From Hollywood, Anna Roosevelt defends FDR's performance at Yalta which had recently been called into question by a reporter. From Paris, ER interviews Henry Morgenthau Jr. on Israel's refusal to relinquish control of the Negev desert.
This recording was produced while ER was in Geneva, Switzerland. In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's suggestion that the United Nations admit communist China in exchange for an end to the Korean War. In the interview segment, ER discusses Swiss journalism with...
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about why the United States shoulders the economic burden abroad when there is still poverty at home. In the interview segment, ER interviews Roger Baldwin, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question regarding the justice systems of Soviet countries. In the interview segment, ER asks the former head of the Norwegian Airforce, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, about his past experiences as an explorer and his future hope...
In the first segment of the Thanksgiving episode, ER and Elliott Roosevelt discuss what they and their listeners can be thankful for. In the second segment, ER reads a Thanksgiving poem written by her aunt Bye (Anna Roosevelt Cowles).
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener’s question about military promotion policies regarding age and experience. In the interview segment, ER’s guest is Eugene Gilbert, founder of Gilbert Youth Research Organization, an enterprise that surveys youth for...
Broadcast time 1:15-1:30 over the NBC Red Network. ER discusses the scope of the US defense program, democracy and her support for university national service.
This recording was produced while ER was in Paris. In the opening segment, ER reads a listener's letter regarding foster care. In the following segment, ER and Elliott respond to a listener's question regarding political corruption. In the interview segment, ER discusses the Marshall Plan and the...
In this segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question regarding the imprisonment of William Oatis, an American journalist imprisoned by Czechoslovakia for espionage.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener’s question about hysteria and wasteful spending in the face of potential air raids. In the interview segment, ER discusses housing shortages with Raymond Foley, administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question regarding travel in post-war Europe. In the following segment, ER interviews creators and publishers of the comic Archie, Louis Silberkleit and John Goldwater.
April 20, 1951. In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about the best ways we can interpret deliberately misleading news from other countries. In the interview segment, ER and her guest, David Schonfield, the foreign editor for the Financial Times,...
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt discuss the cultural and political consequences stemming from the U.S. occupation of Japan. In the interview segment, ER discusses the importance of inventions with John C. Green, Director of the Office of Technical Services of the Department of...
In honor of July Fourth, ER details the history of Independence Day. In the closing segment, ER interviews General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about the class and educational dimensions of the military draft. In the interview segment, ER interviews author and theater critic John Mason Brown.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about the importance of television for children. In the interview segment, ER interviews opera singer Marjorie Lawrence.
In the opening segment, ER interviews James Beard, an actor turned historian of food. In the closing segment, Elliott Roosevelt discusses a UNESCO run school in Mexico and Ben Grauer reads commercials.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about the proper age for elected officials. In the interview segment, ER's guest is Secretary of Navy Francis P. Matthews.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about programs that connect American children with children abroad. In the interview segment, ER discusses defense housing shortages and residential segregation with Charles Abrams.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about the USSR's representation in the United Nations and the Soviet's apparent abuse of veto power. In the interview segment, ER's guest is Edgar Ansel Mowrer, journalist and author of the book Challenge and Decision.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's request to discuss the value of the United Nations. In the interview segment, ER and NBC announcer Ben Grauer discuss his broadcasting career.
ER and guests, writer Rebecca West and Sir Hartley Shawcross, president of the Board of Trade in England, discuss the problems of domestic communism and their shared foreign policy concerns, including the USSR and Germany.
In Hollywood, ER and Anna Roosevelt talk about the ethical obligations of news reporters and the slanting of news against certain races and ethnicities. Later in the episode, Anna Roosevelt and ER name Mrs. C. K. Allen, wife of the superintendent of Rhodes House at Oxford University, as Woman of...
This recording was produced while ER was in London, England. In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question regarding British trade with communist China. In the interview segment, ER discusses American-Anglo relations with Louise Cochrane, an American ex-pat who...
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt discuss civil service and efficient government. In the interview segment, ER and Senator Estes Kefauver discuss the Senate's Crime Investigative Committee and organized crime.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about the United States' international alliances and whether or not the U.S. assumes "power is knowledge." In the interview segment, ER and author Joseph Gaer discuss the lore behind the Old Testament.
In the opening segment, ER awards a community service citation to Florence L. Harrison, director of the Service Bureau for Women's Organizations, for her organization's work in providing services to women's organizations in Connecticut. In the second segment, ER and Elliott respond to a...
Broadcast time 1:15-1:30 PM over the NBC Red Network. ER responds to questions regarding women's proper role in society and whether or not women should pursue careers outside the home.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt respond to a listener's question about ER's favorite artists and her favorite works of art. In the interview segment, ER discusses foreign policy and Europe with Senator William Benton.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt discuss whether or not women can run a household successfully while also working a job that has different hours than her husband works. In the interview segment, ER interviews boxer Ezzard Charles.
In the opening segment, ER and Elliott Roosevelt answer a listener's question about the links between communism and Anna Rosenberg. In the interview segment, ER's guest is Frank Pace. Jr., Secretary of the Army.
ER discusses Winston Churchill's visit to Washington D.C., the formation of local defense councils, and other issues of civil defense, especially in Puerto Rico and other "outlying posessions."