We Interrupt This Broadcast Podcast
1) The Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Friday, December 14, 2012. It was a clear, crisp, and trouble-free start that morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Classrooms filled with kids excited for Christmas, just 11 days away. The school ...Show More
2) The Oklahoma City Bombing (April 19, 1995)
On April 19, 1995, two years to the day following the U.S. government’s botched raid on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, a rented truck pulled to the curb in front of the nine story Alfr...Show More
3) The Freeway Chase of O. J. Simpson
He was an extraordinarily gifted athlete, the premier football player of his time, a California golden child who emerged from abject poverty to win the Heisman trophy in college and set records as a p...Show More
4) The Challenger Disaster
The Space Shuttle Challenger flew nine missions into space. But its fateful tenth mission, which lasted only 73 seconds, ensured its tragic place in history. On the morning of January 28, 1986, a crew...Show More
5) The Killing of Lee Harvey Oswald
Pandemonium reigned in downtown Dallas on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. An assassin's bullet had murdered President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Within an hour, police had arrested their lead suspec...Show More
6) The War of The Worlds: The original ‘deepfake’ of 1938
“War of The Worlds” is a phenomenon of a bygone era, and of a medium a hundred years old, yet its lessons resonate to this day. It’s the original “deepfake of 1938.” A radio drama about an alien invas...Show More
7) The Hindenburg explosion – “Oh, the Humanity!” – (May 6, 1937)
The Hindenburg was an engineering masterpiece, an airship as large and as grand as the Titanic - and as doomed. On May 6, 1937, a young radio reporter named Herbert Morrison was on hand to record the ...Show More
8) D-Day Invasion “…about to embark up on a great crusade” – (June 6, 1944)
It was the biggest overseas military operation in the biggest war in world history - and its best kept secret as well. D Day demonstrated radio’s ability to carry news with clarity and immediacy. And ...Show More
9) Apollo 11 Moon Landing - “One Small Step…” – (July 20, 1969)
It was the finale to a decade of turbulence and upheaval, but this time it was an event through which a nation could put aside its differences and stand together to marvel at the achievement. In 1961,...Show More
10) The Death of Princess Di - “Princess Diana has died…” –(August 31, 1997)
She was a princess who never lived happily ever after - and the world loved her for it. Diana Spencer became a global celebrity when she wedded England’s Prince Charles in July 1981. But the fairy tal...Show More