Digital Archives Collections

An aural glimpse of WNYC's early history

The Absence Of Silence was a half hour program that ran for most of the 1970s into the early 80s on WNYC.

Hosted by renowned ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco, the WNYC radio show Adventures in Folk Music ran from 1960-1969. Yurchenco's program featured interviews and live performances by some of the most interesting and important folk and blues musicians of the day.

Warren Pack and Bill Dimorro the WNYC publicity department pick a part of New York City each week and dramatize it for your education and amusement. Recorded circa 1930-1940.

Past award ceremonies of the Academy

Conceived in 1939, the first WNYC American Music Festival hit the air in February 1940. For more than forty years, it was a station tradition, with live events and concerts, reflecting "the culture of a peaceful people, in a land where men and women of any race and creed were free to compose and perform music based on any and all themes."

This Federal Department of Education series highlighted the contributions of different ethnic groups to American society, focusing on their struggles and ultimate achievements within a fledgling, pluralistic society. WNYC would broadcast the series beginning in June 1939.

Produced in association with WNYC and the New York Historical Society, The American Story traces the American experience from the early Dutch settlements in New York to the mid-twentieth century.

America's Town Hall Meeting of the Air addressed American culture and concerns. "The major purposes of the Round-the-World Town Meeting are to enable Americans ... to understand world problems and to increase world understanding of this country." (The New York Times, 1949)

A weekly program produced "by black musicians about black music, its history, its present and its future." Hosted by Bill Lowe, The Anthology of Black Classical Music provided a fascinating glimpse into New York City's Black Arts movement in the 1970s.

An early adopter of the news magazine format, this program covers events around the city, from antiques shows to summer reading lists for out-of-school students. This collection of Around New York is a rich catalog of New York City events, exhibitions, services, and slice of life stories.

In the late 1960s, Robert C. Weinberg produced a series of short audio commentaries, critiques, and reports about architecture and urban planning in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area.

A weekly radio program aimed at making the people of New York City feel more at home with the work of their own contemporary artists.

Presented each Sunday afternoon at 4:30 PM, Artists in the City, was "designed to introduce you to some of the professional artists who are doing exciting work in the communities and neighborhoods of New York." The show was hosted by Doris Freedman and Jenny Dixon.

A monthly discussion of the arts produced by the Anthology Film Archives hosted by filmmaker Jonas Mekas and film historian P. Adams Sitney. 

The Asia Society Presents was a weekly 25 minute program designed to promote a better understanding by Americans of the Far East. Host Lee Graham interviewed a wide variety of experts on the region. The series began in November 1967.

Produced in cooperation with Greater New York American Hospital Association, At Your Service, aired on WNYC in 1955. Designed to create a greater understanding of hospitals and their services, the 13-week series aimed to give the public better knowledge of hospital services and functions in general, and the role of the city hospital in particular.

There are lots of old docudramas in the WNYC Archives. On Backtrack, former archive intern Byrd Pinkerton went digging through some of them for interesting ideas and sounds.

In 1941, the Library of Congress presented a series of ten radio programs for "explaining and illustrating the folk songs of the American people as they are sung by the people themselves." Narrated by legendary folklorist John Lomax, the shows incorporated some of his experiences, from riding "night-herd with cowboys on the Western plains" to joining "farm hands at barn dances in many sections of the American countryside."

The training orchestra of the National Orchestral Association (NOA) rehearsed under the direction of Leon Barzin. Behind the Scenes in Music was produced by the association to enable the average person to hear orchestral rehearsals and to learn to understand the problems involved in the preparation of an orchestral work.

Post-war leaders rally Americans to sustaining peace and prosperity.

A series of programs committed to exploring and communicating the industrial needs of the black community. The intention of this program is to bring businessmen together with the youth in the black communities to discuss their problems. Raymond C. Turner moderates.

This show is "devoted to the history and life of Afro-Americans and the contributions they have made and are making to the material, cultural, and spiritual wealth of this country. This includes ALL of living, not simply the Civil Rights issues we see in the headlines". The program was produced by WNYC and the City's Commission on Human Rights

For more than thirty years, the The New York Herald Tribune Book and Author Luncheon provided a forum for authors famous and obscure in one of the largest markets for books in the world, New York City. During the luncheons, authors would provide short lectures and lessons from their lives and literature, while stroking their author egos by basking in the praise of the luncheon's ever-charming hosts. The luncheons began in 1938, and would air on WNYC from 1948 through 1974.

Books in Profile is an interview show about American literature. Give a listen to Robert Frost, Robert Penn Warren and Marchett Chute.

Advice about child-rearing from the 1950s with Health Commissioner Leona Baumgartner.

A Cabaret Moment is a series of short performer profiles of legendary cabaret performers and composers that offer an introduction to the personalities of the past who embody the glamour and intimacy of the cabaret experience.

"For the answers to these and other questions..." Each Campus Press Conference begins with a slew of questions from the student editors of New York City college newspapers, delivered with the controlled seriousness of a teenager on the radio for the first time. Despite their endearing greenness, the student editors pose sharp inquiries to guests from the fields of science, finance, culture, and politics.

Leading scientists and engineers discuss aspects of the nation's space program in this series produced by Harold K. Halpern and Robinson "Bob" Costigan.

In the past WNYC frequently aired public service announcements for a variety of mainstream charitable causes. These included appeals for those with disabilities as well as medical research.

Host Robert Coffman discusses issues involved with social welfare, health and social services.

Dramatizations meant to sway public opinion in favor of 'displaced pilgrims;' European Jews seeking American citizenship after the Second World War.

The Citizens Union hosts a show on city politics and social issues.

A series of 1950s interviews, broadcast from the New York City Opera at City Center.

WNYC Director Seymour N. Siegel interviews New York City officials about municipal issues. City Close Up offers a more personal context for sweeping issues like urban planning, political campaigns, public safety, and civil rights. With a strong focus on the function of government, these citizen-centric interviews include both commentary and information.

City Record is a program designed to acquaint New Yorkers with the working of their city government. Hosted by Seymour Seigel, Director of Radio Communications for the city of New York.

From the collection of the City College Civilian Defense Council Lectures broadcast over WNYC during World War II.

A WQXR series of interviews from the 1970s hosted by George Shirley, the distinguished American tenor.

At the behest of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, prominent funnymen read newspaper comic strips to the children of New York City during the 17-day newspaper deliverymen's strike in July 1945.

The weekly report from the Community Council of Greater New York. The Community Council of Greater New York was a city-wide voluntary organization of public and private agencies that provided social services to New York City residents. This program aired on WNYC in the 1960s.

How computers are creating innovation and efficiencies in New York City government. Hosted by Dr. E.S. Savas.

The Met Museum's long-running Concerts for Members series.

Conductors in Conversation is a series of 1994 interviews with contemporary conductors recorded live by WNYC at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The hour-long programs feature some of today's most acclaimed conductors. The series is hosted by Matthew Gurewitsch.

Helpful hints about being a smart consumer in New York City. Brought to you by Mayor John Lindsay's Office of Consumer Affairs.

The Corwin Cycle aired over WNYC between May and September of 1942. The program marked the first time a station devoted a series entirely to a revival of the works of a single radio writer. The works were originally produced and broadcast the previous year for the CBS Series 26 By Corwin. On view here are what have survived and are listenable from a larger set.

Straight from Cooper Union's Great Hall, some of the best minds speak.

Bringing New Yorkers expert information on many phases of our all-out victory effort.

WNYC has been producing and airing long-form documentaries since 1939 when a news unit was set up for that purpose. Modeled after the BBC's approach, the station sought to introduce the genre to an American audience with programs explaining the function of key city operations. The scope has expanded greatly as the tradition continues to this day.

This collection of audio recordings covers a multitude of events and social movements from the 1960s and 1970s that occurred in America and around the world. Eleanor Fischer was a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

WNYC has consistently reported on national and local elections since going on the air. Here is some of earliest coverage we have found.

Presented by the Office of War Information, director Elmer Davis’s weekly report to Americans at home and abroad. A review of the progress of the war, issues of direct importance to the war. Many reports focus on events in Tunisia.

A collection of speeches from Fiorello H. La Guardia, the Mayor of New York City from 1937 to 1945. 

These are Sara Fishko's compelling hour-long programs and interviews.

Explanations of the City's evolving civil rights issues in a dynamic format.

From the Field is a selection of WNYC news reporter field recordings made between 2000-2008. Typically, the NYPR Archives does not post raw, unedited, and unpublished materials like these. The items selected for From the Field were chosen to highlight and help illustrate a more extensive collection of MiniDiscs digitized and cataloged with the generous support of the Leon Levy Foundation and the NY Metro Library Council.

The Women’s City Club of New York presents "your forum on civic affairs."

A special series sponsored by the American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom.

The Golden Door series aimed to tell "of the making of New Americans of all races and creeds." Employing writing and acting talents of the day, the show predicts a kind of social info-tainment by dramatizing political issues.

Great Americans was a 1943 series biographical dramas about the lives of prominent African-Americans sponsored by the city's Juvenile Welfare Council. Featured profiles included prize fighter Joe Louis, contralto Marian Anderson, sculptor Richmond Barthes, ship captain Hugh Mulzac, police officer Samuel Battle and activist James Weldon Johnson.

Serial drama produced by Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Hadassah has been called the guardian of Israel's children, and this program focuses on the potential and good of Israel's youth. Using the dramatic radio play format, programs often gently solicit donations to support youth initiatives in Israel.

A world music program hosted by WNYC's first Music Director Herman Neuman for more than forty years.

Holiday traditions are a big part of what make these days cultural, spiritual and political markers. We decided to look into our older collections to see what voices and ghosts of Christmas past, year-end reviews and expectations for the New Year were resting peacefully on the shelf. Here's some of what we found.

Science news for every man and woman in New York!

A collection of interview and performance material from the NYPR archive collections.

The V.A. and the A.F. of M bring you "the best in music for all of you service men and women and folks everywhere."

Dramatic episodes recreating the life of old New York.

New York City is a modern Fairyland; offering you and your children something for every taste and fancy if you but know where to find it! Mrs. Becky Reyher interviews distinguished guests on How to Have Fun With Your Children in the city. The consensus? Fun is where you find it!

The Human Adventure was a series produced by the University of Chicago dealing with human problems as found in history and literature and distributed nationally through the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. The program was the brainchild of University of Chicago president Robert Maynard Hutchins and university vice president William Benton. The show received a Peabody in 1945.

Insight was a series of New York City-centric interviews conducted 1982-1983 by Stuart Scheftel, a Manhattan businessman, politically active civic leader, and one-time candidate for mayor. The broadcasts were produced by Marty Goldensohn.

A progressive, yet evenhanded, presentation of international perspectives on politics and culture. Created in cooperation with the Foreign Press Association from 1956-1959, "this series is presented in an effort to help keep New Yorkers fully informed about changing trends in world opinion. Each week a panel of foreign correspondents representing the press of various countries interviews another distinguished guest."

Interview show hosted by Terry Walter, who was a dance historian and the dance critic for the New York Herald Tribune. He discusses issues and the work of his guests who are leading dancers and performing arts administrators. This series was originally presented in cooperation with the Rebekah Harkness Foundation.

A future Mr. Wizard Don Herbert aims to improve America's health in this 1949 documentary series.

This program was the 'home work' for classes in NYU's basic jazz course taught weekly by record producers George Avakian and John Hammond who prepared the radio scripts. The series of programs and the course it illustrated jazz in an artistic and cultural light, with each program a separate musical and historical unit within itself.

A short-lived folk music program hosted by Jacqueline Sharpe (now Stein). Sharpe was active in the folk music scene in the 1950s and studied with Max Margulis. She also performed at concerts in the Soviet Union in 1960-1961

The Jury System, it's history and importance with an emphasis on the civic duty of jury service was a 1938 radio series arranged by New York County clerk Archibald R. Watson for the purpose of stimulating public interest in the jury system.

Office of Emergency Management-sponsored variety show to boost patriotism during the war.

The Knapp Commission was a five-member panel initially formed in April 1970 by Mayor John V. Lindsay to investigate corruption within the New York City Police Department. The commission was created largely as a result of the publicity generated by the public revelations of police corruption made by Patrolman Frank Serpico and Sergeant David Durk. The panel confirmed the existence of widespread corruption and made a number of recommendations. Most of the October 1971 hearing speakers are represented here. We're working on getting the December 1971 hearings.

Weekly program on labor issues.

Radio drama.

Summer concert series at City College's Lewisohn Stadium.

Not quite a radio play, and not quite an audio book, Life and Works is a radio presentation of great works of literature. In association with New York Public Library, this program (1940) strives to share "a good story told admirably."  Celebrating classic works by American authors, presenters also provide lively literary and biographical context.

Long-running food and cooking show with information about the nutritional value of different foods and preparation ideas. Hosted by Ruth Carol, and later, Iva Bennett. At the end of each program, Bennett offers a free pamphlet about the topic of each recording, ordered through the mail.

The Little Orchestra Society was founded in 1947 by Thomas Scherman, who served as its conductor until his death in 1979. Scherman was followed by Dino Anagnost and now, David Allan Miller. The orchestra's name is borrowed from The Little Orchestra of London, which was formed by Felix Mendelssohn.

The Livable City was regular program on WNYC in the 1970s looking at neighborhoods, development and the use of space in New York City produced and hosted by the Municipal Art Society.

Legendary critic and author of The Seven Lively Arts Gilbert Seldes discusses big-thinking issues in art and life from his characteristically populist perspective. Simultaneously a timely and visionary program, Gilbert Seldes's The Lively Arts examines contemporary issues of 1950s television, radio, and theater, as well as current events and the intellectual arts.

Poetry is a universal, living language. Poetic insight is common to everyone--and has been throughout history. A poem is a creative experience and discovery. Still, many people (in school or elsewhere) have been frightened or bored by poetry -- put off by critics, theories, academic dogmas or just the strange look of the poem on the printed page. But once the superficial peculiarities of the poetic speech are understood, the insight, wonder and beauty of the poetic state of mind can be experienced by anyone.

Get your 1980s Indian music fix here.

1960's panel discussion show with experts discussing major social issues of the day, hosted by Lee Graham

In the 1940s and 1950s, WNYC regularly aired programs and public service announcements urging the public to donate to the March of Dimes. This collection also includes reports on the development of the Salk Vaccine.

In the 1960s and 70s Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan had a lot to say about radio, television, and what was then, an information revolution-in-progress. His friend and fellow cybernetic guru, Tony Schwartz liked what McLuhan had to say and used him often in his WNYC series Adventures in Sound and Communications Journal. Give a listen to him now and see just how prophetic he was.

This collection features a selection of digitized WNYC audio tapes from New York City Mayor John Lindsay's press conferences, ceremonies, speeches, and addresses. Lindsay was the mayor of New York from 1966 to 1973, but the bulk of this collection is from his first 3 years in office.* During those three years Lindsay would spend much of his time struggling with labor issues, municipal corruption, and civil unrest and poverty. All of these subjects and more are captured here.

The Mayor Robert F. Wagner collection includes audio reformatted from acetate open-reel tape and 16" transcription discs pulled from the NYC Municipal Archives. The collection spans his entire time as mayor, but the extant recordings concentrate on his third term, 1961-1965. 

Over the years WNYC has aired the proceedings of many conferences, discussions and performances about the radio, television, communications and journalism.

Harry Maynard hosts this "discussion-demonstration" radio show featuring the "latest developments in the field of sound with the experts."

Weekly music quiz show, "a combination of fun and musical facts" where music experts try to answer questions from host John Savage. Variety wrote: "John Savage was good introducing the queries and got off a few bright ad-libs. Guests were likeable and the broad gamut of music covered didn't permit any one panel member to walk away with the show. At the same time, inclusion of Broadway and folk tunes gave less classical-minded listeners a chance to match wits on an equal footing with the musicologists."

Programs ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s covering a variety of cultural and political topics.

This short series from 1968 provided the listener with, "a concentrated group of interviews, discussions and special programs devoted to the many museums in New York City.

Prominent musicians and artists reveal their interests and aspirations.

A showcase for European Jewish refugee performers who survived 'the Hitler terror' a.k.a, the Holocaust. It was broadcast by WNYC under the auspices of the United Service For New Americans, a social welfare organization founded in 1946 to aid concentration camp survivors who often had no other family members.

Maestro David Randolph's theme-oriented music programs began on WNYC in 1946. His gentle wit and vast knowledge fortified listeners for several decades.

Sara Fishko digs into the audio archives of the 92nd Street Y to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall. Curated and hosted by Fishko, the series combines elements from different concerts over the past few years, designed to highlight a particular theme or performer with the radio listener in mind.

Paulette Attie's Musical Playbill was a weekly program of music and interviews aired on WNYC from late 1965 through 1967.

Award-winning weeklong series about "one of NYC's most serious problems": drug addiction.

Broadcasts from and about the annual National Book Awards ceremony.

This collection of National Tuberculosis Association recordings, aired on WNYC during the late 1940s to mid-1950s as a public service to educate citizens about the spread of tuberculosis, an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs.

Tim Page presented hundreds of radio premieres including major works by Meredith Monk, Elliott Carter and Steve Reich. Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson were among his guests. Page is a writer, editor, music critic, producer and professor. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for music criticism as well as the editor and biographer of the American author Dawn Powell.

The best of American popular song comes alive on WNYC's 1990 cabaret series, hosted by Steve Ross.

How to navigate 1960s New York.

New York Considered was a local public affairs program about New York neighborhoods and the people who live in them. The format includes news stories, features and mini-documentaries and has been influenced by NPR’s award-winning All Things Considered. The program was produced and hosted by Marty Goldensohn and Peter Freiberg. The series premiered on February 6, 1979.

New York Magazine hosted this program in the late 1960s. Each week, one of several editors of the magazine would host and invite a guest to discuss articles from the most recent issue.

In 1962, Joan and Robert Franklin established Cinema Sound, Ltd., an audio recording studio based out of their Upper West Side townhouse. The Franklin's produced this series of recordings, which illustrate the lives of everyday New Yorkers.

Sponsored by the Department of Commerce and New York, this program recasts economic history as an engaging, fun topic. Described by the host as "a new series of transcribed historic educational dramas" (1952-53), these shows reenact moments in New York's history of commerce with flair.

In 1951 the Peabody awards panel wrote: "The New York Times Youth Forum has featured unrehearsed discussion by students selected from private, public and parochial schools, on topics ranging from the political, educational and scientific to the international and the United Nations.

The future is uncertain, so WNYC dares to ask the question: What will this city be like in the future? The result, the fascinating series New York Tomorrow, brings city luminaries to the studio to examine aspects of city life (Black power, labor, education) —asking the Big Questions in small doses.

WNYC broadcasts live from the 1939-1940 World's Fair.

Miniseries created by the late Debra E. Bernhardt, Head of the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. Drawing from their archives, the program showcased oral histories of male and female workers "whose names you aren't likely to find in history books," using them to tell the story of organized labor in New York.

The Next Big Thing is full of unusual sounds and memorable voices. It's a show in which well-known artists like Stanley Tucci and Suzanne Vega casually rub shoulders with subway strap hangers, park bench philosophers, street-corner humorists, and kids on the local basketball court.

Weekly debate on housing and politics, produced by Northwestern University's Offices of the Director of Radio (Public Relations).

A program of news and interviews about Norwegian resistance to the Nazi occupation of Norway during World War II.

Medical Talks by Eminent Speakers with generous funding provided by the New York Metropolitan Library Council.

NYU's School of Continuing Education presents panel discussions and lectures on a variety of topics.

OTM tackles sticky issues with frankness and transparency. The program's first regular host was veteran journalist Alex S. Jones followed by Brian Lehrer.

In 1947 One More River was the only radio show in the country produced by “a Negro-White team” who felt they could pool their talent and do something positive for race relations. The Sunday broadcast was produced by The New York Amsterdam News’ Bill Chase and WNYC staff announcer Ken Joseph. The show’s producers said the program aimed to make people aware of the conditions of prejudice and intolerance in the north as well as the south and some shows included dramatizations as well as musical performances.

Opera Topics was hosted by Lorenzo Alvary, a hungarian born operatic bass between 1963 and 1984. It consisted of interviews with contemporary opera singers, historians, and impresarios, as well as reports of operatic performances from around the world. Guests included: Renata Scotto; Licia Albanese; George Lascelles; Zubin Mehta; Sherrill Milnes; Gebor Carelli; Regina Resnik; Friedelind Wagner, among many others.

The original Meet the Composer with host Tim Page represents a broad exploration of contemporary American composition with composers from many different fields including jazz, popular, avant garde, folk and musical theater.

Broadcast in cooperation with CUNY, this 1942 wartime radio show features members of faculty discussing different aspects of Americanism, the war effort, and the threat of un-democratic ideas.

The OPC aired a variety of programming on WNYC between 1940 and the mid70s, including speeches, awards shows, and question-answer sessions, providing an international perspective on news.

A community-centric variety show with a special focus on youth, performed by members of the Police Athletic League and children from the city. Featuring innocuous skits and popular tunes, this variety show (1949-1955) features the voice talents of police officers, members of P.A.L., and local children.

Patricia Marx Interviews is a series of interviews done for WNYC and other stations that include talks with Woody Allen, Dick Gregory, William Golding, General Omar Bradley, Arthur C. Clarke, David Halberstam, Bob Hope, George Balanchine and others.

A special syndicated series of Cooper Union forums produced by WNYC and distributed by the National Educational Radio Network.

PEN America's weekly 1975 WNYC interview program with host Anne Fremantle. Digital files courtesy of PEN America.

People and Ideas is a bi-weekly discussion series from the early 1960s. It consists of unrehearsed conversations between Lee Graham and one or more guests who have made notable contributions in international affairs. Although the background material and questions for the interview have been carefully prepared, this does not restrict the range nor spontaneity of the interviewees. After each broadcast, comments from listeners are invited.

With surprisingly calm moderators, the Plan for Survival series goes beyond the usual "duck and cover" advisement and into the details of an A-bomb attack, fallout shelters, the Soviet threat, first aid, radiation sickness, and food and water supplies following a nuclear attack.

A series of interviews with avant-garde poets with host Michael Silverton. .

Poets reading from their own work.

A children's musical variety show for youngsters who need some supervision. Join Mister Narrator, Talking Piano, Mister Singing Safety Police Officer, Old Man Accident, and others in issuing a strict disciplinary stance on crossing the street with safety. Other topics covered include bicycle safety, avoiding strangers, ab rhyming schemes, and general carefulness.

The series is based on the work of Dr. Karen Horney (horn-AY), a German psychoanalyst whose views both relied on and questioned those of Sigmund Freud. Speakers are members of the Association for the Advancement for Psychoanalysis who have taken up Dr. Horney's work after her 1952 death.

A weekly interview show featuring important news makers whose "opinions and decisions affect the lives of all new Yorkers." Hosted by former New York State Senator Frederic S. Berman.

A series in celebration of Queens College and public discourse.

Sixteen city government departments compete to see which department knows best how New York City government works.

In the mid 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, WNYC was one of few American stations to broadcast cultural programs from Radio Moscow, the international news service of the USSR.

Artist interview program, sponsored by RCA.

Reader’s Almanac was one of WNYC’s longest running shows, airing for nearly 50 years through hot and cold wars, economic booms and crises, the passage and perseverance of literary trends, and the jolting culture shocks and shifting mores of an era of enormous change.  It also won a Peabody.

Hosted by Edward T. Canby, this show covered a wide range of genres including Baroque, French Impressionism, Medieval folk, and experimental electronic music.

From public welfare to firefighting to water safety, this program updates the public about disaster preparedness. Arthur J. Wallander, Civil Defense Director for New York City, interviewed the heads of city departments about the steps their departments had taken to meet the needs of the city's civil defense system.

News for "when science plays such a large part in supplying our war needs." Talks by members of the City College of New York faculty discussing how their disciplines help the war effort. Topics include astronomy, mathematics, biology, and more.

The program highlighted not only exhibitions and events at the museum, but broader issues facing the art community at galleries and museums in a time of significant social and institutional changes. Host Mimi Poser was a development and public affairs officer for the museum from the early ’70s to late ’80s.

Victor Manyukov, Theater Director and Teacher; Vladimir Prokofyev, Historian and Theoretician; Angelina Stepanova, Actress; and Vasily Toporkov, Actor discuss Stanislavsky's method of acting at a symposium on the Moscow Art Theatre.

Richard Pyatt hosts this interview program that discusses "trends, activities and theater practice across the country" with "outstanding artists and craftsmen in every facet of theater."

In 1960 the Peabody awards panel said that "Ireene Wicker brings to her weekly program, The Singing Lady, literate taste, tender understanding, wit, gaiety, and style. A benign sorceress as well as an artist of consummate skill, Miss Wicker has been a steadfast foe of violence and brutality and a true friend to children everywhere."

A drama about polio focusing on symptoms, illness, and eradication efforts from the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation.

Helping women learn more about themselves and to have men better understand the women in their lives. The show was hosted by Carrie Carmichael and Amy Goodman.

Commentaries and interviews by Lee Edward Stern, WNYC's Dance Critic.

This interview, commentary, and discussion program features some of the greatest composers, performers, and critics of the music world.

A program of news, interviews, and the culture of Norway as well as the resistance to the Nazi occupation during World War II with host Gladys Petch.

A fictional radio drama starring Dr. Walter Bell, the Health Commissioner of Empire County. Brought to you by the New York State Department of Health and produced by the State Radio Bureau, this program aired in 1955.

Your city station and the New York Branch of the United States Veteran Administration present "a quarter hour of veteran's news and timely comment."

The New York City Tunnel Authority provides historical context for "jaunts around the city" through its numerous tunnels and connectors.

A radio series dramatizing the folk tales and legends ​from different lands.

The famous Sunday afternoon talks by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, “the people’s mayor.” These recordings, made during World War II, include the two iconic readings of the comics (only two of three were ever recorded) during the newspaper deliverymen’s strike of July 1945.

Don Gillis presents "a musical heritage that is as rich and full and all-encompassing as the world has yet seen", believing that from "the outpourings of Americans has come music that is worthy, is great and necessary."