America's Town Meeting of the Air

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America's Town 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)

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Are You Worried About the Atomic Bomb?

"The most vicious menace in America today is the shocking apathy of the American people to their danger from enemy attack." - The New York Times - April 1951
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Does Modern Art Make Sense?

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How Should the Free Nations Deal with Present Agression

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Is Total Mobilization a Threat to Democracy?

"What will it take to preserve from the bondage of the communist police state the way of life for which men have been struggling for over four thousand years..."
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Round-the-World Tour Kickoff

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. First episode of a special series of Town Meeting programs, bro...
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Is There Any Defense Against Atomic Warfare?

Tonight we come to grips with a pressing question of the day.
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Can We Depend on Youth to Follow the American Way?

A young Richard Wright speaks out.
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Is Propaganda an Asset or Liability in a Democracy

Anne O'Hare McCormick, Edward L. Bernays and Harwood L. Childs discuss the merits of falsehood.
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Young America Looks Forward

America's First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt talks with high school students from New York City about the future.
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