Andy Lanset

Director of Archives, New York Public Radio

Andy Lanset appears in the following:

The McCarthys Step Out: A Police Safety Program

Thursday, April 08, 2021

Pioneering traffic safety through radio drama. 
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Explorer Dentist Worries Big Sugar

Monday, March 22, 2021

A dentist in the wilds of Labrador and Alaska.
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Police Honor Men

Sunday, March 07, 2021

"It is just as exciting as any crook drama you have heard or seen..."
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'Andy in the Archives' - Contralto Marian Anderson

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

WNYC director of archives Andy Lanset. 

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Better Late Than Never: A Talk WNYC Censored in 1934

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Making amends, 86+ years later.
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Opening of the Fiorello H. La Guardia Telecommunications Center

Friday, December 11, 2020

From depression-era digs to eighties modern.
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Paul Robeson Heard Over WNYC During WWII

Thursday, December 03, 2020

One of the greatest singers and activists for civil rights of all time.
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Lola Hayes and "Tone Pictures of the Negro in Music"

Monday, August 31, 2020

A World War II-era radio series highlighting African-American composers.
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1938 WNYC Clock Radio Alarm

Sunday, August 16, 2020

The blue-print for America's first clock radio?
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"WNYC Mobilizes For Harlem Emergency"

Saturday, August 01, 2020

The summer of '43 was hot.  
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A Brief History of How the NYPD Polices Protests Against Police Brutality

Friday, June 19, 2020

The NYPD's initial response to protests was unlike any in recent history, but it follows a long line of protests against police brutality met by more brutality.

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WNYC Airs Frank Talk on Racism in 1939

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

"Let us remind our fellow citizens that if they wish to keep racism out, they must exclude every bit and every form of it."
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When Anti-Lynching Legislation was Discussed on WNYC in 1938.

Thursday, June 11, 2020

"Lynching is the open door to fascism and all other forms of dictatorship, which are so repugnant to the American spirit and traditions of democratic government." --Walter White on WNYC.
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Public Radio's First Program Distribution Network is Born at WNYC

Friday, May 29, 2020

'The most stimulating development in radio on the North American continent.'
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1937 Vision: WNYC, The Flagship Station of a Non-Commercial Cultural Network

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Before NPR, Pacifica, PRI and others, WNYC had a plan for a public radio network in America.
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Elaine Lambert Lewis and Folk Songs for the Seven Million

Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Pioneering folklorist takes to the airwaves.
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Diane Wolkstein and Stories From Many Lands

Monday, March 23, 2020

“One of the greatest storytellers in the Western world."
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Andy in the Archives

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

New York Public Radio's director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s installment of our ongoing series, “Andy in the Archives.”

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'Andy in the Archives'

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

New York Public Radio director of archives Andy Lanset. 

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Andy in the Archives: February 28 in NYPR History

Wednesday, March 04, 2020

New York Public Radio's director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s installment of our ongoing series, “Andy in the Archives.” 

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