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The New England town hall meeting was one of the earliest experiments in democracy on the North American continent, an opportunity for neighbors to come together to be informed and discuss issues which affected the community as a whole. From 1935 to 1956, America’s Town Meeting of the Air tried to bring this concept to a modern, nationwide forum. Produced by the League for Political Education and featuring executive director George V. Denny Jr, the program became incredibly popular, even inspiring listener clubs who would listen and explore the issues further after the actual broadcast. Click here to read more about America's Town Meeting Of The Air

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Please enjoy these 38 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.12.1939	america's town hall meeting of the air do we have a free press
12.08.1938	america's town hall meeting of the air how should the democracies deal with the dictatorships	+ Blue Network. "How Should The Democracies Deal With The Dictatorships?". Quincy Howe, among other...
12.01.1938	america's town hall meeting of the air is an economic plan for world peace available	+ Blue Network. "Is An Economic Plan For World Peace Possible". Former Premier of Belgium Van Zeila...
02.03.1938	america's town hall meeting of the air what does democracy mean	+ Blue Network. "What Does Democracy Mean?". A lively discussion with most of the questions directe...
12.23.1937	america's town hall meeting of the air what system of medical care should we have
11.26.1936	america's town hall meeting of the air what does the public want in music
11.05.1936	america's town hall meeting of the air public opinion and the town meeting idea
04.16.1936	america's town hall meeting of the air will the machine dominate man	+ Blue Network. "Is Our Public Opinion Controlled By Propaganda?". An interesting discussion about ...
04.02.1936	america's town hall meeting of the air will unionization promote industrial recovery
03.19.1936	america's town hall meeting of the air the supreme court and the constitution
12.19.1935	america's town hall meeting of the air should we plan for social security	+ "Should We Plan For Security?". The program starts with a long reading of letters sent to the pr...
12.12.1935	america's town hall meeting of the air personal liberty and the modern state	+ ABC net, WFBR, Baltimore aircheck. "Is Radio Operating In the Public Interest?". A debate from Gr...
12.05.1935	america's town hall meeting of the air has the new deal promoted or retarded business recovery

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I suspect this series is one many listener's haven't heard before. I find it to be historically very interesting, especially the 1941 episodes. Although we weren't involved in it till December 7th, 1941, World War II was in full swing long before that time. So most of the topics are directly related to what or when we should have any involvement. The format of this series is to have two participants, one for and the other against a particular subject. In this episode, those are; Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr vs. John T. Flynn. Then, like any Town Meeting, it was opened up for questions by the audience. The Moderator was; George V. Denny, Jr. The series ran from May 30th, 1935 till June 17th, 1956, a total of 928 episodes.

Jerry