The K-Rob Collection
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The K-Rob Collection
Welcome to amazing podcasts from Hall of Fame broadcaster and journalist Ken Robinson in this series of classic programs from the 1920s through the 1990s. The collection is not your usual "cops & comedians" old time radio podcast. Special attention given to the contributions of African-America...
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Audio Antiques - Jack Benny radio premier
From 1932, it's the very first Jack Benny radio show, which led to the popular comedian having a career spanning 4 decades, on not only radio, but fil...
Audio Antiques - Singer, actress, Meredith Howard
This podcast features the radio show Pete Kelly's Blues, it was a tribute to age of dixieland jazz in the 1920s. It starred Jack Webb who would go on...
Audio Antiques - Baseball Legend Satchel Paige
The radio show Destination Freedom tells the story of Satchel Paige, one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige p...
Audio Antiques - Dooley Wilson, Singer & Actor
Get ready for Jubilee, a radio program that featured African American musicians and singers. This 1942 episode is hosted by actor, singer and musician...
Audio Antiques - The Negro Reporter
From 1945, an installment from the classic radio show New World A Coming. This episode is called the Negro Reporter, staring Canada Lee. It's an exami...
Audio Antiques - The Eternal Light
During radio's classic era race, and ethnicity were rarely talked about or featured on the air, but there were a few exceptions. One was The Eternal L...
Audio Antiques - Radio Singers & Comedians
There were a lot of singers and comedians on the air during radio's classic era. Not only that, but you had singers who told jokes, and comedians who...
Audio Antiques - Trailblazing Actor Canada Lee
Before there was Sidney Poitier and Harry Bellafonte, there was Canada Lee...who along with Paul Robeson was among the very few black actors to scratc...
Audio Antiques - The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm was the first integrated all-women's band in the United States. The Sweethearts were formed at Piney Woods Cou...
Audio Antiques - John & Robert Kennedy
The life and times of John Fitzgerald Kennedy have been the subject of many history books. The public got to see him up close and personal after Senat...
Audio Antiques - History of the American Ghetto
Ghetto is a word that dates back to 1516. It's an Italian word that was used describe part of a city where Jewish people were restricted to live. Sinc...
Audio Antiques - Black Baseball Milestones
In April 1947, modern day baseball changed forever. That's when Jackie Robinson played his first major league game as a Brooklyn Dodger. After that da...
Audio Antiques - The Golden Gate Quartet
The Golden Gate Quartet is an African-American vocal group, that was founded in 1934 by four students at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk,...
Audio Antiques - Gerald Ford/Jimmy Carter Presidential Debate
They were the first presidential debates since 1960. President Gerald Ford, and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter were in a close race for the White House...
Audio Antiques - The Creation of the Urban League & The City of Chicago
It's one of only a few classic radio shows by African-Americas. Destination Freedom was a weekly radio program produced by NBC radio station WMAQ in C...
Audio Antiques - Radio at the Dawn of the Golden Age
The Golden Age of radio began just after World War One. Recordings of broadcasts from that era are extremely rare, and so were appearances by celebrit...
Audio Antiques - Mercedes McCambridge, Worlds Greatest Radio Actress
During radio's classic age, few women had starring roles on dramatic programs outside of soap operas. One such woman was Mercedes McCambridge, who Ors...
Audio Antiques - Butterfly McQueen, Actor, Comedian, Activist
This podcast explores the life of African-American actor & comedian Butterfly McQueen. She was born in Tampa, Florida in 1911, and showed an aptitude...
Audio Antiques - The 1963 MLB All Stars battle in Cleveland
This podcast features the 1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was held on July 9th at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Ohio USA. The contest wa...
Audio Antiques - Langston Hughes, the Shakespeare of Harlem
Born in Joplin, Missouri in 1901, James Mercer Langston Hughes was an African-American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright. Hughes took Ne...
Ken Robinson Podcast - Electric Cars & Credit Cards
Jim Garrity of AAA with a survey on how Americans feel about electric vehicles. Also Ted Rossman of Bankrate.com reveals the best ways to get the most...
Audio Antiques - The Big Show, Radio's Last Hope
The Big Show was a variety program created by NBC Radio in hopes of keeping the medium competitive with television. In 1950, listeners were deserting...
Ken Robinson Podcast - Smart Homes, Hackers, Scanners & Robots
Ken interviews Victoria Merinda and Andrea Harvey of A-Secure Life, FBI Agent Brian Smith, Mike Brickner of the ACLU, and Robotics Coach Craig Kowatch...
Audio Antiques - Civil Rights & Violent Humans
Radio's classic era wasn't just about singing, joke telling, and dramatic acting. There were serious, intellectual, thought provoking programs on the...
Ken Robinson Podcast - Blockchain, Television & Starting Your Own Business
It's the biggest thing since the internet! Ken interviews Gerald Dache of the Government Blockchain Association. Also, a look back at the origins of t...
Audio Antiques - Warner Brothers Academy Theater
Radio was very popular during the 1930s and 1940s, and the movie industry tried to take advantage of the medium to promote their films. During the era...
Ken Robinson Podcast - Black Holes, Gravity Waves, Moon, Mars & Venus
Ken interviews CSU research astronomer Jay Reynolds about some of astrophysics biggest celestial achievements.
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Audio Antiques - Fletcher Henderson & Dizzy Gillespie
We're going to hear two major forces that shaped the world of jazz. Fletcher Hamilton Henderson was a pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, impo...
Ken Robinson Podcast - Hyperloop Transporation & Asteroid Threats
Will Hyperloop technology revolutionize the transportation industry? A conversation with Dave Packer of ABC News who says construction of a system is...
Audio Antiques - Philip Morris Playhouse
In this podcast, we're going to the playhouse. Philip Morris Playhouse was a 30-minute dramatic anthology series, that usually involved crime, and was...
Ken Robinson Podcast - Suffering With Crippling Chronic Pain
Chronic pain patients say they are suffering because of America's War on Drugs. People hooked on tobacco and vaping can find help at 1-800-QUIT NOW. A...
Audio Antiques - Black Health Matters in 1945
Our focus is on the medical community and its relationship with African-Americans before and after World War 2. We have two episodes from the classic...
Ken Robinson Podcast - Americans Moving and Improving!
Americans are on the move. ABC News correspondent Alex Stone reports that there's an exodus from the states of New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Connect...
Audio Antiques - Dick Gregory, Activist Comedian
This show is about Dick Gregory, the comedian, civil rights activist, and author whose pioneering stand-up routines made him a prominent voice in both...
Audio Antiques - James Weldon Johnson, Booker T. Washington & Mary Church Terrell
Destination Freedom was a weekly radio program produced by NBC radio station WMAQ in Chicago from 1948 to 1950. It presented biographical histories of...
Audio Antiques - Science Fiction Writers Tell All
Ever wonder what it takes to be a science fiction writer? You will find out as we present, the 1956 NBC radio program Biography in Sound. You will hea...
Audio Antiques - The Fabulous Ink Spots
The Ink Spots were an American vocal jazz group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. The Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame inductees paved the...
Audio Antiques - Radio's Greatest Mystery Theaters
Mystery dramas were always a listener favorite during radio's classic era. You will hear four such theater productions in this podcast. Mollé Mystery...
Audio Antiques - The Legacy of Lead Belly
This podcast is about Huddie William Ledbetter. Better known by his stage name Lead Belly, was one of the most celebrated folk and blues singers of hi...
Audio Antiques - A Mutual Tribute
In this podcast, we pay tribute to the Mutual Broadcasting System. It was the fourth nationwide radio network to be established in the United States,...