Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting

In Breaking Walls Episode 53 we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a look at some of the on-air St. Paddy’s Day shenanigans throughout the Golden Age of Radio.

Highlights:

• A profile on Fred Allen, born John Sullivan, and his feud with Jack Benny, which culminated (for the first time) at the Pierre Hotel in New York on March 14, 1937, and again three days later on Fred’s show on St. Patrick’s Day in 1937

• Irish-American tenor Dennis Day’s return from the Navy to the Jack Benny Program on March 17, 1946

• Why Gracie Allen loved the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City - From The George Burns and Gracie Allen show - March 17, 1941

• Beat the Band’s The Wearing of the Green - March 17, 1940

• Bill Stern, Notre Dame, Chauncey Olcott, and My Wild Irish Rose - March 17, 1944

• Fred Allen’s triumph’s, struggles and his untimely passing on March 17, 1956

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In Breaking Walls Episode 52 we present a chat with Radio Hall of Fame member Chuck Schaden about his life and career. Chuck was on the air on Chicago radio between 1970-2009 The Radio Hall of Fame lists him as the man who’s done more to preserve and grow the Golden Age of Radio than anyone in America. His earliest radio memory was listening to The Shadow on the afternoon of Sunday, December 7, 1941 when the broadcast was interrupted with news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Highlights

• How Chuck got on the air in 1970

• His conversations through the years with Golden Age of Radio stars like Jack Benny, Howard Duff, Arch Oboler, and Alan Reed.

• Chuck’s opinion on why the American radio drama died in the 1950s

• Things Chuck learned from his father about confidence

• Why we have to be willing to put ourselves out there, be humble, and follow our passions

• His opinion on the future of the radio drama

• The Ways Chuck is enjoying his retirement

• Thoughts on Chuck’s website: http://www.speakingofradio.com

• Chuck’s Podcast: Chuck Schaden’s Memory Lane

To find out more about the life and career of Chuck Schaden, visit his website at http://www.speakingofradio.com. There you’ll find 40 years of conversations with Golden Age of Radio stars, writers, and others involved in that era of radio.

To subscribe to Chuck’s Memory Lane podcast, do so in the podcast tab on (http://www.speakingofradio.com/7334-2/) or search for Chuck Schaden on itunes.

Chuck’s Facebook group can be found at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562557610712590/

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In episode 51 of Breaking Walls, we attend the debut gallery event for Brooklyn-based art collective Noumenal Space. InARTguration took place on 1.19.2017, the evening before President Donald Trump's inauguration at a Brooklyn Boulders location in Long Island City, Queens, New York.

This event was designed to help spread awareness and unity within the art community during a very socially uncertain time. Proceeds from the event were donated to charities like Planned Parenthood and The Bronx Defenders.

You'll hear from founders Caitlin-Marie Miner, Andy Ongulous, as well as Brooklyn Boulders' head of marketing Joe Aaron Caravaglia, illustrator Jenna Stempel, and architects Franklin Rojas and Anner Recinos.

LINKS

Jenna Stempel’s work for Harper Collins and others can be viewed at www.jennastempel.com

Anner can be followed on IG @anner.r.more

Franklin @im_1_ofakind

Both Anner and Franklin were recently featured in a Brooklyn Boulders blog post (http://brooklynboulders.com/blog/meet-3d-artists-anner-more-franklin-rojas/)

To learn more about Brooklyn Boulders, please go to BrooklynBoulders.com

Noumenal Space links:

Website: www.noumenal.space

Instagram @noumenal.space

Twitter @noumenalspace

Email [email protected]

Event Sponsors:

Beer: Six Point

Beer: LIC Beer Project

Space: Brooklyn Boulders Queensbridge

Caitlin Miner Links:

Website: www.caitiedid.com

Instagram: @caitiedid.studios

Twitter: @CaitlinMarieM

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In episode 50 of Breaking Walls, we pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Norman Corwin with an uplifting audio piece in honor of our rights and duties as citizens of the United States of America.

Among the cast are:

Neil Armstrong

Lucille Ball

Lionel Barrymore

Charles Calvart

Kieran Culkin

Ted De Corsia

Alice Frost

Wendell Holmes

Dr. Martin. Luther King Jr.

Howard McNear

Jack Moyles

President Barack Obama

Santos Ortega

Vincent Price

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Howie Rose

James Stewart

and Orson Welles

Music by:

Charles Bradley

César Franck

Cheap Trick

Michael Hanna

Bernard Herrmann

Julia Ward Howe

Modest Mussorgsky

and William Steffe

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In Breaking Walls Episode 49, in honor of the last day of 2016, we present to you an up close look at how New Year’s Eve was handled on radio during what’s come to be known as the Golden Age of Radio, between the early 1930s and 1962.

Highlights Include:

• A profile on Jack Benny, the most famous comedian of the 1st half of the 20th century

• Do you remember Madge the Manicurist? New York radio veteran Jan Miner speaks about breaking into radio

• Escape and Suspense: Thrillers with a New Year's twist

• A decidedly lighter portrayal than usual of Wild Bill Hickok

• The Rose Bowl

• The decline of radio

• Where we can go from here

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In Breaking Walls Episode 48, experience an evening unlike any other at BAM with BitterSuite, a fully immersive concert experience with one catch—the participating audience is blindfolded, touched, danced with, fed, and loved by a complete stranger.

I got to experience this first hand. Today you can too, through on-the-scene conversations with Bittersuite creator Stephanie Singer, and participant Stephanie Guzman!

For more information about Bittersuite please go here - http://www.bittersuite.org.uk

The Brooklyn Academy of Music's website - http://www.bam.org

Stephanie Guzman was a guest on Breaking Walls in episode 32 with tips on how to destress in the new year - https://soundcloud.com/thewallbreakers/bw-ep32-artist-stephanie-guzmanways-to-destress-in-the-new-year

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In Episode 47 of Breaking Walls, we introduce a new sub-series to Breaking Walls called, The Radio Chronicles. It’s the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In honor of this momentous day we travel back in time using actual radio broadcasts from that day and the days which followed, to take the temperature of a nation and a world at war.

Voices heard include: Orson Welles, Jack Benny, Dinah Shore, Raymond Edward Johnson, Superman/Clark Kent, Fibber McGee & Molly, John Barrymore, and more...

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In episode 46 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with corporate art & design consultant Elle Neale for a conversation about the ways she’s learned to live, laugh, and love by setting intentions and releasing herself from the burden of expectations. It’s a great chat for Thanksgiving week!

Highlights

• Elle’s upbringing in New York City

• What it’s like for Elle to be part of RareCulture, her family’s business

• A specific moment Elle learned—the hard way—to trust her intentions

• What Thanksgiving means to Elle

• What she truly is thankful for this time of year

• What those of us who feel stuck in position in life can do to grow

Sponsor Information - https://www.artfinder.com/for-you/

From now until midnight GMT 12.15.2016, Artfinder.com is accepting fast-tracked applications if you use the promo code

VRAJ1416. Sign up now a chance to be featured in the New and Notable Collection in January of 2017 and sell your art through Artfinder.

Elle’s Links

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/elle-lachow-b294861a

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In episode 45 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with Brighton, UK-based designer Cat Rose for a conversation about The League of Creative Introverts—a creative community headed by Cat (http://www.thecreativeintrovert.com/lci/) and how Cat has used conscious gratitude to improve the way she sees the world.

Highlights Include:

What is The League of Creative Introverts and what gave Cat the inspiration to start it

How the league can help you if you’ve been feeling insecure about putting your art out there

How Cat managed to leave her agency job and strike out on her own as a full-time freelance graphic designer

How Cat’s been finding clients in her community

The benefit to writing down things we’re grateful for every day

Why Cat keeps a journal

How far ahead she plans and why she diversifies her interests

What’s next for Cat

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Catilist - https://www.facebook.com/catillest

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In Episode 44 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with Illustrator and illustration professor Cheryl Gross for a conversation about how she uses fear as a catalyst in her art.

Highlights Include:

• The significance of Cheryl’s melting-pot upbringing in a Brooklyn that can be a polarizing place to grow up in

•Cheryl’s earliest memories of art and recollections about her childhood

•Why she believes her work being labeled as the equivalent to “Dr. Seuss on crack” is a compliment

•What is the Z-Factor? From where does it come?

•How fear has played a roll in Cheryl’s art

•Why she wanted to go back to school and to teach

•Thoughts on teaching at Pratt Institute in the 21st century

•Where Cheryl is headed and how she stays present

Cheryl’s Links

http://www.cmgross.com

Twitter -

@cherylgross

Blog -

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https://www.truelancer.com/portfolio/greetings-from-karpland-8600

Place to buy The Z Factor -

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