Nostalgia Digest Podcast show

Nostalgia Digest Podcast

Summary: Now you can take the Golden Age of Radio with you wherever you go! The Nostalgia Digest Podcast is an ongoing series, each one devoted to people, performers and shows that have been featured in the pages of our Nostalgia Digest magazine - and each one is available for instant downloading!

Podcasts:

 Jack Webb | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:08:33

The radio career of an actor who transformed radio drama, but was so much more than "just the facts"

 Fred Foy, Brace Beemer and the Lone Ranger | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:07:21

We examine the legacy of radio's most famous masked man, his longtime announcer and their connection to the town of Mt. Carmel, Illinois!

 Benny Goodman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:52:02

We celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Goodman band's historic performance at Carnegie Hall -- with memories from Benny Goodman and his band!

 A Christmas Carol | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:05:29

We examine the radio history of Charles Dickens' classic story -- and tune in to some of the many voices of Ebeneezer Scrooge!

 Carl Amari and Classic Radio Shows | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:03:30

The radio host discusses his new book about old-time radio's classic shows -- and the challenges of producing "new-time" radio

 Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:10:08

The radio career of the man who made radio safe for ventriloquism--with the help of his

 Lowell Thomas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:10

The career of the global explorer who became radio's first

 Frank Conniff and Cinematic Titanic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:02:44

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 star and "show business sentimentalist" talks about the golden age of bad movies and his love affair with old-time radio

 Chicago's Blackhawk | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:32

A look at the restaurant that changed Chicago dining? and the family that merged fine dining and entertainment!

 Movies on Radio! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:04:48

Before streaming services and home video, these shows brought Hollywood's biggest films and stars into our homes? via radio!

 Bill Jackson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:07:56

The mayor of Cartoon Town and manager of the Gigglesnort Hotel looks back at his broadcasting career--and the role radio played in his success on television!

 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:21

How a bandleader and a singer (and their sons) became the first family of radio comedy!

 The Lone Ranger | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:38

The story of the masked man who saved a station from bankruptcy and became one of radio's greatest heroes!

 Eddie Green | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:02:32

The life and career of an African-American entertainment pioneer

 Drew Friedman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:11:00

The "Vermeer of the Borscht Belt" discusses his fascination with comic-book pioneers, old Jewish comedians and his favorite television show

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