Program Information

Roosevelt vs. Unemployment - the Works Progress Administration
Series:	Building Bridges
Subtitle:
Program Type:	Weekly Program
Featured Speakers/Commentators:	Susan Quinn author of 'Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times" ; and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Contributor:	Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg  [Contact Contributor]
Broadcast Restrictions:	See Notes.
License:	Attribution (by)
Broadcast Advisory:	No Advisories - program content screened and verified.
Summary:  Quinn presents a vivid portrait of the turbulent 1930s and the Roosevelt administration as seen through the WPA’s Federal Theater Project which turned a WPA unemployment program into a platform for some of the most cutting-edge theater of its time. Plus Roosevelt's fireside radio broadcast on the WPA.
Credits: Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
Notes: Please email us if you plan to broadcast this program - knash@igc.org http://www.buildingbridgesradio.org - website For more infomration on this program see Announcer Script below
Version 1:  Description: Length (hh:mm:ss): 00:27:06 Language: English Date Recorded: 2010-01-21 Location Recorded:  New York City Announcer Script/Transcript:   View Script #  Label  Length  File Info Downloads   1  wpantl  00:27:06  128Kbps mp3 (25MB) Mono 25 Version 2:  Description: Length (hh:mm:ss): 00:27:06 Language: English Date Recorded: 2010-01-21 Location Recorded:  New York City Announcer Script/Transcript:   View Script #  Label  Length  File Info Downloads   1  wpantl32  00:27:06  32Kbps mp3 (6MB) Mono 2

   

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