Real Time 1960s

Real Time 1960s

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Real Time 1960s episodes

  • Evening Report | February 23, 1962
    Astronaut John Glenn is honored at Cape Canaveral; Robert Kennedy draws huge crowds in West Berlin; J. Edgar Hoover speaks at Valley Forge; Robert McNamara sees improvement in Vietnam; and Roger Maris wants a bigger raise. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.

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    16 min
  • Evening Report | February 14, 1962
    The First Lady leads a tour of the White House; Republicans want straight talk on Vietnam; John Glenn's orbital flight is postponed; President Kennedy backs the Boy Scouts; Stanley Kubrick courts controversy; Cassius Clay makes his Madison Square Garden debut. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.

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    15 min
  • 1961: Top Six Athletes, pt. 1 [Ep. 14]

    In this first installment of a 2-part episode, we cover the top individual athletic performances of 1961. Today: Wilt Chamberlain, Roger Maris, and Whitey Ford. Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support!

    20 min
  • Evening Report | January 24, 1962

    President Kennedy confronts a reporter; Governor Brown ridicules Richard Nixon; Malcolm X debates Bayard Rustin; twenty-eight East Germans escape to freedom; the President endorses milk; two baseball legends are headed to the Hall of Fame. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support!

    14 min
  • Evening Report | January 15, 1962

    President Kennedy defends his civil rights record; Secretary Rusk heads to South America; thousands of women protest nuclear fallout; Senator Goldwater preaches conservatism; Malcolm X preaches racial separation; John Wayne signs on to a World War II epic. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.

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    15 min
  • 1961, pt. 2: True Crime [Ep. 13]

    In this second installment of a series on 1961, we cover the 2 most horrifying front-page crimes committed in the U.S. that year: a cross-country kill spree by a pair of ex-soldiers and the massacre on the yacht Bluebelle. Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! Link to pt. 1

    In this Episode:

    - Latham and York [2:30] - Murderer Charles Starkweather [6:51] - Notorious random killers of the 1960s [7:26] - Capote's "In Cold Blood" [8:32] - The Bluebelle massacre [11:26]

    Links: * Book: "In Cold Blood" * Book: "Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean" * Podcast Website

    33 min
  • Evening Report | December 16, 1961

    President Kennedy gets a warm welcome in Venezuela; Dr. Martin Luther King is jailed in Georgia; Adolf Eichmann is sentenced in Jerusalem; the President sends a Christmas message to Berlin; the Army sends war dogs to South Vietnam; and a Hollywood film premiere in a Cold War hot spot. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.

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    13 min
  • 1961, pt. 1: Lists and No. 1's [Ep. 12]

    Enjoy this first installment of a series on 1961. Today: the rise of the NFL, the Twist, the switch from black-and-white to color TV, Ingmar Bergman, the fear of nuclear war, Aretha Franklin and more. Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! Link to 1961, pt. 2

    In this Episode:

    - Bergman's "Through a Glass Darkly" [1:47] - The South trending Republican [13:19] - The Twist [16:17] - Fear of nukes [19:03] - The rise of the NFL [22:57] - The rise of color TV [26:46] - Aretha [29:32]

    Links:

    - Podcast Website

    - Aretha Franklin and the Ray Bryant Combo on Spotify

    34 min
  • Evening Report | November 29, 1961

    A chimpanzee orbits the earth in a Project Mercury space capsule; a mob attacks five Freedom Riders at a Mississippi bus station; President Kennedy responds to reports of low morale among Reservists; Governor Rockefeller's son is missing; the CIA has a new Director; and 19-year-old heavyweight Cassius Clay has his eye on the crown. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.

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    14 min
  • Evening Report | November 16, 1961

    In Seattle, President Kennedy speaks out on the Cold War; Congolese soldiers murder 13 U.N. peacekeepers; the National Security Council approves the President's Vietnam policy; a young girl is rescued after drifting in the Atlantic for 82 hours; singer Ray Charles is arrested; gangster Joseph Gallo is found guilty; Speaker Sam Rayburn is dead. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.

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    12 min

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Real Time 1960s tells the story of the 1960s — politics, culture, entertainment, sports — day by day.