speech winds up being a powerful, and unintended elegy to a passing era.
Lost & Found Sound Eyewitness at Gettysburg February 15, 1999 • Quest for Sound curator Jay Allison has unearthed a unique recording: Eyewitness at Gettysburg Listen · 3:12 3:12 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1045619/952576414" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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From 1998: Lewinsky and Whitewater Plague Clinton Administration August 6, 1998 • Presidential historian Michael Beschloss talks about the effects of the Whitewater investigation and the Monica Lewinsky scandal on the presidency. He says the investigation weakens an already diminished office.
Political Scandals Romancing The Prez February 25, 1998 • Commentator Patt Morrison makes the point that presidential affairs are nothing new. While the Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair caused quite a stir, she says there are far more romantic presidential tales to tell.
