341 episodes
The World War 2 Radio Podcast Brick Pickle Media LLC
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4.7 • 49 Ratings
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The goal of this podcast is to deliver radio broadcasts as you would have heard them 80 years ago, during the days of World War 2. Our episodes will be a mix of entertainment, news and other information. You’ll hear each episode as close to the original date as possible, with some additional bonus episodes thrown in that include related content.
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Eddie Rickenbacker & Richard Bong/OWI News Update
Today we have an episode featuring several short news updates and other items from this week in 1944. First, we have a conversation between World War ! ace Eddie Rickenbacker and World War II ace Richard Bong shortly after Bong broke Rickenbacker’s record by shooting down his 27th Japanese aircraft. That is followed by a news update from the U.S. Office of War Information. Finally, we have a German propaganda broadcast, aimed at the Allied military and other English speakers.
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War Telescope 4/15/1944
Today we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on April 15, 1944.
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Ceiling Unlimited - God's Corporals
Today we have the April 9, 1944, episode of Ceiling Unlimited. The series ran from 1942 to 1944 and was sponsored by the Lockheed Corporation. It dramatized stories of aviators in the war, as well as offering music and other entertainment.
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War Telescope 4/8/1944
Today we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on April 8, 1944. The series was broadcast from London and offered weekly updates on the war every Saturday, as well as looking at what could be coming in the weeks and months ahead.
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NBC News Special on Invasion of Europe 4/5/1944
Today we have an April 5, 1944, NBC news special. It offers an inside look on how NBC was planning to cover the upcoming D Day invasion of Western Europe by the Allies. Visit our website at
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World News Today 4/2/1944
Today we have the April 2, 1944, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war from Naples, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington and New York.
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Customer Reviews
As if you are there…
Stumbled across this because I love history and my parents’ whole lives were affected by World War II. Wow, I can’t believe how real it all feels, listening to these radio broadcasts. From famous speeches by Churchill and Roosevelt, to Edward R Murrow broadcasts, to recipes for the housewife coping with rationing — it’s all there. Thanks to whoever put this together, and keep the episodes coming, please! Teachers and profs out there, please have your students listen to this. It’s better than all the textbooks put together.
The Best!
There are many World War 2 podcasts available. Some present the war as history with analysis, and some present the war as it happened - live. This podcast is, hands down, the very best at presenting the war as it happened, day-by-day on the radio. I listen to it everyday. If you want to experience one of the most important events in history, live, as if you were listening to events unfold on the radio, while they happened, this is the podcast for you. Excellent in every way!
Appreciate the archives
It’s wonderful to have primary source historical media available from this era. Interesting that “news” was as editorial then as it is now.