<p>Graduate student Ryan Richards joins us to discuss the aesthetic and social meanings of radio receivers in a time of economic crisis. Hear about the technological advances and Art Deco designs that made beautiful radios a hallmark of the 1930s and 1940s. </p>

Graduate student Ryan Richards joins us to discuss the aesthetic and social meanings of radio receivers in a time of economic crisis. Hear about the technological advances and Art Deco designs that made beautiful radios a hallmark of the 1930s and 1940s.

The Great Depression: 1937 Emerson BT245 Radio Reciever

The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. 
The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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