Politics

Thursday March 4, 1999

Lost & Found Sound

F.D.R.'s Inaugural

March 4, 1999 • Today marks the 66th anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inaugural address, famous for the words "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." We'll look back.

F.D.R.'s Inaugural

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Friday February 19, 1999

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.

Center of the World

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Monday February 15, 1999

Lost & Found Sound

Eyewitness at Gettysburg

February 15, 1999 • Quest for Sound curator Jay Allison has unearthed a unique recording:

Eyewitness at Gettysburg

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Thursday August 6, 1998

Morning Edition

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.

From 1998: Lewinsky and Whitewater Plague Clinton Administration

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Wednesday February 25, 1998

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.

Romancing The Prez

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