Undated Broadcasts Identified: This I Believe
Continuing Stage 1 of our systematic backlog resolution across all 80,308 undated broadcasts, this update resolves an additional 50 broadcasts from Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe on CBS Radio (Sequences 1066 through 1115).
Undated Broadcasts Project
Continuing Stage 1 of our systematic backlog resolution across all 80,308 undated broadcasts, This update resolves an additional 50 broadcasts from Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe on CBS Radio (Sequences 1066 through 1115).
Reaching 950 broadcasts resolved, this cohort unites legendary broadcasters, the pioneer of polio physical rehabilitation, big-band modernists, British Poets Laureate, presidential candidates, and renowned Royal Academicians.
1. Broadcasts
| Speaker / Title | Airdate | Credited Background & Role | Pure Narrative Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Linkletter | 1952-01-16 | Beloved Broadcaster (House Party, People Are Funny) | Broadcaster Art Linkletter reflects on listening to children's spontaneous wisdom, everyday family humor, and infectious optimism. |
| Sister Elizabeth Kenny | 1952-04-14 | Australian Polio Treatment Pioneer & Nurse | Australian nursing pioneer Sister Kenny reflects on rehabilitating paralyzed polio children, medical perseverance, and Christian mercy. |
| Stan Kenton | 1955-03-22 | Progressive Big-Band Jazz Innovator & Pianist | Jazz bandleader Stan Kenton reflects on pioneering progressive jazz, artistic non-conformity, and creative musical emotion. |
| Alf Landon | 1955-03-29 | 1936 Republican Presidential Nominee & Kansas Governor | Kansas Governor Alf Landon reflects on independent political integrity, democratic citizenship, and agrarian American values. |
| C. Day-Lewis | 1955-03-31 | British Poet Laureate & Oxford Poetry Professor | British poet C. Day-Lewis reflects on poetic craft, moral commitment in verse, and the spiritual search for artistic truth. |
| André Kostelanetz | 1952-03-24 | Renowned Orchestral Conductor & Recording Pioneer | Orchestral conductor André Kostelanetz reflects on popularizing classical music on radio, entertaining troops in war, and musical beauty. |
| Joseph Wood Krutch | 1955-03-28 | Naturalist, Literary Scholar & Author (The Desert Year) | Naturalist and literary scholar Joseph Wood Krutch reflects on contemplation in the Sonoran desert, reverence for living things, and sanity. |
| Dame Laura Knight | 1955-03-24 | Celebrated English Painter & Royal Academician | English painter Dame Laura Knight reflects on capturing circus and ballet life on canvas, visual honesty, and artistic perseverance. |
| John Lehmann | 1955-03-30 | Editor of The London Magazine & Hogarth Press | London Magazine editor John Lehmann reflects on publishing modern poetry, defending literary culture against philistinism, and humanist art. |
| Philip M. Klutznick | 1955-03-24 | B'nai B'rith President & US Ambassador | B'nai B'rith President Philip Klutznick reflects on public housing creation, Jewish humanitarian philanthropy, and human equality. |