As part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal response to the Great Depression, he created the Federal Writers Project, sending writers to various parts of the land to write on various topics - including food. The project, called “America Eats”, was abandoned in the early 1940’s because of World War II and never completed. Instead the files were archived in the Library of Congress.
Food historian Mark Kurlansky joins us to discuss the book he wrote based on these lost files. “The Food of a Younger Land” brought the unassembled materials to light and created this version of the guide that never was.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
National Bathroom Reading Month
Since 1988, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has headed a movement to highlight this specialized pastime. In this conversation, we speak with Gordon Javna from the Institute, who is also publisher of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader about National Bathroom Reading Month, the Bathrrom readers’ Institute and about Uncle John.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.com
At: http://conversationsontheroad.com
The Legacy of Charles Kuralt at Chapel Hill
On July 4, it will be 12 years since the passing of Charles Kuralt - the CBS News journalist best known for his “On the Road” essays.
In this conversation, we speak with Donald Shaw from North carolina who shares with us his passion for Kuralt and what his work represented.
We hear about how Kuralt’s work and his CBS office have been preserved at the University of North Carolina’s Charles Kuralt Learning Center (Kuralt is buried on campus at Chapel Hill).
We also talk of what Kuralt meant and continues to represent these years later.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
In this conversation, we speak with Donald Shaw from North carolina who shares with us his passion for Kuralt and what his work represented.
We hear about how Kuralt’s work and his CBS office have been preserved at the University of North Carolina’s Charles Kuralt Learning Center (Kuralt is buried on campus at Chapel Hill).
We also talk of what Kuralt meant and continues to represent these years later.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
Friday, June 12, 2009
Introducing journeysinto.com
Anyone that's been in our neck of the woods knows that we could have used a re-branding a long time ago.
Some good content. Multi-media. But to more than afew folks, it was more than a bit confusing.
With this in mind, we have created a new umbrella place to go. It's called http://journeysinto.com.
Once there, you can take a journey into Hidden America, Canada, Beer or Hockey (with others to follow).
The content and the feel, hopfully, remain. And, with any look, less confusion.
Some good content. Multi-media. But to more than afew folks, it was more than a bit confusing.
With this in mind, we have created a new umbrella place to go. It's called http://journeysinto.com.
Once there, you can take a journey into Hidden America, Canada, Beer or Hockey (with others to follow).
The content and the feel, hopfully, remain. And, with any look, less confusion.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
The Dawn of American Radio
Long before the internet, another young technology was transformed–with help from a colorful collection of eccentrics and visionaries–into a mass medium with the power to connect millions of people.
When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium’s potential, snake-oil salesmen and preachers took to the air, at once setting early standards for radio programming and making bedlam of the airwaves. Into the chaos stepped a young secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, whose passion for organization guided the technology’s growth. When a charismatic bandleader named Rudy Vallee created the first on-air variety show and America elected its first true radio president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, radio had arrived.
In Anthony Rudel tells the story of the boisterous years when radio took its place in the nation’s living room and forever changed American journalism, politics and entertainment.
In this conversation we speak with Anthony Rudel, author of “Hello Everbody: The Early Days of American Radio” about those early days and just how in many ways those days were similar to what we see today.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium’s potential, snake-oil salesmen and preachers took to the air, at once setting early standards for radio programming and making bedlam of the airwaves. Into the chaos stepped a young secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, whose passion for organization guided the technology’s growth. When a charismatic bandleader named Rudy Vallee created the first on-air variety show and America elected its first true radio president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, radio had arrived.
In Anthony Rudel tells the story of the boisterous years when radio took its place in the nation’s living room and forever changed American journalism, politics and entertainment.
In this conversation we speak with Anthony Rudel, author of “Hello Everbody: The Early Days of American Radio” about those early days and just how in many ways those days were similar to what we see today.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
Remembering Benny Goodman at his centennial
Benny Goodman would have been 100 on May 30, 2009.
Though gone since 1986, the music and legacy of the King of Swing live on.
In this journey, we speak with Alan Bache who is part of a series of concerts and programs this year honoring Goodman and his music during this centennial year.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
Though gone since 1986, the music and legacy of the King of Swing live on.
In this journey, we speak with Alan Bache who is part of a series of concerts and programs this year honoring Goodman and his music during this centennial year.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
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