Today, we consider the amazing election of an American pope, remember our grandmother’s trading stamps, map part of the U.S. coastline, ponder the famous Edward VIII abdication and conclude by recognizing another ruler who’d not have thought so highly of E8. (Music composed by and used with permission of Melissa Goldsmith)
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Let’s travel with Lemuel Gulliver, play a bit of Little League baseball, hang out with Jessica Fletcher, and remember a pumpkin-centered nursery rhyme. On a somber note, let’s revisit FDR's famous “Day of Infamy” speech whose opening lines are given here. “Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of ...” Note: Federal Government Works: Under U.S. copyright law, any work created by an officer or employee of the federal government as part of their official duties cannot be copyrighted. Since FDR was the President delivering an official address to Congress, the text is "born" into the public domain.” As to a phonorecording or sound recording, the organization that recorded the speech such as a radio network typically owns the copyright in the sound recording. Even if the speech itself is public domain, the specific recording can still be copyrighted. Therefore, I opted for caution by not including an audio sample in the podcast.
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We remember the author who chronicled the “Saga of an American Family.” We travel to the “Land of Enchantment” to find the home of the roadrunner and the yucca flower. We look back at a year of iconic debuts: from the soaring 630-foot Gateway Arch in St. Louis to the first giggle of the Pillsbury Doughboy and more. Imagine that!
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Careful as we visit the only venomous primate. On a safer note, let’s travel along the French and Spanish coastline. We’ll remember a certain wheel of fortune popular in the early 1950s as well. Imagine That!
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Today we remember Reginald Jeeves, the Challenger tragedy, and the Microsoft IPO. We meet a certain tuffet sitter and learn a bit about soap making. Imagine That!
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Today we briefly visit the novel All the King’s Men, remember the sitcom All in the Family, and are taken back to the year of the first direct-dial long distance telephone call in America. We also remember the singer popularly associated with the song “Gloria.”
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Today we consider a work of French literature, delve into a bit of biochemistry, remember Seward's Folly, revisit Star Trek, and consider a British royal. Imagine That!
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In today’s episode, we remember a modernist architect, two comedic brewery workers whose job must surely have been mind-numbingly monotonous, a popular party movie, a Michael Jackson album, an important treaty, and Skylab.
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Today, we meet the inventor of racquetball, consider several cocktails, remember a World War II strategic operation, and land on the moon. We conclude by remembering why wax is not a good binding material for feathers! IMAGINE That! Note: Those interested in learning more about Operation Torch and 1942 might wish to check out the following book: November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II, by Swedish historian Peter Englund. The book explores events during that November, including Operation Torch. Drawing on diaries, journals, letters, memoirs, and records, Englund, a member of the Swedish Academy and winner of the August Prize, chronicles the lives and experiences of ordinary people around the world during this pivotal month.
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In this episode, we remember “The Song of Hiawatha,” visit Antarctica, and remember the New Coke chaos, the Rainbow Warrior, and a comic strip no longer in production. Imagine That!
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