Public Access America
895 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 17 ratingsPublic Access America is a news commentary, solutions based, conversation style podcast hosted by Jason and Jeffrey. we don't tell you what to think. We tell eachother what we think and hope its useful. Common sense and critical thinkings meet political dissidence and systemic inequality. Real people, real conversations. History in the making making history in the making. We are Public Access America
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End Of The Trail The American Plains Indian
July 05, 2016 17:28 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBEnd of the Trail: American Plains Indian Descibes the American westward movement and its tragic impact upon the American Indian. Discusses the imprint of the West upon the American mind and the American legend...narrated by walter brennan Tells the story of the American Plains Indians. Narrated by Walter Brennan. Source Link https://archive.org/details/EndOfTheTrailtheAmericanPlainsIndians Copyright Link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Edited into podcast episode by Jar...
SP 17 Manual Of The Cadet Guidon
July 01, 2016 16:21 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MBSP 17 Manual Of The Cadet Guidon Full video can be found on our YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/5yl_amOEDnw U.S. Army film # SP-17 Manual Of The Cadet Guidon, for West Point Cadets. "TRAINING FILM: On correct execution of movements for standard bearer. Cadets execute order arms, present arms, parade rest and eyes right movements." National Archives Identifier: 36284 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these f...
The World Of Mother Teresa
June 30, 2016 16:17 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThe World of Mother Teresa Opening Audio of Mother Teresa being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, follows the diminutive missionary as she tours facilities she has founded in Calcutta for the poor, sick, and dying. Includes an interview with her as well Born in 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa taught in India for 17 years before she experienced her 1946 "call within a call" to devote herself to caring for the sick and poor. Her order established a hospice; centers for the blin...
Interview With J. Robert Oppenheimer
June 29, 2016 16:34 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBJ. (Julius) Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904. His parents, Julius S. Oppenheimer, a wealthy German textile merchant, and Ella Friedman, an artist, were of Jewish descent but did not observe the religious traditions. He studied at the Ethical Culture Society School, whose physics laboratory has since been named for him, and entered Harvard in 1922, intending to become a chemist, but soon switching to physics. He graduated summa cum laude in 1925 and went to Englan...
Miss Television 1950 Contest
June 28, 2016 15:45 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBMiss U.S. Television was a series of contests held by the DuMont Television Network and its affiliates during 1950. The contest searched for the woman "with the most outstanding talent and beauty". The grand finals, aired September 30, 1950, featured 13 contestants, including Edie Adams, than known as Edith Adams, who performed an opera aria and won the contest. Broadcast from the Chicago Fair of 1950, Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/public-access-america/exclusive-content ...
CBR (Chemical, Biological, Radiological) Decontamination Unit 1974 US Army TF3 - 4899
June 27, 2016 16:08 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBCBR (Chemical, Biological, Radiological) Decontamination Unit 1974 US Army TF3-4899 National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 2580550 / Local Identifier 175.47 - Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) Decontamination Unit - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Materiel Command. U.S. Army Munitions Command. Edgewood Arsenal. (08/01/1962 - 1971). The United states Army Presents TF3-4899 - 1974 This film warned that decontamination of vehicles and pers...
Winston Churchill - We Shall Fight On The Beaches - 1940
June 24, 2016 17:10 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBWinston Churchill-We Shall Fight On The Beaches-1940 It's not an American speech or even an American moment, but it is one of the greatest speeches of all time and so on this friday we present it "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" is a common title given to a speech named "We Shall Never Surrender" delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940. This was the second of three major speeches given around the period of the Battle of Fra...
Interview With Timothy Leary At Home In The 1990's
June 23, 2016 22:14 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBInterview with Timothy Leary at home in the 1990's This a clip from a televised interview with Timothy Leary at home. Leary discusses emerging technology, the Sixties and the youth culture of the 1990s. Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. Leary conducted experiments under the Harvard Psilocybin Project during American...
Ballistics - Overview Of Ballistics - 1948 Army Training
June 22, 2016 19:03 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBUS Army training film TF9-1512 Public domain film from the US National Archives Ballistics (gr. βάλλειν ('ba'llein'), "throw") is the science of mechanics that deals with the flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, gravity bombs, rockets, or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/public-access-america/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: http...
Perversion For Profit - 1965
June 21, 2016 20:39 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBAnti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization. Often quite humorous film which purports to speak about cultural mores and their decline; advises us to be wary of pornography which may appear at the local newstand, malt shop or drugstore. In reaction to perception of substantial growth in the distribution of pornographic material. Sourse link: https://archive.org/details/Perversi1965 Publi...
Oklahoma Stands With Orlando Vigil 6 - 12 - 2016
June 20, 2016 20:57 - 41 minutes - 38 MBVigil in Oklahoma City to honor victims of mass murder at Pulse, a LGBT bar in Orlando, Florida. 600 people attended, according to Freedom Oklahoma, which organized the event. For more info, visit OklahomaActivist.com. Troy Stevenson, the director of Freedom Oklahoma and emcee of the event said the reaction to the voices from OKC demonstrated how connected we all are. “I think it is amazing that the message of community leaders, clergy, and the LGBTQ community is spreading around the world...
Longines Chonoscope With Scott Lucas
June 20, 2016 17:33 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBLONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SCOTT LUCAS TELEVISION INTERVIEW: William Bradford Huie and Elliott Haynes talk with Scott Lucas, former Senator from Illinois, on campaign contributions received by Sen. Richard Milhous Nixon (Republican-California). Copied by IASL Master Scanner Thomas Gideon. \National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95974 / Local Identifier LW-LW-420 Producer National Archives and Records Administration Credits Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org Audio edited...
Newsreel-John F Kennedy - 07 23 1962
June 18, 2016 17:46 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBNational Archives description: " The original release sheet reads: KENNEDY ON TELSTAR: EUROPE SEES NEWS CONFERENCE: In the first formal test of the new communication satellite, President Kennedy's News Conference is carried "live" to European countries - a new era in instant global news. FIRST LADY AT PLAY: SHE JOINS ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN AT WATER SKIING: An intimate portrait of the Kennedys at play as a full complement of the family, from the President's father to a bevy of children, watch M...
Newsreel Volume 35, Release 60, 07 23 1962
June 18, 2016 17:46 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBNational Archives description: " The original release sheet reads: KENNEDY ON TELSTAR: EUROPE SEES NEWS CONFERENCE: In the first formal test of the new communication satellite, President Kennedy's News Conference is carried "live" to European countries - a new era in instant global news. FIRST LADY AT PLAY: SHE JOINS ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN AT WATER SKIING: An intimate portrait of the Kennedys at play as a full complement of the family, from the President's father to a bevy of children, watch ...
1968 California Grape Strike
June 17, 2016 16:24 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB1968 California Grape Strike, reported by Nanette Rainone by Pacifica Radio Archives 1968 CALIFORNIA GRAPE STRIKE, reported by Nanette Rainone. Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the National Farm Workers Union, along with three farm laborers, discuss the strike. BROADCAST: WBAI, 8 Dec. 1968. (ca. 45 min.) BB3904 Pacifica Radio Archives. Licence link http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ (Public Access America. In cooperation with this licence agreement would inform listeners ...
Colonel Stone Johnson - Civil Rights Footsoldier
June 16, 2016 19:46 - 17 minutes - 16 MBColonel Stone Johnson was born on September 9, 1918, in Hayesville, Alabama, to Fannie and Colonel Johnson. Johnson’s family moved to Birmingham, Alabama, when he was a small child; there he attended Slater Elementary School, and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1939. While in high school, Johnson began working on the weekends for the Bowdon Trucking Company; after graduation, he continued there full-time. Johnson was then hired to work at the L & M Rail Road Company, where he became the...
David Koresh Radio Sermon - 1993
June 15, 2016 18:03 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBOn April 19, 1993, a final raid on Mount Carmel center by the FBI led to a fire that killed seventy-four Branch Davidians, including twenty-one children. Many people, for the first time, were made aware of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians. Who were and are the Branch Davidians? More clearly what brought this cult to such a fiery end. An example of the Branch Davidians’ awe and admiration for Koresh is found in the writings of Livingstone Fagan. He boldly claims: David Koresh is Mess...
Roe V. Wade Argument - 1973
June 14, 2016 18:43 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBIn the 1973 case Roe v. Wade, Roe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion. Texas law prohibited abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life. After granting certiorari, the Court heard arguments twice. The first time, Roe's attorney -- Sarah Weddington -- could not locate the constitutional hook of her argument for Justice Potter Stewart. Her opponent -- Jay Floyd -- misfired from the start. Weddington sharpened her constitutional argument in the second round. H...
Thurgood Marshall Discusses School Integration
June 14, 2016 18:03 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MBMarshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 2, 1908. He was the great-grandson of a slave who was born in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo; his grandfather was also a slave. His original name was Thoroughgood, but was eventually shortened to Thurgood in second grade because he disliked spelling it. His father, William Marshall, who was a railroad porter, and his mother Norma, a teacher, instilled in him an appreciation for the United States Constitution and the rule of la...
The Reverend Jim Jones
June 13, 2016 18:49 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis podcast is far from any sort of definitive collection but it is an intereting episode to listen to. We begin with am interview with the Reverend Jim Hones himeself, then a short glimpse into the church it's self. Then a lengthy phone conversation in which a member discusses finding a breaking point and another member talking her through it and attempting to bring her back into the church. This podcast is meant to be a starting point to peak interest in a history America dealt with. Jone...
Newsreel - 1943 First U.S. Army Women Arrive In England
June 13, 2016 01:44 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBby National Archives and Records Administration Published 1943 Usage CC0 1.0 Universal Topics archives.gov, public.resource.org National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38970, LI 208-UN-63 - FIRST U.S. ARMY WOMEN ARRIVE IN ENGLAND [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, reviews a Women's Army Corps (WAC) parade in the U.S. WACs arrive in England and tour the countryside. P...
Hillary Clinton Lying For 13Minutes Straight
June 10, 2016 20:46 - 14 minutes - 13 MBWe have no opinion. Sent to us. Although We do find it slightly funny. Send us your ides at [email protected]. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/public-access-america/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Drug Enforcement Agency's Public Service Announcements With Famous Sports Celebrities , Ca. 1987
June 10, 2016 14:43 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBNational Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37945 / Local Identifier 170.105 - Drug Enforcement Agency's Public Service Announcements with Famous Sports Celebrities , ca. 1987 - Department of Justice. Drug Enforcement Administration. (07/01/1973 - ). This film is a compilation of a series of public service announcements entitled "Say No\! TO DRUGS\!" which featured famous sports figures including race car driver Richard Petty, baseball player Dave Winfield, basketball player...
Interview of Joseph Gordon Lahey Concerning Undercover Drug Operations
June 10, 2016 13:57 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBNational Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37912 / Local Identifier 170.72 - INTERVIEW OF JOSEPH GORDON LAHEY CONCERNING UNDERCOVER DRUG OPERATIONS - Department of Justice. Drug Enforcement Administration. (07/01/1973 - ). Gordon is under hypnosis to try and refresh his memory of a particular drug operation Credits Producer National Archives and Records Administration Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org Edited for podcast by Jarcodes Productions Support this podcast at — ht...
The World At The U.N. Plaza, Ca. 1965 - Ca. 1968
June 09, 2016 20:19 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBThis film describes the peacekeeping role of the United Nations, focusing on the roles and responsibilities of the men and women who work for the Mission to the United Nations, and specifically U.S. Representative, Arthur Forter, and the General Assembly hosts a reception onboard a tour cruiser for delegates and their wives. Included is footage of the emergency Security Council meeting during the 1967 Middle East War and the passage of the United Nations cease fire resolution. Throughout the ...
The Story Of Thomas Alva Edison
June 09, 2016 17:51 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBThomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the c...
Malcolm X House Negro And Field Negro
June 08, 2016 22:22 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBMalcolm X May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 born Malcolm Little was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. Malcolm X was effectively orphaned early in life. His fathe...
Charles Manson Telephone Recording & Music Compilation
June 07, 2016 17:11 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBTelephone call recorded with consent of Charles Manson. He discusses problems he's had with Boyd Rice, American experimental sound artist, occultist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON. Manson examines ideas of an American reformation in the 21st Century. Two Pair Of Shoes Charles Manson talks about him upcoming parole hearing. February 2007. The Empty House of Tomorrow Charles Manson talks about The...
Donald Trump 2016 Foreign Policy Speech In Washington, DC
June 06, 2016 17:29 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBTrump first campaigned for the U.S. presidency in 2000, and withdrew before any votes were cast, but still won two Reform Party primaries. On June 16, 2015, he again announced his candidacy for president, as a Republican. Trump became known for supporting measures to reduce illegal immigration, for opposing various free-trade agreements that he regards as unfair, for his frequently non-interventionist views on foreign policy, and for his idea to temporarily ban most foreign Muslims from enter...
Marcus Garvey Speech 1921
June 05, 2016 18:06 - 5 minutes - 4.65 MBBlack Nationalist Marcus Garvey recognized that his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) would find its most enthusiastic audience in the United States, despite the organization’s professed worldwide mission. After fighting World War I, ostensibly to defend democracy and self-determination, thousands of African-American soldiers returned home to find intensified discrimination, segregation, racial violence, and hostile relations with white Americans. Sensing growing frustration, Gar...
Apollo 11 Highlights - 1969- America's Greatest Day
June 04, 2016 18:49 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBApollo 11 Highlights - 1969- America's Greatest Day www.publicaccessamerica.com for a more comprehensive description of this episode please visit our website post http://www.publicaccessamerica.com/2016/06/apollo-11-highlights-1969-americas.html Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC . Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC; A...
The Story Of Our Flag - 1939
June 03, 2016 20:36 - 11 minutes - 13 MBContents. Origin and development of the United States flag. As views of a castle and an old crest are shown, the commentator explains that man through the ages has sought to distinguish his castle, his clan, or his country by means of a crest or a flag proclaiming his ideals. Animation is used to show the uniting of the crosses of St. Andrew and of St. George into the Union Jack, and the commentator explains the latter's importance to the origin of colonial American flags. Other forerunners...
Hanging Around with Mahatma Gandhi
June 02, 2016 18:42 - 6 minutes - 7.67 MBMohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948 was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He is also called Bapu in India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation. Born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Guja...
Spaghetti Harvest Hoax-1957
June 02, 2016 15:36 - 3 minutes - 5.35 MBIn 1957, the BBC pulled off the best April Fools' Day prank ever, convincing portions of the British population that not only did spaghetti grow on trees, but that they could grow their own by sticking dry spaghetti into cans of marinara sauce. It started when the network aired this broadcast featuring farmers "harvesting" the spaghetti crop from trees. Announcer Richard Dimbleby noted that the harvest this year would be especially good since the "spaghetti weevil" had nearly been eradicated...
1945 03 22 Manila Free Of Japanese Domination
June 01, 2016 22:10 - 6 minutes - 7.68 MBManila Free of Japanese Domination, 1945/03/22 Watch the newsreel video now on our YouTube Channel Public Access America https://youtu.be/2VkoYW4XYfU "The Battle of Manila (Additional pictures, just received, showing the details of the terrible battle between MacArthur's Armies and the fanatical Japs). The Japs, content with delaying actions against the Yanks, as they retreated southward in Luzon, resolved to put on one of their fanatical 'death stands' within the confusion of Manila. The m...
Mohammad Ali
June 01, 2016 17:02 - 17 minutes - 19.4 MBMuhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the history of the sport. A controversial and polarizing figure during his early career, Ali is now highly regarded for the skills he displayed in the ring plus the values he exemplified outside of it: religious freedom, racial justice and the triumph of principle over expedience.[3][4] He is one of the most recognized sports figure...
Battle Over G - Men Stirs Congress
May 31, 2016 21:22 - 4 minutes - 5.75 MBClip 1938B Effectively a puff piece for the FBI In the context of budget discussions, threatening to cut the staffing of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover and his men are presented in the most favourable light possible, as stalwart and super-competent warriors against crime. In reality, of course, the Bureau had a habit of letting serious organized crime alone, preferring to pursue suspected Communists and other political subversives, and relatively small-time criminals whose importance they exaggera...
Barack Obama Acceptance Speech November 4 2008 Grant Park,
May 31, 2016 18:00 - 21 minutes - 23.2 MBBarack Obama Acceptance Speech November 4 2008 Grant Park, www.publicaccessamerica.com Following his victory in the United States presidential election, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama gave his victory speech at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago, Illinois, on November 4, 2008, before an estimated crowd of 240,000. Viewed on television and the Internet by millions of people around the globe, Obama's speech focused on the major issues facing the United States and the world, all echoed...
Dr. Maya Angelou At Hillside Chapel
May 28, 2016 23:01 - 44 minutes - 47.5 MBMaya Angelou spoke to the congregation and we celebrated Dr. Barbara's 36 years in the ministry. The sanctuary was packed, people sat on the floor, in the choir stand on stairs in chairs in the aisles, in the Faith Chapel on the floor watching on TV and cars were everywhere not a space was left unfilled. Dr. Angelou's message was well given and well received. This was a request, our very first request and I found it incredible. Thank you to Josie for the suggestion, If you would be interest...
U.S. Navy Combat Bulletin No. 7 Victory, 1945.
May 27, 2016 18:04 - 16 minutes - 18.4 MBU.S. Navy Combat Bulletin No. 7: Victory, 1945. U.S. Navy Film # MN-9034G. "Part 1 shows three views of a nighttime atomic bomb test explosion in New Mexico. Part 2 shows scenes of Russian soldiers parading and standing at attention as Russia's activities since declaring war on Japan are described. Part 3, Truman announces Japan's acceptance of peace terms. Shows crowds celebrating the peace in Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. Part 4 shows details of the ceremony aboard th...
John F Kennedy-Cuban Missile Crisis-1962
May 27, 2016 16:24 - 19 minutes - 20.9 MBJohn F Kennedy-Cuban Missile Crisis-1962 www.publicaccessamerica.com The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. Along with being televised worldwide, it was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turk...
Ronald Reagan - 1987 - Remarks At The Brandenburg Gate
May 26, 2016 17:33 - 27 minutes - 30.3 MBRonald Reagen-1987-Remarks at The Brandenburg Gate www.publicaccessamerica.com The "tear down this wall" speech was not the first time Reagan had addressed the issue of the Berlin Wall. In a visit to West Berlin in June 1982, he'd stated "I'd like to ask the Soviet leaders one question. "Why is the wall there?", and in 1986, 25 years after the construction of the wall, in response to West German newspaper Bild-Zeitung asking when he thought the wall could be "torn down", Reagan said, "I call...
Martin Luther King- I Have A Dream - August 28, 1963
May 25, 2016 20:13 - 12 minutes - 15.6 MB"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Dwight D Eisenhower- January 17, 1961. Farewell Address.
May 24, 2016 16:30 - 17 minutes - 19.2 MBDwight D. Eisenhower speech, January 17, 1961. Farewell Address. Reviewer: KnowPastKnowFuture - Subject: military-industrial complex, and federalized science This is a profound speech and a profound moment in history. Eisenhower was an anchor of the moderate Republican Party of the past, and a horrified observer of the growing cancer of the Cold War and extremism within his party (McCarthy, Nixon, etc.). Listen to this speech if you want to remember what the Republican Party once stood for....
George W Bush - Adresses The Nation September 11 2001
May 23, 2016 19:33 - 5 minutes - 6.85 MBStatement by President George W. Bush in His Address to the Nation September 11, 2001. www.publicaccessamerica.cpm For a more detailed description to go along with the audio please click the "Blog Post" button below this episode or visit our growing new website mentioned above